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Rights and Freedoms
14 December 2012Speech"Long-term detention and mental health": Dr Sev Ozdowski OAM (2002)
Professors Harry Minas and Byron Good - Conference Convenors and Co-directors, distinguished guests from both Australia and overseas, ladies and gentlemen, all. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012SpeechThe empowered citizen: the importance of education and equality for a modern democracy (2011)
I would like to begin this evening by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Awabakal People. I pay my respects to their elders past and present. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechSpinning an Accessible Web
One day during the Christmas school holidays, my nine-year-old daughter came into the loungeroom, where I was relaxing with a glass of Scotch, and said: "Dad, the window won't pop up -- you have to come and fix it". -
14 December 2012Book page
A Bad Business - Foreword
In a modern workforce where men and women work side by side it is important that employers protect their employees from unwanted behaviour that is not only harmful to the employee involved but also unprofessional and unproductive for the workplace. Sexual harassment is one form of unwanted behaviour that attempts to exclude individuals from the workplace by focusing on the sex of the person… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President speech: National Human Rights Consultation: ‘The Great Debate’
My role today is to talk about what a Human Rights Act for Australia might look like and to address some of the arguments that have been made against an Act of this kind being adopted. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Meeting with Deafness Forum of Australia
Thank you for the opportunity to meet today. I want to take a few minutes to run through some current areas of work which may be of particular interest to you. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Speech - Bus Industry Confederation National Conference (2012)
Thanks for the chance to speak with you today, and to have the opportunity for discussion. Who was Rosa Parks? She was the African-American who, in the 1960s - yes back in the last century - refused to sit at the back of the bus. She was one of the catalysts for the American civil rights movement. -
14 December 2012Book page
Community arrangements for asylum seekers, refugees and stateless persons - Some barriers to use of community arrangements
Despite the significant positive developments of the past two years, the Commission remains seriously concerned about some aspects of Australian law and policy on asylum seekers, refugees and immigration detention. The Commission is primarily concerned about the prolonged or indefinite detention and lack of durable solutions or substantive visa pathways for certain groups of people in immigration… -
14 December 2012Book page
Native Title Report 2001: Chapter Two: Resourcing Equality
The recognition and protection of native title and the participation of Indigenous people in decisions affecting their land are critical priorities within a human rights framework. -
14 December 2012Book page
Commission Website: National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention
3. I am a qualified and registered Psychologist, and hold a BA, MA, Teaching Certificate, and PhD. I have been working as psychologist in Australia since 1978, and worked previously in Canada as a psychologist and teacher. I have also previously worked for Family and Youth Services in South Australia. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2005 : Recommendations and follow up actions
In accordance with the functions set out in section 46C(1) (a) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth), this report includes 5 recommendations - 3 in relation to Achieving health equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people s and 2 in relation to the new arrangement in Indigenous affairs. The report also contains 5 follow up actions that my office will… -
14 December 2012Book page
Dear Colleague - Our experiences in elevating the representation of women in leadership - A letter from business leaders (2011)
The Male Champions of Change (MCC) is a collaborative initiative of corporate and institutional leaders convened by Elizabeth Broderick, Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission. We are committed to discussing and promoting strategies and actions that elevate women’s representation in leadership. -
Disability Rights
23 February 2017Speech
National Disability Services NSW State Conference ‘Turning Plans into Outcomes’
I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet, the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation and pay my respect to their elders past and present. I also pay respect to Aboriginal people present here today. Anne Bryce – thank you for the introduction. NDS board members, NDS members, guests and friends. It’s a great pleasure to be here today to deliver the keynote address… -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
President Speech: QUT Law Graduation Ceremony Occasional Address
Acting Chancellor Mr Stephen Keim SC, Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Coaldrake, Professor the Hon. Michael Lavarch, Executive Dean of Law, other members of the official party, Faculty staff, graduates and your families and friends. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
Launch of disparity: a journal of policy, practice and argument
I also acknowledge ACROD Chief Executive Ken Baker; my fellow editorial advisory board members; Felicity Purdy, who I am delighted to see being recognised this evening with life membership; other distinguished guests, and all of you my fellow Australians. -
Commission – General
14 December 2012Speech
Launch of Trustees on Trial - recovering the stolen wages by Dr Rosalind Kidd
As many of you know, for over a decade Dr Kidd has been a tenacious and dedicated advocate for the rights of Indigenous people. She has focused especially on the gross inequities that occurred through and under the various 'Protection Acts' that operated in Queensland from the 1890s to the 1980s. -
14 December 2012Book page
Social Justice Report 2003: Chapter 4: Responding to petrol sniffing on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands: A case study
In September 2002, the South Australian Coroner brought down his findings in the inquests into the deaths of Kunmanara[1] Ken (who died on 3 August 1999), Kunmanara Hunt (who died on 27 January 2001) and Kunmanara Thompson (who died on 26 June 2001). Each of these young Anangu was a chronic petrol sniffer (they had been sniffing for at least ten years) in their mid to late twenties living on the… -
29 January 2013Book page
Commissioner’s Message
I am pleased to present the Report of the cultural review into the Treatment of Women at the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA). This report concludes Phase One of the Review. Phase Two of the Review will examine the treatment of women across the broader Australian Defence Force (ADF). I wish to thank my fellow Review Panellists – Sam Mostyn, Mark Ney and Damian Powell – for their wise… -
14 December 2012Book page
2011 Social Justice and Native Title Reports - A Community Guide
In my role as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner (Social Justice Commissioner), I am required to prepare two reports on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ human rights issues each year – the Social Justice Report and the Native Title Report. -
Legal
14 December 2012WebpageNative Title Respondent Funding Submission, January 2006
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner under section 209 of the Native Title Act 1993 (NTA), is required to report annually to the Commonwealth Attorney-General on the operation of the NTA and its effect on the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. As part of this role, the Commissioner also provides submissions to government reviews and…