The children of parents who are detained or deported under Australia's immigration system experience a range of harms. This report includes children and young people’s thoughts on how they could be ...

In Australia, we believe in fairness, compassion and respect for all. These values guide our commitment to human rights, and they apply to everyone - including transgender and gender diverse people.

The positive duty is a legal obligation introduced into the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) in December 2022. It applies to ‘persons conducting a business or undertaking’ and 'employers'. These duty ...

Australia is the only liberal democracy in the world that does not have a national act or charter of rights that explains what people’s basic rights are and how they can be protected. Australia has ...

Sportïholds a unique place in Australian society. It celebrates our values of equality, fairness and participation and helps build social connection and cohesion. However, spectator racism at sporting ...

The Commission has made a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Environment and Communications in response to the Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Bill 2024 (Social Media ...

This report looks at how ageism affects older Australians when they access healthcare. Many patients told us they feel dismissed, spoken over, or treated as 'just a number'. These attitudes can lead ...

This report enhances the Commission’s understanding of how Australia's national, state, territory and local governments engage in anti-racism work. It describes the nature and scope of their policies ...

Banks are increasingly using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve efficiency and boost customer satisfaction. However, it's important that they consider the impact on human rights when integrating ...

The data breach concerns attachments uploaded to webforms on the Commission's website. Around 670 documents were made potentially accessible in error. Of these ...

Commission welcomes Commonwealth Ombudsman's probe into Integrated Assessment Tool used in aged care. Scrutiny needed where automated decisions affect access to care and costs. Human oversight, along ...

What is the Social Media Ban? Age restricted social-media platforms are required by law to take steps to prevent people under 16 years old from having an account on an age-restricted social media ...