The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) says simplifying and modernising Australia’s Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) will better protect the rights of people with disability.

Australia’s National Children’s Commissioner and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner are ...

New report reveals almost one in 4 employers consider workers in their 50s ‘old’ and are reluctant to hire people over 50 and ...

Australia’s Disability Discrimination Commissioner is calling on the Queensland Government to honour a commitment made by governments across Australia to the development of a National Roadmap for ...

Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), organisations and businesses now have a positive duty to eliminate, as far as possible, the following unlawful behaviour from occurring: discrimination on ...

Non-discrimination and equality rights are central features of the major human rights treaties. Each State Party to the present Covenant undertakes to respect and to ensure to all individuals within ...

Corporate Social Responsibility & Human Rights (2008) 1. What is Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is generally understood to mean that ...

Section 44 of the Age Discrimination Act 2004 (Cth) gives the Commission the power to grant temporary exemptions from certain provisions of the Act. Temporary exemptions may be granted for up to five ...

Australia’s Race Discrimination Commissioner says a comprehensive national approach to addressing all forms of racism – including antisemitism – will help make Australia a safer place for everyone.

In an an opinion piece for The Canberra Times, Commission President Hugh de Kretser reflects on how the truth-telling process can change the perspectives of non-Indigenous Australians like himself. It ...

Resources for workers, employers and advocates on workplace sexual harassment—what works, what doesn’t, and how to make workplaces safer.

INFORMATION STANDARDS: PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY Disability Discrimination Act Standards about Getting and Understanding Government Information NOTE: This document is issued by the Commonwealth ...