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Work pregnancy discrimination 'widespread' in Australia

Pregnant women face 'sham' redundancies, diminished duties when returning to work and refusal of flexible work arrangements, the human rights commission found.

AAP · 10h ago

Pregnant women face workplace hostility and ‘sham redundancies’, Australian human rights report finds

Sex discrimination commissioner says too often ‘it’s the woman who has the burden of bringing a complaint’ in parental discrimination cases

The Guardian - AU · 19h ago

Taunts, harassment and assaults: landmark report finds racism at Australian universities is ‘systemic’

Survey by Australian Human Rights Commission found universities failed to meet duty of care, while complaints processes were ‘Kafkaesque’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 17

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The Human Rights Commission has handed down a report on racism at Australian universities. Here’s why it fails

Just before universities closed for the year in 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission released its Interim Report on Racism at Australian Universities.

The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025

Letter excerpts read in Senate accuse Australian Human Rights Commission of mistreating staff who support Palestine

Former AHRC staff member alleged management viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk and leaked information about her to a shock jock, Mehreen Faruqi tells parliament

The Guardian - AU · Aug 21, 2024

It’s time for the Australian Human Rights Commission to stand up for the women of commercial TV

Complaints abound of a toxic culture rife with sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination. Women shouldn’t have to fight this battle on their own

The Guardian - AU · May 29, 2024

Damning report alleges sexual discrimination and harassment by ABF officers

Exclusive: Human rights commission finds ‘potentially unlawful conduct or inappropriate behaviour’ towards women is rife in Australian Border Force

The Guardian - AU · Apr 24, 2024

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Drugs, lack of care make immigration detention 'unsafe'

An Australian Human Rights Commission report has flagged serious concerns over safety and care at a high-security WA immigration detention centre.

AAP · Apr 21, 2024

Australian Human Rights Commission chief denies staff sanctioned for expressing pro-Palestinian views

Rosalind Croucher tells Senate panel anonymous letter from employees was ‘disappointing’ and they had been reminded to stay ‘impartial’

The Guardian - AU · Feb 14, 2024

Australian Human Rights Commission staff say organisation’s position on Israel-Gaza war is inadequate

Open letter urges commission to take stronger action over Israeli actions in Palestine as organisation says focus is on issues within Australia

The Guardian - AU · Feb 7, 2024

Mark Dreyfus approved human rights commission’s intervention in indefinite detention case

Attorney general signed off on AHRC’s intervention in favour of the plaintiff NZYQ, provided it made clear it was doing so on its own behalf

The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2023

Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe Is Lodging A Racism Claim Against The Greens

Independent Victorian senator Lidia Thorpe has revealed she will lodging a racism claim with Australian Human Rights Commission against The Greens. The news comes after the Indigenous senator (who quit the Greens earlier this year) alleged she had been bullied by her former colleagues. Lidia told ABC TV’s Insiders program on Sunday…

Pedestrian.tv · May 28, 2023

Australian Human Rights Commission unveils proposed federal act

A proposal for Australia's federal human rights act would see religious freedom, expression, privacy and environment among 28 protections.

The New Daily · Mar 7, 2023

AHRC targets robodebt, Covid policies and indefinite detention in push for federal human rights act

New report says a Human Rights Act could have prevented ‘abandonment’ of Australians overseas in Covid pandemic

The Guardian - AU · Mar 7, 2023

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AAP · Mar 7, 2023

Human rights commission unveils proposed federal act

Governments would have to consider 28 human rights in their decisions under a landmark proposal by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

ABC News · Mar 1, 2023

Australia's human rights record in the spotlight ahead of FIFA Women's World Cup starting in July

Qatar's spotty human rights record was a constant talking point during the men's World Cup last year. Now the Australian Human Rights Commission wants a proper conversation about Australia's record before the Women's World Cup in July and August.

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

UN torture body cancels visit to Australia over unrestricted access issue in ‘extraordinary step’

UN panel suspends visit to New South Wales and Queensland after access blocked to some sites

The Guardian - AU · Feb 21, 2023

UN torture prevention body cancels visit to Australia after access to facilities blocked

Rwanda is the only other country to have had a visit cancelled, with Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner calling decision ‘disappointing’

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ABC News · Feb 20, 2023

Remote Top End community of Peppimenarti lodges discrimination complaint over violence, under-policing

Residents in Peppimenarti lodge a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission, alleging that they are being denied adequate policing based on their race, after years of worsening violence including a recent death and shootings.

ABC News · Dec 23, 2022

Family of man killed with crossbow in remote NT community preparing Human Rights Commission policing complaint

The family of a man killed with a crossbow in a remote community last month allege they're being denied adequate policing, with the lawyer representing them saying the level of police response has become a human rights issue.

The Conversation · Nov 30, 2022

20 years of tracking sexual harassment at work shows little improvement. But that could be about to change

The fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces, published today, shows little has changed since the last survey in 2018 – or indeed since the first survey in 2003.

The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2022

A wicked problem: how to deal with terrorists if they are allegedly still a risk after serving their sentence?

Due for release in 2020 after serving a jail term for terror offences, Abdul Nacer Benbrika remains in detention under controversial order

ABC News · Oct 14, 2022

Family of man killed with crossbow in remote NT community preparing Human Rights Commission policing complaint

Pedestrian.tv · Oct 7, 2022

The Human Rights Commission Will Investigate Pauline Hanson’s Racist Tweet To Mehreen Faruqi

Mehreen Faruqi’s racial discrimination complaint against Pauline Hanson's tweet has been accepted by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

AAP · Oct 6, 2022

Human rights body to probe Hanson tweet

The Australian Human Rights Commission has accepted a complaint from a Greens senator regarding a tweet by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

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