Age discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in the same or similar circumstances because of their age or age group. For example, it could be ‘direct age ...
In December 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission delivered an interim report for its Respect at Uni project to update the Australian Government on the project’s progress, highlighting ...
The initial stages of a study about racism at Australian universities being undertaken by the Australian Human Rights Commission have revealed a range of concerns from both students and staff in ...
National Children's Commissioner Anne Hollonds has called on all Australians governments to protect the human rights of children. She released this video to coincide with UN Human Rights Day 2024, on ...
Today marks one year since the Australian Human Rights Commission’s positive duty regulatory powers came into force, aiming to eliminate sexual harassment and discrimination in Australian workplaces.
The Commission is bringing together representatives from the banking and financial services sector and peak community ...
The Australian Human Rights Commission conducts ongoing monitoring of conditions in detention to ensure that Australia’s immigration detention system complies with our obligations under international ...
The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for significant reform to the country’s immigration detention system, after a new report into the treatment of women in detention found their rights, ...
This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay was published in The Guardian. Picture this. It has been months since you last saw or hugged a loved one, including your children. You ...
As the Queensland Government moves to pass its controversial Making Queensland Safer Bill this week, the National Children’s Commissioner is calling on the Australian Government to affirm its ...
When the backslapping over the successful passing of the social media ban legislation has finished, there is a significant amount of work that still needs to be done to improve child safety and ...