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9 May 2024Conciliation register
2021-06-14
The complainant was employed as a trade assistant with the respondent commercial bricklaying company. She alleged co-workers sexually harassed her by making comments of a sexual nature, including that she could swallow a banana whole and they were going to tie her up and take her to a rape dungeon. The complainant said the comments ceased after she made an informal internal complaint. She… -
16 March 2022Conciliation register
2020-08-02
The complainant experiences chronic lower-back joint pain, depression, and anxiety and at times uses a walking stick. She worked as a driver for the respondent government department and claimed that the department did not provide her with an accessible parking space, asked her not to use her walking stick and did not otherwise accommodate her disability. She also alleged colleagues bullied… -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageFederal Discrimination Law: Update Information for 12 January 2009
Update Information 12 January 2009 Back to index This table lists changes to FDL Online to assist regular users keep track of developments in the law. Updated section(s) of FDL Online Case name Chapter 3: The Racial Discrimination Act 3.2.2(a)(iii): 'Based on' and intention to discriminate House & Anor v Queanbeyan Community Radio Station [2008] FMCA 897 3.6: Vicarious liability House … -
Rights and Freedoms
13 May 2022SpeechWhither human rights and freedoms protections in Australia?
As I reflect on the past two years, it is clear that the pandemic has brought a renewed national focus on the importance of centralising considering rights and freedoms during times of crisis — a greater ‘rights consciousness’. -
26 March 2024Webpage
Speaking from Experience: Support services
If you have experienced sexual assault and would like to make a complaint or report to the police, find out what services are available to keep you safe. -
18 March 2024Webpage
List of Support Services
If you have experienced sexual assault and feel you would like to make a complaint or report to the police, view the available services to keep you safe. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Update Information for 26 September 2008
Update Information 26 September 2008 Back to index This table lists changes to FDL Online to assist regular users keep track of developments in the law. Updated Section(s) of FDL Online Case Name Chapter 3: The Racial Discrimination Act 3.1.1(b): The right to equality before the law in s 10 Bropho v State of Western Australia [2008] FCAFC 100 3.2.2(a)(iii): ‘Based on’ and intention to… -
Sex Discrimination
17 January 2019Project
National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
On 5 March 2020, 'Respect@Work, the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report of the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces' was released by Kate Jenkins, the Sex Discrimination Commissioner. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Updated information from the Australian Human Rights Commission on Australia’s implementation of the ICCPR (2009)
Ms Nathalie Prouvez Secretary of the Human Rights Committee Human Rights Treaties Branch Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights CH-1211 Geneva 10 Switzerland -
Sex Discrimination
12 August 2022News story
Research commences for 5th National Survey on Workplace Sexual Harassment
The Australian Human Rights Commission is currently conducting the 5th National Survey on Workplace Sexual Harassment. The survey takes place around every four years and is our nation's key source of information on the prevalence, nature and reporting of sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. The data aims to inform Australia's ongoing response to this issue, providing evidence to… -
Race Discrimination
27 October 2022SpeechDisability Royal Commission: Race Discrimination Commissioner
Statement by Chin Tan relating to barriers by people with disability of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds -
Commission – General
18 February 2022Publication
Annual Report 2020-2021
This Annual Report sets out the performance of the Australian Human Rights Commission in the 2020–2021 financial year. -
Rights and Freedoms
14 March 2024Speech
The Perils of Independence
The Australian Human Rights Commission’s role in protecting human rights in Australia Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture 2021 Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission Acknowledgements Thank you Matthew McGuire for your welcome to country and Kendra Turner as MC. I am speaking from the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, in the city… -
10 February 2021Conciliation register
2019-07-02
The complainant is a lower-leg amputee and uses a prosthesis. He said that in the past, when travelling through an airport, he has advised security staff that his prosthesis may trigger alarms when scanned and officers have scanned him using a handheld wand, conducting visual inspections of metal zippers, buttons and rivets if required. He alleged that when travelling through the respondent … -
Sex Discrimination
30 July 2020Project
Independent Review of Gymnastics in Australia
In a commitment to athlete safety and wellbeing, Gymnastics Australia has engaged the Australian Human Rights Commission to conduct an independent Review of the sport of gymnastics in Australia. -
Rights and Freedoms
30 November 2022Speech
Reforming Age Discrimination Law
Reforming Age Discrimination Law: Beyond Individual Enforcement, Alysia Blackham (2022) Panel discussion Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, Australian Human Rights Commission I am speaking today from the traditional lands of the Dharug and Gundungurra peoples and pay my respects to Elders past, present and emerging—and to the traditional custodians of the lands from wherever… -
14 December 2012Book page
Report No. 40: Complaints by immigration detainees against the Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Immigration and Citizenship, formerly the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs) and GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd (2008)
Pursuant to section 11(1)(f)(ii) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), I attach a report of an inquiry by the former President of the Commission into complaints made by immigration detainees against the Commonwealth of Australia. The former President found that the Commonwealth had breached the human rights of the complainants pursuant to articles 10(1) and 17(1) of… -
Age Discrimination
24 May 2019Publication
Willing to Work: National Inquiry into Employment Discrimination Against Older Australians and Australians with Disability (2016)
The right to work is a fundamental human right, but one that far too many older people and people with disability in Australia do not enjoy. -
14 January 2021Conciliation register
2019-05-05
The complainant has anxiety and was a student with the respondent university. She advised the faculty granted her an extension to submit an assignment which she sought to accommodate her disability. The complainant alleged that she was subsequently sent a discriminatory email by the subject coordinator. The complainant alleged she was awarded a fail grade for the subject after alleging the… -
14 January 2021Conciliation register
2019-05-15
The complainant is deaf and uses Auslan to communicate. She said she was offered the use of Auslan interpreters on three occasions when she first started work at the respondent public hospital. However, she said no further Auslan support was provided over the ensuing years, meaning she was often unable to understand what was being said at meetings or training courses, including information…