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Disability Rights
29 June 2015PublicationGuideline for compliance of bus stops with Accessible Public Transport
The Guideline has been prepared by the Commission to assist bus infrastructure providers to comply with the DSAPT. The Guideline does not replace the provisions of the DSAPT and does not seek to alter or expand upon the content of the DSAPT. -
Disability Rights
29 June 2015Publication
Overlooked Consumers – Australians with Disabilities and Older People
Every day, one in five Australians experiences difficulties or frustrations in performing everyday tasks with everyday things, such as consumer electronics and appliances. As technology develops, an increasing proportion of products are inaccessible to people with a range of different disabilities. These one-in-five Australians are what the author terms the ‘overlooked consumers’. -
Disability Rights
29 June 2015Publication
Advisory Note on streetscape, public outdoor areas, fixtures, fittings and furniture
The Commission has issued this Advisory Notes on streetscape, public outdoor areas, fixtures, fittings and furniture to assist those responsible for premises who are seeking to improve access on matters not covered by the Premises Standards. -
Legal
24 June 2015PublicationAN v ANZ Banking Group Limited
View a report into discrimination in employment based on a criminal record in the case of AN v ANZ Banking Group Limited. -
Disability Rights
24 June 2015Webpage
Willing to Work – ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ the Inquiry
Back to Willing to Work main page ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ the Inquiry The National Inquiry examines practices, attitudes and Commonwealth laws that deny or diminish equal participation in employment of older Australians and Australians with disability; and makes recommendations as to Commonwealth laws that should be amended, or action that should be taken to address employment discrimination against older -
Legal
18 June 2015Publication
Immigration detainees with adverse security assessments
Understand the case of Immigration Detainees with Adverse Security Assessments v. Commonwealth. -
Legal
18 June 2015Publication
Tapara v Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP)
Explore the case of Tapara v. Commonwealth of Australia (DIBP). -
Legal
17 June 2015Webpage
Redline Buses
Notice of application for temporary exemption UPDATE (17 June 2015) Quarterly reports received from Redline Buses A condition of the grant of temporary exemption was that Redline must: Within twenty eight (28) days after the conclusion of each six (6) month period of the exemption, the Applicant will provide a report to the Respondent that outlines when it used the Non-compliant Buses, why… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
16 June 2015PublicationTell Me ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in immigration detention in Nauru
Transfer of asylum seeker children to Nauru On 13 August 2012 the Australian Government reintroduced a system of third country processing for asylum seekers who arrive by boat without a valid visa. Under this system these asylum seekers, including children, must be transferred to a third country as soon as is reasonably practicable, unless the Minister for Immigration decides to exclude them… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
16 June 2015Publication
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in immigration detention: statements by the United Nations
2015 United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment: ‘...by failing to provide adequate detention conditions; end the practice of detention of children; and put a stop to the escalating violence and tension at the Regional Processing Centre, [Australia] has violated the right of the asylum seekers, including children, to be free… -
Asylum Seekers and Refugees
16 June 2015Publication
ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in immigration detention: statements by health professional organisations
Statements by health professionals on the impact of immigration detention on children.