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Asylum Seekers and Refugees
30 March 2017Publication
Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Human Rights: Snapshot Report (2nd Edition) 2017
The second edition of this Report provides an update on legal and policy developments related to refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia since 2013. The Report is not intended to address all the issues facing refugees and people seeking asylum in Australia. Instead, it focuses on developments which place Australia at risk of breaching its international human rights obligations -
Race Discrimination
24 March 2017SubmissionHuman Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 23 March 2017 Ms Toni Matulick Committee Secretary Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 By email: legcon.sen@aph.gov.au Dear Ms Matulick, Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 I refer to the above Bill which has been referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affair… -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
15 March 2017PublicationClose the Gap - Progress & Priorities report 2017
Executive Summary After 10 years, and despite closing the gap being a national bipartisan priority, it is clear that Australian governments at all levels are, in key respects, failing Australia’s First Peoples. In February 2016, the Close the Gap Campaign (the Campaign) welcomed the Prime Minister’s words at his first Closing the Gap report to Parliament where he said ‘we have to stay the… -
Commission - General
27 February 2017Book pageConclusion
The customer centricity movement is big business. So much so that the Harvard Business Review devoted two recent editions to answering these headline question: 'What does your customer really want?’ (2016) and ‘How to win and keep customers’ (2017). The esteemed authors wrote about pricing, product/service quality, data, innovation, habits, prototyping and storytelling. Each of these is… -
Commission - General
27 February 2017Book page
Part B - Making a change
What can organisations do to become more (diversity) customer centric and thereby mitigate risks and magnify opportunities? It probably depends on where an organisation sits on a maturity scale, i.e. how mature are they already in adopting a customer centric mindsetand practices? Plus how mature are their diversity and inclusion employment practices? Human resources A mature organisation… -
27 February 2017Book page
Part A - Risks and Opportunities
Finding 1 - A threshold issue Understanding customers is now much more of a science than art. And it needs to be. Customers have become more sophisticated, more empowered and also more distrustful of institutions. Predictably, gaining insights into spending patterns, buying preferences and emerging trends, has become a billion dollar industry. The explicit focus on customer centricity … -
Sex Discrimination
27 February 2017SubmissionViolence against women in Australia (2017)
Violence against women in Australia AUSTRALIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION SUBMISSION TO THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 20 January 2017 Download PDF Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Background information 5 Recent developments in Australia 5.1 National Plan to Reduce Violence Against Women and their ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ 5.2 Relevant Federal… -
Rights and Freedoms
24 February 2017PublicationMissing out: The business case for customer diversity (2017)
The ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ is very pleased to launch Missing out: The business case for customer diversity in partnership with Deloitte Australia. -
Race Discrimination
17 February 2017Submission
Inquiry into freedom of speech - supplementary submission (2017)
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights 15 February 2017 Additional documents - 17 February 2017 Opening Statement to the Free Speech Inquiry - 17 February 2017 Prior v QUT Chronology Dinnison v Leak Chronology Executive summary 1. The Commission made a submission to this inquiry on 9 December 2016 and appeared before the Committee… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
13 February 2017Opinion piece
Protecting refugees
As recent reports allege asylum seekers are being removed from Manus Island and returned to their place of origin, Commission President, Professor Gillian Triggs, reflects on the nation's responsibilities.
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