The Australian Government is undertaking a review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth). The purpose of the review is to consider options to implement the 15 recommendations from the Royal ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says simplifying and modernising Australia’s Disability Discrimination Act (DDA ...

Back to contents From the bench: landmark human rights cases Why do I love HREOC? Well, I was there at the birth. I watched the Commission grow and accept new challenges every year. Australians used ...

The Child Safe Organisations project prepared a background paper on cultural safety for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young people, to inform work on child safe organisations.

The Australian Human Rights Commission is Australia’s national independent human rights body. One of our main functions is to inquire into and conciliate complaints made under federal human rights and ...

Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner are ...

You don’t have to put up with being treated unfairly because you’re young. There are laws to protect you against discrimination, harassment and bullying. These laws apply right across Australia. If ...

Complaints under the Racial Discrimination Act Download in PDF Download in Word Table of contents What is the Racial Discrimination Act? When can this law be used? What is racial discrimination? When ...

Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner is calling on the Queensland Government to honour a commitment made by ...

Corporate Social Responsibility & Human Rights (2008) 1. What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is generally understood to mean that ...

New report reveals almost one in 4 employers consider workers in their 50s ‘old’ and are reluctant to hire people over 50 and under 24 despite skills shortages.