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Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commissi on to the Legal And Constitutional Affairs Committee on the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing Bill) 2007 6 July 2007 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600 www.humanrights.gov.au A. INTRODUCTION The Human Rights and Equal…

SENATE LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION COMMITTEE ON THE AUSTRALIAN CITIZENSHIP BILL 2005 20 January 2006 Introduction 1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ('the Commission') has been invited by the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee ('the Committee') to make submissions on the Australian Citizenship Bill ('the Bill'), which is intended to replace the …

At the hearing held 30 January 2006, the Commission took three questions on notice. I am advised that the answers to the Honourable Senators’ questions are as set out below.

Recommendation 2: Provision be made for serious offences by providing that serious offences can only be spent if a court so orders (in accordance with the procedure set out at clause 9).

REVIEW OF THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYMENT) ACT 1991 SUBMISSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION to the DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS May 2006 Table of Contents Introduction . 1 Overview of HREOC’s Submission . 2 Equality of opportunity in employment for people with disability . 6 Employees with disability . 7 Disclosure of

Social Security and Veteran’s Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) 2008 Bill ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee 13 October 2008 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, 133 Castlereagh St GPO Box 5218 Sydney NSW 2001 Ph. (02) 9284 9600 Download Word Table of Contents Introduction Summary Recommendations…

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) which was established in 1986 by the Federal Parliament as successor to the 1981 Human Rights Commission is an independent statutory authority whose functions are to monitor, protect and promote human rights in Australia. The Commission has played a key role in the education of civil society in regard to these rights.

SUBMISSION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION to the SENATE FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE regarding ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (ELECTORAL INTEGRITY AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2005 9 March 2006 Table of Contents Introduction Overview of the Commission’s Submission The human right to political participation Prisoner disenfranchisement Early closure of the…

Inquiry into the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee 29 July 2011 Download in PDF [139KB] Download Word [236KB] Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Amendments supported by the Commission 4.1 Definition of…

Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Employment and Superannuation ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission 21 April 2011 Download in Word [278KB] Download in PDF [314KB] 1 Introduction The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ makes this submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission in its Inquiry into Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws:…

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee in its Inquiry into the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) is pleased to make a submission in relation to the provisions of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005 and submits this document pursuant to its legislative functions under section 48(1) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (the Sex Discrimination Act) and sections 11(1) and 31 of the Human Rights and Equal…

The Commission would like to commend the government on its commitment to achieving a healthier nation by 2020, and for its actions in this area including COAG reforms to state/territory health funding agreements.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) has received an application for a temporary exemption under the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) on behalf of the South Australian Minister for Transport, TransAdelaide and the Passenger Transport Board.

MEMORANDUM TO: Sir Ronald Wilson Commissioner O'Connor Commissioner Antonios Commissioner Dodson Commissioner Walpole FROM: Commissioner Hastings DATE: 31 January 1995

The Commission has received an application (linked in Word format) on behalf of Hoyts Corporation, Greater Union Organisation, Village Cinemas and Reading Cinemas (the applicants) for a Temporary Exemption under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) from complaints in relation to the provision of captions and audio description in cinemas operated by the applicants.

The Commission has received an application (attached, PDF format (145K) or Word format 1.26 MB) from the Australian Subscription Televison and Radio Association (ASTRA) on behalf of its members regarding captioning of television programs.

The Commission has received an application (attached, MS Word format) on behalf of the Prime Media Group group of companies, the WIN Corporation group of companies and the Macquarie Southern Cross Media group of companies, pursuant to section 55(1) of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) for an exemption in relation to captioning of television programs.

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application from Mr D. Beaven, trading as Buchan Bus n Freight, for a temporary exemption under section 55 of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) from the provisions of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport so as to permit the continued use for public transport service of a vehicle which is not wheelchair…

The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission has received an application (attached in MS Word format) from Regional express airlines (Rex) requesting exemption from sections 23 and 24 of the Disability Discrimination Act so far as to permit Rex placing certain restrictions and requirements on the carriage of passengers with specific disabilities on its SAAB aircraft.