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14 December 2012WebpageSubmission -Social Security and Veteran’s Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) 2008 Bill
The Commission commends the Government for recognising the importance of addressing the need to improve school enrolments and attendance as a critical step towards realising the right to education for all children. The Commission supports the Government’s aims to promote and protect children’s right to education. -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012SpeechAccess on the agenda
Paper delivered by Elizabeth Hastings Disability Discrimination Commissioner 1993-97 at the Creating Accessible Communities Conference Fremantle, 12 November 1996 -
14 December 2012Book page
Executive Summary
This executive summary is divided into two parts. Part A sets out the major findings and recommendations of the National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention (the Inquiry). Part B provides a chapter summary of the Inquiry's report: A last resort? -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
D.D.A. guide: Joining in Sport
A person with a disability should also not be excluded from any administrative or coaching activities associated with the sport. For example, if a person with a disability has the necessary skills to play cricket or swim competitively, he or she cannot be excluded because of asthma or a hearing loss. -
14 December 2012Book page
Muslim Women's Arts Project (2010 - 2012)
Creative art forms will include installation, printing, drawing, photography, henna and other organic material, painting, etching, textiles, jewellery, sculpture, sound and video. Artists will participate in two 3-day Laboratory Intensives that will include workshops, field trips and group discussions. The year will culminate in an exhibition to showcase the work. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Qantas v Gama
Explore a report by the Australian Human Rights Commission regarding Qantas v Gama in relation to the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act. -
4 February 2015Book page
2 Findings and recommendations
This Inquiry report considers the impact of detention on children at different life stages and of children affected by different circumstances. The findings and recommendations are broadly designed to reflect the ages, stages and life circumstances of children in detention. Findings Findings against the Convention on the Rights of the Child Findings relevant to all children in detentionThe … -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Submission: Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2004
1. The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission ('the Commission') is established by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 (Cth). It is Australia's national human rights institution. -
14 December 2012Book page
Close the Gap - Part 3 Looking to the Future
I begin by paying my respects to the Jagera and Turrubual peoples, the traditional owners of the land where we gather today. I pay my respects to your elders, to the ancestors and to those who have come before us. And thank you for your generous welcome to country for all of us. -
14 December 2012Book page
20 Years on: The Challenges Continue - Chapter 2
This chapter provides an overview of some of the main findings of the national telephone survey on the incidence and nature of sexual harassment. Section 2.2 discusses the incidence rate of the experience of sexual harassment in the community generally, and more particularly the incidence rate of sexual harassment in the workplace experienced in the five years prior to conducting the survey… -
Legal
6 April 2018Submission
Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018
Downloads Introduction The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee in its Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) Bill 2018 (Cth) (Bill) introduced by the Australian Government. Summary This Bill proposes to amend Part 8 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) (Migration Act) which… -
Commission – General
19 August 2013WebpageRace Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Tim Soutphommasane
Learn about Dr Tim Soutphommasane, who was Race Discrimination Commissioner from 2013 to 2018 and a political philosopher prior to joining the Commission. -
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
3 March 2016PublicationSummary of the Toomelah Report (Community Guide)
SUMMARY OF THE TOOMELAH REPORT BY THE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION JUNE 1988 In co-operation with: Aboriginal Development Unit Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative College 13 Mansfield Street Glebe NSW 2037 To the Aboriginal people of Toomelah and Boggabilla: We have written this booklet for the Aboriginal people at Toomelah and Boggabilla. The booklet helps explain what the… -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Webpage
D.D.A. guide: Buying goods and using services
A person with a disability has a right to obtain goods and use services and facilities in the same way as people without a disability. This includes goods, services and facilities from: -
Disability Rights
14 December 2012Speech
The DDA and employment of people with a disability
The standard sort of speech that is often delivered by people in my sort of position at this sort of event is a combination of pep talk and pamphlet, with some bits of a law lecture thrown in: telling people with a disability and their advocates that they have rights under discrimination law, and telling employers that they have responsibilities, and attempting to set out the terms and the effect… -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry on Employment and Disability Interim Report: 1. Background to the Inquiry
Australians with disability are much less likely to be employed than people without disability. They have a comparatively lower labour force participation rate (53.2% compared to 80.1%) and a higher unemployment rate (8.6% compared to 5%) than those without a disability. -
14 December 2012Book page
National Inquiry into Employment and Disability: Issues Paper 1
This Issues Paper sets out the context for the National Inquiry into Employment and Disability. It includes some of the recently available statistics regarding the employment of people with disabilities in Australia. -
1 August 2014Book page
Chapter 2: Results of the National Prevalence Survey
In summary Mothers Survey Discrimination in the workplace against mothers is pervasive. One in two mothers reported experiencing discrimination at some point during pregnancy, parental leave or on return to work. Discrimination is experienced in many different forms ranging from negative attitudes in the workplace through to job loss. 32% of all mothers who were discriminated against at some… -
14 December 2012Book page
HREOC Report No.32
Pursuant to section 11(1)(f)(ii) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act1986 (Cth) I attach a report of my inquiry into a complaint by Ms Stacey Scheff of Justice Action on behalf of federal prisoners detained in NSW correctional centres against the State of NSW, Department of Corrective Services and the Commonwealth of Australia, Attorney-General’s Department. -
Legal
14 December 2012Webpage
Federal Discrimination Law: Chapter 2 - The Age Discrimination Act
The ADA commenced operation on 23 June 2004. At the date of publication there have been a limited number of cases in which the ADA has been considered[1] and there has not yet been a successful claim of unlawful age discrimination. This chapter therefore focuses on the background to the legislation and its significant features as well as highlighting some similarities and differences with other…