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Submission to Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru
27 April 2015 PO Box 6100Parliament HouseAustralia ACT 2600By email: regionalprocessingnauru.sen@aph.gov.au Dear Chair, Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru The Commission has held...
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ParentsNext, including its trial and subsequent broader rollout (2019)
ParentsNext is a compulsory ‘pre-employment’ program applied to targeted recipients of the Parenting Payment. It can result in the suspension, reduction or permanent cancellation of a person’s Parenting Payment for non-compliance.
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Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs in relation to its inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removals and Other Measures) Bill 2024 (Cth).
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Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019 (Cth)
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security with respect to its inquiry into the Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Cessation) Bill 2019.
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Review of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Bill 2024
The Australian Human Rights Commission (Commission) makes this submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security in relation to its review of the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Declared Areas) Bill 2024 (Cth) (Declared Areas Bill).
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Climate Change and Human Rights: Issues for Indigenous Peoples
Thank you for the introduction and I thank HREOC for the opportunity to speak here today. Before I commence my discussion, I would also like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the country on which we meet, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present.
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Inquiry into whether Australia should enact legislation comparable to the United States’ Magnitsky Act 2012
The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade—Human Rights Sub-committee, with respect to its inquiry into whether Australia should enact legislation comparable to the United States’ Magnitsky Act 2012.
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Law Seminar 2008: Housing and Homelessness – What’s Human Rights got to do with It? by Cassandra Goldie
Paper presented at the Homelessness and Human Rights Seminar Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission 12.30 – 2pm, Monday 7 April 2008 133 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW
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Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Australian Human Rights Commission Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 1 Introduction This submission is made by the Australian Human Rights Commission, Australia’s national human rights institution. It outlines a number of issues that the Commission suggests...