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Commissioners warn NT child protection changes put children at greater risk

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
23 July 2026
Yuendumu, NT Australie, February 15 2020 : Aborigines Warlpiri in the bush. Family, grandmother and granddaughter, after hunting honey ants

Commissioners reject Senator Hanson’s domestic violence comments

Sex and gender
Media Release
23 July 2026

Call for urgent national action to prevent violence and harm against children after series of fatalities

Children and youth rights
Media Release
15 July 2026
A woman holds up her hand in a stopping gesture, looking distressed. Text overlay reads Violence Against Women.

Impacts of parental immigration detention and deportation on children and young people revealed in new national report

Children and youth rights
Media Release
7 July 2026
a young person is standing behind a detention fence. They are looking at the setting sun.

Australian Human Rights Commission disappointed with Australian Government’s response to major human rights review of Australia

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
2 July 2026
The while United Nations logo on a blue badge with the letters UPR underneath

Commissioner calls on Government to publicly address human rights concerns over NDIS changes

Disability rights
Media Release
1 July 2026
A supermarket worker with disability smiling and holding a cardboard box

Age bias leaves younger workers excluded and older workers overlooked

Older people’s rights
Media Release
30 June 2026
Older and younger workers report cover image

Melbourne seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
29 June 2026
seminar graphic

Rights, not rhetoric: Report calls time on Government inaction

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
26 June 2026
Artwork of the Informing the Agenda project

Final call for young people to help shape consent and sex education in Australia

Children and youth rights
Media Release
15 June 2026
Graphic - On Your Terms: Youth survey on consent and s*x ed

Nominations now open for Australia’s premier event honouring human rights champions

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
4 June 2026
A diverse group of people pose together onstage in front of a large 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards sign, featuring a stylised dove. Some are seated whilst others stand behind, all smiling. The stage is decorated with plants.

Adelaide seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
1 June 2026
seminar graphic

Calls for reform following the DPP decision announced on the one-year anniversary of Kumanjayi White's death

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
27 May 2026
Image of Commissioner Katie Kiss

National online seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
26 May 2026
seminar graphic

Sydney seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
22 May 2026
seminar graphic

New national report finds children's voices are the key to ending violence before it begins

Children and youth rights
Media Release
25 May 2026
Cover of the report titled We're Stopping Violence Before It Begins: Supporting Quality Engagement with Children

Australia’s First Peoples and Children’s Commissioners urge Northern Territory government to halt weakening of child placement principle

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
18 May 2026
A young Aboriginal child playing with toys

Full Federal Court finds two acts of direct discrimination in Giggle v Tickle appeal

Sex and gender
Media Release
15 May 2026

Call for urgent national action after UN raises ‘grave concerns’ about treatment of Indigenous children

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
12 May 2026

Perth seminar to explore how human rights help fix critical social challenges

Rights and Freedoms
Media Release
13 May 2026
seminar graphic

Condolences for the death of 5-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Media Release
1 May 2026

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