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Race Discrimination
10 February 2017SubmissionInquiry into Migrant Settlement Outcomes (2017)
Inquiry into Migrant Settlement Outcomes ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration 31 January 2017 Download Word Table of Contents 1 Introduction 2 Summary 3 Recommendations 4 Non-discrimination 4.1 International obligations 4.2 Migration and racial discrimination in Australia 4.3 Assessing settlement prospects 5 Settlement outcomes and… -
Commission - General
9 February 2017WebpageFormer Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner - June Oscar AO
June Oscar AO Former Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 2017 - 2024 June Oscar AO is a proud Bunuba woman from the remote town of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. She is a strong advocate for Indigenous Australian languages, social justice, women’s issues, and has worked tirelessly to reduce Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). June… -
Race Discrimination
7 February 2017Opinion piece
The AHRC and the Racial Discrimination Act: setting the record straight
Federal racial hatred legislation and the complaints-handling processes of the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (AHRC) are currently the subjects of an inquiry by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights. The Committee’s ‘Freedom of speech in Australia’ inquiry, due to report by 28 February 2017, is giving particular attention to sections 18C and 18D of the Racial Discrimination… -
Legal
25 January 2017SubmissionInquiry into the Commonwealth Government’s Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill
Submit feedback on the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill. -
24 January 2017Opinion piece
We need a national picture of domestic violence homicides
Authors Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins and President of the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Professor Gillian Triggs In March 2010, shortly after making the decision to leave her abusive husband after more than 20 years of violence, Zahra Abrahimzadeh was stabbed to death in front of 300 witnesses inside the Adelaide Convention Centre. Two years later, her husband was… -
Sex Discrimination
20 January 2017PublicationA National System for Domestic and Family Violence Death Review
This report identifies the steps needed to expand domestic and family death review mechanisms to all Australian jurisdictions and to ensure that recommendations made to Federal Government agencies in death review processes are actioned. Australian data on domestic and family violence death is limited. While a number of Australian entities collect data on homicide, there is no nation-wide… -
International
17 January 2017ProjectHRTC highlights newsletter - Jan 2017
Working internationally to advance human rights Welcome HRTC Highlights is a bi-annual newsletter that provides updates on Human Rights Technical Cooperation (HRTC) Programs and other international activities undertaken by the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ. Contents Advancing DV crisis intervention Civil society development in China UNSW student interns focus on children’s rights in… -
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