Let's talk about rights - Human Rights Act for Australia

Overview

The Attorney-General announced the federal government's response to the National Human Rights Consultation on 21 April 2010.

• Read the Attorney-General's speech

• Read Australia's Human Rights Framework in PDF or in Word

The Commission expressed disappointment that the framework does not include a Human Rights Act but welcomed the other measures contained in the framework. Read the full press release here .

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was released on 8 October 2009.

The Commission welcomed the report's key recommendations: that human rights education is of the highest priority; and that Australia adopt a federal Human Rights Act. Read the Commission's media release.

More information

Below are other documents relating to the National Consultation:

• Commission submission to the National Human Rights Consultation (June 2009)

• Commission's supplementary submission to the National Consultation (July 2009)

• Constitutional Roundtable Statement

• Consultation toolkit - Let's talk about rights

• Children and young people - Let's talk about rights

• Seminar series

• Consultation workshops

• Commission speeches and media releases

• Useful links