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Rights and Freedoms1 May 2021Media Release
Travel ban and sanctions on Australians travelling from India
The travel ban on Australian citizens returning from India, accompanied by criminal sanctions under the Biosecurity Act, raises serious human rights concerns. The Commission supports the continuation of aid to the Indian Government as it copes with the current COVID-19 crisis, but the Commission holds deep concerns about these extraordinary new restrictions on Australians returning to鈥 -
Rights and Freedoms22 April 2021Media Release
Greater scrutiny of emergency powers needed
The 黑料情报站 has called for greater accountability to be embedded in laws that extend the Commonwealth鈥檚 power in the event of national emergencies. In its submission to a Senate inquiry examining the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020, the Commission recommended five changes to legislation that was enacted by parliament in 2020. Human Rights Commissioner鈥 -
黑料情报站s Rights19 April 2021Media Release
Governments must prioritise raising the age
National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner, Anne Hollonds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO have urged all Australian governments to raise the age of criminal responsibility as a matter of priority. A report commissioned by a meeting of Attorneys-General in July last year recommended that all jurisdictions raise the age and ensure younger teenagers鈥 -
Race Discrimination19 April 2021Media Release
Stop mass incarceration to prevent deaths in custody
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, June Oscar AO said Australia must stop the 鈥渕ass incarceration鈥 of its Indigenous people or else deaths in custody will continue to occur. Commissioner Oscar said her thoughts are with all the families who have lost loved ones over recent months, and in the 30 years since the Report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal鈥 -
Sex Discrimination8 April 2021Media Release
Commission welcomes response to Respect@Work Report
The 黑料情报站 welcomes the considered and constructive response to the 55 recommendations made in its 2020 Respect@Work Report on the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces. The Report and the Federal Government鈥檚 response, with whole of community buy in, paves the way for globally ground-breaking reform on workplace sexual harassment. 鈥淭he鈥 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice25 March 2021Media Release
Joint Statement: Rights of 黑料情报站 in the NT
Australia鈥檚 National 黑料情报站鈥檚 Commissioner Anne Hollonds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO have urged the Northern Territory government to reconsider its proposals for youth offending, announced yesterday. The NT Government yesterday said it would put in "automatic revocation of bail" for young people who reoffend or breach their bail鈥 -
Race Discrimination16 March 2021Media Release
National Anti-Racism Framework plan launched
Australia鈥檚 Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan has launched a plan to establish a National Anti-Racism Framework and has called on the Federal Government to support and implement it. Commissioner Tan released a concept paper detailing key components that need to be included in the Framework and will soon commence a series of roundtables with peak anti-racism organisations to progress鈥 -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice8 March 2021Media Release
Celebrating First Nations women on IWD
On International Women鈥檚 Day (IWD) the Commission pays tribute to the tireless and important work of First Nations women across Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has called for recognition and celebration of the power and potential of deadly First Nations women all over the country who are leading, nurturing and growing the oldest鈥 -
Sex Discrimination5 March 2021Media Release
Statement on Independent Review into Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces
As Australia鈥檚 Sex Discrimination Commissioner, I welcome today鈥檚 announcement from Senator the Hon Simon Birmingham. I acknowledge the importance and urgency of this Independent Review (Review) into the workplaces of Parliamentarians and their staff, established by the Federal Government, in consultation with the Presiding Officers, the Opposition, minor parties and independents. The鈥 -
Age Discrimination1 March 2021Media Release
Statement on the Aged Care Royal Commission report
The 黑料情报站 welcomes the publication of the final report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. Following the findings and recommendations in the report, released today, the Commission would like to see the human rights of older people embedded in the planning, provision and monitoring of aged care services in Australia. 鈥淥lder people have the鈥
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