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Ismaع - Listen Home || Independent Research || Strategies Document || Audio Resources || Media Pack || Consultations ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ the Ismaع project Dr William Jonas AM, the Acting Race Discrimination Commissioner of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, launched the Ismaع project in March 2003. The project was set up in response to increasing concerns expressed by Arab and Muslim

Consultations Homepage || Media Pack Homepage || Fact Sheet Fact sheet: Australian Muslims Total number of Muslims in Australia: 281 578 Proportion of the Australian population who are Muslim: 1.5% Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2001 Census. 1. Birthplace The major countries of birth of Australian Muslims are: 1. Australia: 36% 2. Lebanon: 10% 3. Turkey: 8% 4. Afghanistan: 3…

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) defines the Middle East as: Bahrain, Gaza Strip and West Bank (Palestine), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. North Africa is defined as: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia and the Western Sahara. ‘Arab’ includes: Algerian, Egyptian, Iraqi, Jordanian,…

The consultation was organised by the Illawarra Ethnic Communities Council and chaired by the ECC Executive Officer, Kathy Tzanis. The meeting was facilitated by Meredith Wilkie and Omeima Sukkarieh (notes) from HREOC with Omeima also interpreting parts of the discussion. It was attended by 14 invited participants.

back to upcoming seminars on human rights Celebrating the 60 th anniversary of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights Seminar Series ‘The situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia' Audio Professor James Anaya [Mp3, 6.18MB] 3 December 2008 The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ, in conjunction with the Indigenous…

There was a clear consensus about the critical nature of the issue of universal design. 'Universal' means designing Australian homes to meet the changing needs of their occupants across their lifetimes.

I have two tasks this evening. The first is to launch my Social Justice Report and Native Title Report for 2004. The second is to launch the ATSIC Yilli Rreung Regional Council"s Strategic Plan.

Mr Tom Calma Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), Parliament House, Canberra, 8 April 2005

Social Justice Report 2004 Summary Sheet One back to contents Downlad as PDF Chronology of events relating to the introduction of new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs (2002 - 2004) This provides an overview of the main events leading up to the introduction of the new arrangements for the administration of Indigenous affairs on 1 July 2004, as well as the key events…

The model proposed by HREOC has been costed by respected independent analysts NATSEM at $213m in 2003-04. In 2005-06, paid maternity leave would cost the Government $217m, which is $293m less than the Baby Bonus which relates only to one child per family and in which the full benefit cannot be reaped until five years after the birth of the child.

In order to be eligible for paid maternity leave a woman must have been in paid work (including casual employment, contract work and self-employment) for 40 weeks of the past 52 weeks with any number of employers and/or in any number of positions. Access to this payment will not be means tested. (Recommendation 5).

HREOC contracted the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) to undertake research into the cost of a national system of paid maternity leave. NATSEM has estimated that the net cost of HREOC's proposed paid maternity leave scheme would be $213 million in 2003-04.