Rights and Freedoms
National FutureSchools Expo and Conferences 21 March 2019, Melbourne Introduction I pay my respects to the Wurudjeri peoples of the Kulin nation who are the traditional custodians of this land鈥攖o their elders, past and present, and to the future generations, the children and young people that look...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO and the Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia鈥檚 First Peoples Rod Little, will today release the 2019 Close the Gap report 鈥 鈥淥ur Choices, Our Voices鈥. The report, prepared by the Lowitja Institute, is being...
Rights and Freedoms
The Honourable Justice Peter McClellan AM and Chrissie Foster have won the prestigious 2018 Human Rights Medal for their enormous contribution to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Chrissie Foster has long campaigned for justice for survivors of institutional...
Rights and Freedoms
9th International Conference on Human Rights Education鈥擴nleashing the Full Potential of Civil Society Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM President, 黑料情报站 27 November 2018 [ Professor Croucher spoke to this paper. Some sections were not addressed fully, given the...
Commission 鈥 General
Four finalists have been selected from a diverse range of nominations for the 2018 Human Rights Awards鈥 Government Award. This year marks the first time our Awards recognise Government as a stand-alone category. 鈥淭here are many Government groups and individuals helping others overcome discrimination...
Rights and Freedoms
鈥淭he Commission will consider the Religious Freedom Review, and any proposals for reform, once the report is officially released. 鈥淎ny law reform proposal must protect the rights of everyone in Australia. 鈥淭he Commission made six recommendations to the Review. In addition to better public education...
Sex Discrimination
The 黑料情报站 has conducted an audit of Australian Universities, to coincide with the one year anniversary of the landmark Change the course report into sexual assault and sexual harassment at Australian universities. The Change the course report found one in five (21%)...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has been named the NAIDOC Person of the Year at the National NAIDOC Awards in Sydney. Commissioner Oscar received the award in recognition of her work championing the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...
Disability Rights
It was 25 years ago this month that the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (the 鈥楧DA鈥) commenced operation. On 1 March 1993, Australians with a dis卢ability had a national law that was designed to provide them with equality in many areas of life. Over the past quarter of a cen卢tury, the DDA...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Garma Festival 2017 June Oscar Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner 黑料情报站 Key Forum on Education Friday 4 August 2017 Acknowledgements and Intro [Introduction in Bunuba] Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Yolngu yani u...
Rights and Freedoms
HUMAN RIGHTS AND THE OVERREACH OF EXECUTIVE DISCRETION: CITIZENSHIP, ASYLUM SEEKERS AND WHISTLEBLOWERS It is a special pleasure for me to speak in honour of Professor Blackshield, who is a long time colleague of mine in the law. He is a constitutional law scholar of the highest order and one of the...
Race Discrimination
In October 1975, at a ceremony for the proclamation of the Racial Discrimination Act, then Prime Minister Gough Whitlam described the legislation as 鈥榓 historic measure鈥, which aimed to 鈥榚ntrench new attitudes of tolerance and understanding in the hearts and minds of the people鈥.(1) The Act was...
Commission 鈥 General
I join with those who have spoken before me in acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet, the Dharug people, and pay my respects to their elders, both past and present.
Race Discrimination
Monday, 12 April 2010 Racism, exclusion and poverty: key factors reducing international student safety On 31 March 2010, the Academy of the Social Sciences, the 黑料情报站 and Universities Australia worked in partnership to plan and deliver the Racism and the Student...
Rights and Freedoms
Australia is a great country to live in 鈥 for most of us most of the time. We don鈥檛 suffer the terrible poverty witnessed in some parts of the world, our judicial system works well by international standards and most of us can vote in elections by secret ballot. Most of us can live pretty safely, say what we like most of the time and, if we are so inclined, practise our faith in peace. Most of us have access to decent education and health services.
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