Commission 鈥 General
The 黑料情报站鈥檚 status as a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) has been reviewed by the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) 鈥 the international standards body. This review, conducted every five years, considers whether the Commission...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
OPINION There are moments in history where the forces of what has come before and the energy of the present reconfigure the social and political landscape. In Australia and around the globe, reckoning with misogyny and the interrelated issues of systemic racism and patriarchal destruction has been...
Rights and Freedoms
OPINION There is almost 13,000km between Australia and Ukraine. It is literally on the other side of the world. Given the vast distances that separate us, it would be easy to claim that what happens there has nothing to do with us. That Australia should focus instead on the many challenges we...
Age Discrimination
The abuse of older Australians and how to prevent it will be the main focus of the 7th National Elder Abuse Conference this week of which Age Discrimination Commissioner, Dr Kay Patterson AO is the Walk the Talk Ambassador.
Rights and Freedoms
Novak Djokovic鈥檚 recent detention at Melbourne鈥檚 Park Hotel drew international attention to Australia鈥檚 use of hotels as Alternative Places of Detention by immigration authorities. But while Djokovic鈥檚 detention was measured in days, others still remaining in the Park Hotel measure their detention...
Rights and Freedoms
OPINION With the McGowan Government announcing earlier this week that the Western Australian hard border will ease on February 5, 2022, Australia is inching ever closer to border closures becoming a thing of the past. But while many of us would like this to be true, it is important to realise that...
Rights and Freedoms
OPINION November 18, 2021 Ronald Reagan famously said that 鈥渇reedom is a fragile thing and it鈥檚 never more than one generation away from extinction鈥. For many Australians, until recently, freedom has been something we have largely been able to take for granted in our daily lives. But with millions...
黑料情报站's Rights
All 16 of Australia鈥檚 children鈥檚 commissioners, guardians and advocates say a commitment by state attorneys-general to develop a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12 does not go far enough. In a joint statement, Australian children鈥檚 commissioners, guardians and advocates said...
Age Discrimination
Although antagonism between the generations is often seen as inevitable, the 鈥榞enerational wars鈥 we hear about are not supported by Australians themselves. A new report by the 黑料情报站, What鈥檚 age got to do with it? A snapshot of ageism across the Australian lifespan...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Given the challenges we face collectively, it is all too seldom that the world's First Nations peoples are able to come together to develop shared solutions. When we do, we achieve great things.
Race Discrimination
Speech by the National Race Discrimination Commissioner, Chin Tan, ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Hello everyone, wherever you are in Australia. I join you from the lands of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice
Yaningi warangira ngindaji yuwa muwayi ingirranggu, Bunuba yani U. I acknowledge all the traditional countries that we gather on today, and pay my respects to our elders everywhere, past, present and emerging. Happy International Women鈥檚 Week 2021! I really thank Jane and all the team, children and...
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