Australian Capital Territory residents are invited to attend a FREE seminar in Canberra about advancing human rights. With so many issues currently impacting on the rights of people across Australia, ...

Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a national act or charter of rights that explains what people’s basic rights are and how they can be protected. Australia has ...

Read Race Discrimination Commissioner Chin Tan's op-ed, published in The Guardian Australia. "Australia will, fundamentally, be changed on 14 October. However the cards fall in the voice referendum, ...

A decision by the Australian Federal Police to end the use of spit hoods has been welcomed by the Australian Human Rights Commission. Today the AFP announced the AFP and ACT police will no longer use ...

The Standards do not apply to dedicated school bus services, so the compliance timetable and specifications in the Standards do not apply directly to these services. But complaints can still be made ...

Deb Tsorbaris, the new National Children’s Commissioner, starts her five-year term. She says Australia must deliver real change for children and families, as she today begins her five-year term. 'I am ...

There are federal, state and territory laws in Australia to protect people from discrimination and harassment. The Australian Human Rights Commission has statutory responsibilities under the Age ...

As the first woman to be appointed as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, I indicated at the start of my term that I would place a strong emphasis on championing the ...

1. What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is generally understood to mean that corporations have a degree of responsibility not only for ...

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview – or ‘snapshot’ – of the key human rights issues that arise from Australia’s approach to asylum seekers and refugees who arrive by boat. The ...

Section 44 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) ("the ADA") gives the Commission the power to grant temporary exemptions from certain provisions of the Act. Temporary exemptions may be granted for ...

1. What is the ‘enhanced screening process'? Since October 2012 an ‘enhanced screening process' has been applied to all unauthorised maritime arrivals from Sri Lanka to identify whether they are ...