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Submissions

The Commission seeks to promote and protect human rights through submissions to parliamentary inquiries, government departments and law reform bodies.

 

 

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Subject Index

Australian Defence Force Age Discrimination Charter of Rights ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Citizenship Copyright Criminal Record Cybersafety Disability Rights Education Electoral Reform Family Law Health Homelessness Human Rights Legislation Human Rights Treaties Indigenous Australians

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Australians Mutual Assistance Agreements National Human Rights Action Plan National Security Native Title Paid Maternity Leave Political Participation Public Accounts and Audit section Refugees and Migration State Parliaments Sex Discrimination Trafficking in person Workplace relations

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AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE

• Australian Defence Force Inquiry into Recruitment and Retention of ADF Personnel

AGE DISCRIMINATION

• Response to the Public Consultation on the Human Rights of Older Persons - June 2013
• Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - October 2012
• Inquiry into the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 - 3 November 2010
• Older people and the law inquiry - 15 Dec 2006
• Age Discrimination Bill 2003 - 3 Sept 2003

CHARTER OF RIGHTS

• Tasmanian Human Rights Charter Consultation - 21 November 2010
• Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s Issues Paper: A Charter of Rights for Tasmania? - 15 Dec 2006
• Human Rights Consultation Committee, Victoria on a proposed Charter of Rights - 16 Sept 2005

CHILDREN

• Inquiry into local adoption - 12 June 2018
• Inquiry into harm being done to Australian children through access to pornography on the Internet - 16 April 2016
• Inquiry into the Regulatory and Legislative Aspects of Surrogacy Arrangements - 17 February 2016
• Guardian for Unaccompanied ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Bill 2014 - 23 October 2014
• Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014 - 19 August 2014
• Inquiry into Grandparents who take primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren - 20 March 2014
• Inquiry into Childcare and Early Childhood Learning - 5 May 2014
• Enhancing Online Safety for ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ - 5 March 2014
• Preventing Sexual Abuse of ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ in Out-of-Home Care - Royal Commission issues paper #4 - 8 November 2013
• Child Safe Institutions - Royal Commission issues paper #3 - 13 October 2013
• Towards Healing - AHRC response to Royal Commission issues paper #2 - September 2013
• AHRC response to Working With ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Check - Royal Commission issues paper #1 - August 2013
• Royal Commission into institutional responses to child sexual assault -response to the consultation paper - November 2012
• Inquiry into Crimes Amendment (Fairness for Minors) Bill 2011 - 1 February 2012
• Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (August 2011)
• Inquiry into the Commonwealth Commissioner for ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ and Young People Bill 2010 (15 December 2010)
• Information provided to the OHCHR study on challenges and best practices in the implementation of the international framework for the protection of the rights of the child in the context of migration (April 2010)
• Discussion paper "Australia's ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: Safe and Well - A National Framework for Protecting Australia's ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ" (July 2008)
• Inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflict
• Inquiry into ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ, Young People and the Built Environment - November 2006

CITIZENSHIP

• Australian Citizenship Legislation (Strengthening the Requirements for Australian Citizenship and Other Measures) Bill 2017 - 17 July 2017
• Proposed changes to the test for Australian citizenship - 7 June 2017
• - 16 July 2015
• - 30 June 2015
• Australian Citizenship and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2014 - 6 November 2014
• Australian Citizenship Test - 5 June 2008
• Australian Citizenship Amendment (Citizenship Testing Bill) 2007 - 6 July 2007
• Australian Citizenship Bill 2005 - 20 Jan 2006
• Response to Questions on Notice

COPYRIGHT

• Senate inquiry into the Copyright Amendment (Online Infringement) Bill 2015 (Cth) - 15 April 2015

CRIMINAL LAW

• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Proceeds of Crime and Other Measures) Bill 2015 - 6 January 2016
• Criminal Code Amendment (Firearms Trafficking) Bill 2015 - 6 January 2016
• Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment (Powers) Bill 2015 - 5 June 2015

CRIMINAL RECORD

• Model Spent Convictions Bill - 05 February 2009

CYBERSAFETY

• Inquiry into Cybersafety for Senior Australians (January 2012)

DISABILITY RIGHTS

• Indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia - 31 March 2016
• Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2015 - 21 May 2015
• Information concerning Australia and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - March 2013
• National Disability Insurance Scheme Bill 2012 - January 2013
• The Involuntary or Coerced Sterilisation of People with Disabilities in Australia - November 2012
• Web accessibility and Government 2.0 (1 October 2009)
• Inquiry into the Disability Discrimination and Other Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 - 16 January 2009
• Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry on human genetic information: see also
• Submission to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Review of the Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 May 2006
• initial submission ; second submission and : see also and
• Disability Discrimination Amendment (Education Standards) Bill 2004
• : see also
• Civil Aviation Amendment (Relationship with Anti-Discrimination Legislation) Bill 2004: see also

EDUCATION

• Inquiry into Technical and Further Education in Australia - 4 February 2014
• Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Economics and Business Curriculum: Years 5-10 - July 2013 - July 2013
• Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Civics and Citizenship Curriculum Year 3 to Year 10 - July 2013 - July 2013
• Strengthening Human Rights Education in the Health and Physical Education Curriculum: Foundation to Year 10 - 12 April 2013
• Strengthening human rights education in the Economics and Business curriculum - October 2012
• Strengthening human rights education in the Civics and Citizenship curriculum - August 2012
• Strengthening human rights education in the Health and Physical Education curriculum - June 2012
• Strengthening human rights education in the Geography Curriculum - February 2012
• Inquiry into International Student Accommodation in New South Wales (17 October 2011)
• Consultation on the cross-curriculum priorities (1 September 2011)
• Strengthening human rights education in the geography curriculum (7 July 2011)
• Human rights education in the national school Curriculum: Position Paper of the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ (2 June 2011)
• Social Security and Veteran’s Entitlements Legislation Amendment (Schooling Requirements) 2008 Bill - 13 October 2008
• Submission of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) to the Australia 2020 Summit - April 2008
• Human Rights and Good Governance Education - 20 December 2002

ELECTORAL REFORM

• The inquiry into the 2007 Federal Election - 2008
• Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral integrity and other measures) Bill 2005 - 9 Mar 2006

FAMILY LAW

• Family Law Amendment (Parenting Management Hearings) - Bill 2017
• Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) - Bill 2017
• Submission to the Family Law Amendment (Family Violence and Cross-examination of Parties) Bill 2017 - 25 August 2017
• Inquiry into the Regulatory and Legislative Aspects of Surrogacy Arrangements - 17 February 2016
• Review of parentage laws - 3 May 2013
• Inquiry into the Family Law Legislation Amendment (Family Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2011 - 29 July 2011
• Family Violence and Commonwealth Laws: Employment and Superannuation - 21 April 2011
• Submission to Inquiry into the Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 - 30 July 2008
• Submission to the Family Law Council Discussion Paper on Relocation -28 March 2006
• Inquiry into the provisions of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005

HEALTH

• Budget Savings (Omnibus) Bill 2016 - 6 September 2016
• The Involuntary or Coerced Sterilisation of People with Disabilities in Australia - November 2012
• Inquiry into Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders - 7 February 2012
• Australia the Healthiest Country by 2020 - 14 January 2009

HOMELESSNESS

• Submission on the Exposure Draft, Homelessness Bill 2012 - 23 August 2012
• Inquiry into national homelessness legislation - 1 September 2009
• Homelessness: Which way home? - 4 July 2008

HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION

• Religious Freedom Review - February 2018
• Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 - 23 March 2017
• Inquiry into Freedom of Speech - supplementary submission - 15 February 2017
• Inquiry into Freedom of Speech - 9 December 2016
• Indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia - 31 March 2016
• ALRC Freedoms Inquiry – Interim Report - 16 October 2015
• Amendments to Part IIA, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 - 28 April 2014

      Freedom of Speech (repeal of s.18C) Bill 2014 - response by Human Rights Commissioner, Tim Wilson - 28 April 2014

• Consolidation of Commonwealth Discrimination law - domestic and family violence (23 January 2012)
• Consolidation of Commonwealth Discrimination law (6 December 2011)
• Inquiry into the Criminal Cases Review Commission Bill 2010 (25 November 2011)
• Extradition and Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 (1 August 2011)
• Refining the Australian Public Service Values (2 August 2010)
• Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee on Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010 and the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010 - 7 July 2010
• Inquiry into the future direction and role of the Senate Scrutiny of Bills Committee - 19 March 2010
• Reform of Australian Government Administration - November 2009
• ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Supplementary Submission on Human Rights Education - July 2009
• ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the National Human Rights Consultation - June 2009
• Inquiry into the Correctional Services Legislation Amendment Bill - June 2006
• Inquiry into Warrant Powers and Procedures - 2 November 2004
• Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee Inquiry Criminal Code Amendment (Suicide Related Material Offences) Bill 2004 - 12 August 2004

• ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Legislation Bill 2003
  • Summary of Submission on the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Legislation Bill 2003
  • Questions on Notice arising from evidence given to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee's Reference on the ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Legislation Bill 2003
    • Response - dated 8 May 2003
    • Response - dated 13 May 2003
      • Appendix A: Complaints made under more than one Act
      • Appendix B: Corporate Plan, Jan 2003 - Dec 2005
• Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill (No.2) 1998

HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES

• Inquiry into the Commonwealth’s Treaty-Making Process - 10 March 2015
• Information concerning Australia's compliance with the Convention Against Torture (17 October 2014)
• Consideration of Australia’s ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture - 29 March 2012
• Ratification of 2005 UNESCO Convention on the Protection & Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions - 5 November 2008
• Ratification of 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage - 24 September 2008
• Australia’s compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (April 2008)
• Inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and
• Inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflict
  • Response to questions on notice arising from the Inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflict
• Inquiry into the Law and Justice Amendment Bill 2005

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS

• Inquiry into local adoption - 12 June 2018
• Opening Statement to the Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011(1 March 2012)
• Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory Bill 2011 and two related Bills (6 February 2012)
• Submission on Draft Indigenous Economic Development Strategy - 17 December 2010
• FaHCSIA Exposure Draft of the Policy Outlines for Income Management - 25 June 2010
• Submission to the Review of Government Compensation Payments - 15 June 2010
• Inquiry into the Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act Bill 2009 and other Bills - 15 February 2010
• Inquiry into Access to Justice - 20 October 2009
• Inquiry into hearing health in Australia - 16 October 2009
• Indigenous Peoples' Organisations Network of Australia - 17 August 2009
• Northern Territory Homeland Policy Submission - 15 December 2008
• Inquiry into Overcoming Indigenous Disadvantage - 15 August 2008
• Northern Territory Emergency Response Review Board - 15 August 2008
• Discussion paper "Australia's ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ: Safe and Well - A National Framework for Protecting Australia's ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ" - 14 July 2008
• Submission to Inquiry into the Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008 - 9 April 2008
• Northern Territory National Emergency Response Legislation - 10 August 2007
• Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 - 1 March 2007
• Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006 - 29 September 2006
• Stolen Wages Inquiry - 1 August 2006

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX AUSTRALIANS

• Inquiry into the Commonwealth Government’s Exposure Draft of the Marriage Amendment (Same-Sex Marriage) Bill - 25 Jan 2017
• Senate inquiry into the matter of a popular vote, in the form of a plebiscite or referendum, on the matter of marriage in Australia - 4 September 2015
• Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010 - 29 March 2012
• Submission to Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 - 10 September 2009
• Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws – General Law Reform) Bill 2008 - 15 September 2008
• Submission to Inquiry into the Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 - 30 July 2008
• Inquiry into the Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws - Superannuation) Bill 2008 - 30 July 2008
• Provisions of the Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2004 - 30 July 2004

MUTUAL ASSISTANCE AGREEMENTS

• Mutual Assistance Review - October 2006

NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN

• Consultation on exposure draft National Human Rights Action Plan - 6 March 2012

NATIONAL SECURITY

• Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) - Bill 2018
• Review of the Identity-matching Services Bill 2018 and the Australian Passports Amendment (Identity-matching Services) Bill 2018 - 29 March 2018
• - November 2017
• - November 2017
• Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) Statutory Deadline Review - 15 May 2017
• Criminal Code Amendment (High Risk Terrorist Offenders) Bill 2016 - 12 October 2016
• Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2015 - 9 December 2015
• Inquiry into the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 - 14 January 2015
• Submission to Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment Bill (No.1) 2014 - 11 November 2014
• Submission to Inquiry into the Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - 2 October 2014
• Submission to Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 - 21 August 2014
• COAG Review of Counter-Terrorism Legislation - September 2012
• Review of Counter-Terrorism and National Security Legislation - September 2012
• Independent Review of the Intelligence Community - April 2011
• National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 and Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement Bill 2010 - 6 May 2010
• National Security Legislation Proposed Amendments - 9 October 2009
• Inquiry into the National Security Legislation Monitor Bill 2009 - 27 July 2009
• Covert Search Warrants - 18 March 2009
• Inquiry into the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No.2] - 12 September 2008
• Submission to the Clarke Inquiry on the Case of Dr Mohamed Haneef - May 2008
• Review of the power to proscribe terrorist organisations - February 2007
• Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 - 20 November 2006
• Extradition Review submission - April 2006
• Comments on the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 and draft consolidated AML/TF Rules - August 2006
• Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 - January 2006
• Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.2) 2005 - 11 November 2005
• Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005 - 17 October 2005
• National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2005 - 6 April 2005
• Response to questions on notice arising from the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
  • Provisions of the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2004 - 8 July 2004
  • An Inquiry into provisions of the National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) Bill 2004 and National Security Information (Criminal Proceedings) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2004 - 2 June 2004
• Protecting Classified and Security Sensitive Information – Background Paper 8
  • Submission of March 2004
  • Submission of September 2003
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• Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Bill 2002 - 23 May 2002
• Review of Division 3 Part III of the ASIO Act 1979 (Cth) - 4 April 2005
• Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002 (Cth) and Criminal Code Amendment (Terrorism) Act  2003 (Cth) - January 2006
• NSW Attorney-General's review of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 NSW - 11 February 2005

NATIVE TITLE

• ALRC: Review of the Native Title Act 1993 - 14 May 2014
• Native Title Amendment Bill 2012 - January 2013
• Native Title Amendment Bill 2012 and future reform of the native title process - 25 January 2013
• Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011 - 12 August 2011
• Discussion paper: Leading practice agreements: maximising outcomes from native title benefits (2010)
• Consultation Paper: Native Title, Indigenous Economic Development and Tax (2010)
• Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill (No 2) 2009 - 27 November 2009
• Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 2009 - 24 April 2009
• Proposed minor native title amendments - 19 February 2009
• Proposed Wild Rivers Declarations - November 2008
• Inquiry into the Native Title [Amendment] Bill 2006 - 25 January 2007
• Attorney-General's Department's Second Discussion paper on technical amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) 22 December 2006

PAID MATERNITY LEAVE

• Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave - 24 November 2008
• Productivity Commission Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave. 2 June 2008
• Productivity Commission Inquiry into Paid Maternity, Paternity and Parental Leave. Oral submission by Commissioner Elizabeth Broderick - 20 May 2008

POLITICAL PARTICIPATION

• Inquiry into Civics and electoral education - 2 June 2006

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT SECTION

• Independent Review of the Australian Public Service - 17 July 2018
• Access and Equity: Inquiry into the responsiveness of Australian Government services to Australia’s culturally and linguistically diverse population(24 February 2012)
• Effects of the ongoing Efficiency Dividend on Smaller Public Sector Agencies - 29 July 2008

REFUGEES AND MIGRATION

• Migration Amendment (Clarification of Jurisdiction) - Bill 2018
• Inquiry into Strengthening Multiculturalism - 19 May 2017
• Inquiry into Migrant Settlement Outcomes - 31 January 2017
• Senate inquiry on the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection and Other Measures) Bill 2015 (Cth) - 26 November 2015
• Submission to Inquiry into the responsibilities of the Commonwealth Government in connection with the management and operation of the Regional Processing Centre in Nauru - 27 April 2015
• Crimes Legislation Amendment (Powers, Offences and Other Measures) Bill 2015 (Cth) - 16 April 2015
• Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill 2015 (Cth) - 7 April 2015
• Migration and Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 - 31 October 2014
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Character and General Visa Cancellation) Bill 2014 - 28 October 2014
• Guardian for Unaccompanied ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Bill 2014 - 23 October 2014
• Migration Amendment (Protecting Babies Born in Australia) Bill 2014 - 19 August 2014
• Inquiry into the incident at the Manus Island Detention Centre from 16 February to 18 February 2014 - 16 May 2014
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill 2013 - 30 January 2014
• Manus Island Regional Processing Centre Proposal - 19 April 2013
• Examination of the Migration (Regional Processing) package of legislation - January 2013
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Health Care for Asylum Seekers) Bill 2012 - October 2012
• Expert Panel on Asylum Seekers (20 July 2012)
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Removal of Mandatory Minimum Penalties) Bill 2012 (27 February 2012)
• Inquiry into Australia’s agreement with Malaysia in relation to asylum seekers (14 September 2011)
• ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Australia’s Immigration Detention Network - August 2011
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Detention Reform and Procedural Fairness) Bill 2011 - 23 June 2011
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Strengthening the Character Test and Other Provisions) Bill 2011 (31 May 2011)
• Inquiry into Multiculturalism in Australia (29 April 2011)
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Complementary Protection) Bill 2009 - 30 September 2009
• Submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works on the Proposed Redevelopment of the Villawood Immigration Detention Facility - 18 September 2009
• Migration Amendment (Immigration Detention Reform) Bill 2009 -
  
  31 July 2009
• Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee inquiry into Australia’s refugee and humanitarian program - 2009
• ºÚÁÏÇ鱨վ Submission to the Visa Subclass 457 Integrity Review Issues Paper 3: Integrity and Exploitation -13 October 2008
• Submission to Inquiry into Immigration Detention in Australia - 4 August 2008
• Inquiry into eligibility requirements and monitoring, enforcement and reporting arrangements for Temporary Business Visas - January 2007
• Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 - 19 January 2007
  • Opening Statement to Submission - 31 January 2007
• Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 - 22 May 2006
  • Opening Statement to Submission - 26 May 2006
  • Supplementary Submission - 1 June 2006
  • - 13 June 2006
• Villawood Immigration detention centre redevelopment, Sydney - March 2006
• Migration Act 1958, administration and operation - 8 August 2005
• Migration Ligitation Reform Bill 2005 - 6 April 2005
  • Response to Questions on Notice on the Migration Ligitation Reform Bill 2005 -
• The Migration Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 2004 -
  • Supplementary submissions - Migration Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 2004
• The Migration Litigation Review

SEX DISCRIMINATION

• Gender segregation in the workplace and its impact on women’s economic equality - 6 March 2017
• Violence against women in Australia - 20 January 2017
• Inquiry into Domestic Violence and Gender Inequality - 4 April 2016
• Inquiry into Childcare and Early Childhood Learning - 5 May 2014
• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Intersex Status) Bill 2013 - April 2013
• Exposure draft Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 - December 2012
• Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 - 12 April 2012
• Post Implementation Review of the Fair Work Act 2009 - 12 March 2012
• Inquiry into the Sex and Age Discrimination Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 - 3 November 2010
• Inquiry into the Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Act 1999 and Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency - 30 October 2009
• Australia's Future Tax System (Retirement Income System) - 27 February 2009
• Inquiry into pay equity and associated issues related to increasing female participation in the workforce - 23 September 2008
• Inquiry into the effectiveness of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) in eliminating discrimination and promoting gender equality - 1 September 2008
• Discussion paper on the law of consent and sexual assault - 20 July 2007
• Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004 -
  • Supplementary submissions on the Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004
• Submission to the Northern Territory Law Reform Committee inquiry into Aboriginal Customary Law in the Northern Territory by the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, 3 June 2003
• Submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee inquiry into the Sex Discrimination Amendment Bill (No 1) 2000, 13 November 2000

STATE PARLIAMENTS

• Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s Issues Paper: A Charter of Rights for Tasmania? - 15 December 2006 (3038)
• Human Rights Consultation Committee, Victoria on a proposed Charter of Rights - 16 September 2005
• NSW Attorney-General's review of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 NSW  - 11 February 2005

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

• NSW Juvenile Justice: Human rights and the use of force - 31 May 2017
• Inquiry into Human Trafficking - 4 March 2016
• Inquiry into Slavery, Slavery-like conditions and People Trafficking - October 2012
• Exposure Draft Bill Crimes Legislation Amendment (Slavery, Slavery Like Conditions and People Trafficking) Bill 2012 (20 January 2012)
• Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian Society - 27 Feb 2007
• Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons) Bill 2004 - 18 Feb 2005
• HREOC response to questions on notice arising from the Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons) Bill 2004

WORKPLACE RELATIONS

• Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 (Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee - 18 April 2013
• Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 (House Standing Committee on Education and Employment) - 18 April 2013
• Review of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - October 2012
• The adequacy of the allowance payment system for jobseekers and others, the appropriateness of the allowance payment system as a support into work and the impact of the changing nature of the labour market - 14 August 2012
• Post Implementation Review of the Fair Work Act 2009 - 12 March 2012
• Inquiry into the Fair Work Bill 2008 - 23 January 2009
• Inquiry into Better Support for Carers - 15 July 2008
• Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations - Discussion Paper, National Employment Standards Exposure Draft - 4 April 2008
• Submission for consideration in determining the first national wage decision - July 2006 (PDF 399 kb)
• Workplace Relations Amendment (WorkChoices) Bill 2005 - 10 November 2005
  • Answers to Questions on Notice