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Australia’s Disability and Age Discrimination Commissioners have called out the governments of NSW and Western Australia for failing older people and people with disability by not requiring new homes in their jurisdictions to meet the minimum national accessibility standards in the National Construction Code (NCC). 

National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the interim findings by the first ever Senate Inquiry into Australia’s child justice and incarceration system.

A major new report about the COVID-19 pandemic by the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ has highlighted how critical gaps in the emergency response could be improved upon in future crises.

Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has written to Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke seeking clarity and transparency around an Australian Government decision to resettle three members of the NZYQ cohort in Nauru, saying the announcement raises serious human rights concerns and prompts more questions than it answers.

The National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner has expressed alarm about the impact of rising antisemitism in Australia on the wellbeing of Jewish children and young people.

The National ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ’s Commissioner Anne Hollonds has welcomed the Federal Health Minister’s announcement of a national review of healthcare for trans and gender diverse children.

Sex Discrimination Commissioner Dr Anna Cody has voiced concerns about the suspension of hormone therapies for minors in Queensland pending an independent review

Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman has condemned the neo-Nazi rally held in Adelaide on Australia Day, warning a national anti-racism framework is the only way to adequately combat the rise of the white supremacy movement.

Commissioners honour the memory of the six million Jewish men, women, and children, as well as millions of others, who were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.

Commission President Hugh de Kretser's opening statement to the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights, Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities.