Talking diversity amid racial hysteria
Talking diversity amid racial hysteriaDr Tim SoutphommasaneSpeech to University of Sydney behavioural economics and applied policy forum on addressing diversityUniversity of Sydney, Sydney, 27 July 2018Check against deliveryThank you to Professor...
Friday 27 July 2018
Survey elevates voices of children in Australia
Australia’s youngest citizens will have their voices heard in a national survey.National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell is calling on children and young people in Australia to get involved in the 2018 Children’s Rights Poll.The Poll was...
Wednesday 25 July 2018
Technology and workplace sexual harassment
The Sex Discrimination Commissioner Kate Jenkins says technology and online platforms present enormous opportunities to advance gender equality, however they can also be used to subject women to online harassment and abuse.Commissioner Jenkins has...
Wednesday 25 July 2018
Protecting human rights in the era of artificial intelligence
The Australian Human Rights Commission has officially launched a major three-year project examining technology and human rights.The project was launched at the Human Rights and Technology conference in Sydney, attended by more than 400 people from...
Tuesday 24 July 2018
Work to begin on anti-racism training for Australian and New Zealand police...
The Australian Human Rights Commission will begin working with the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) with the aim of developing principles and guidelines on anti-racism and cultural diversity training for police.The Race...
Monday 23 July 2018
Cultural backlash and the rise of populism
Cultural backlash and the rise of populismSpeech to Sydney Ideas, The University of Sydney19 July 2018Edited transcriptThanks very much, Jennifer [Barrett] and thanks Pippa [Norris] for giving us such a compelling overview of what things look like...
Thursday 19 July 2018
2018 Human Rights Awards: Nominate a young person today!
Australia is lucky to have a wealth of young people who are making a real difference on human rights issues – from racism, mental health and Indigenous affairs, to sex discrimination, disability rights and LGBTIQ issues. Each year, the Young Person’...
Thursday 19 July 2018
A future without violence for people with disability
Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alastair McEwin released a report today, A Future Without Violence: Quality, safeguarding and oversight to prevent and address violence against people with disability in institutional settings.Commissioner...
Monday 16 July 2018
NAIDOC Awards - Acceptance Speech
[Thank you in Bunuba]I acknowledge the Gadigal people of the Eora nation of the land we stand on, their elders, past, present and emerging.I prepared a few words in case this happened – I want to make sure that I speak with the integrity that all...
Monday 16 July 2018
Commissioner June Oscar AO named NAIDOC Person of the Year
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar AO has been named the NAIDOC Person of the Year at the National NAIDOC Awards.Commissioner Oscar received the award in recognition of her work championing the rights of...
Saturday 14 July 2018