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In the final episode of Let’s Talk Ageing for 2025, Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM sits down with Anna Bligh, former Queensland Premier and outgoing CEO of the Australian Banking Association, to talk financial elder abuse, the future of secure banking and

In the final episode of Let’s Talk Ageing for 2025, Age Discrimination Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald AM sits down with Anna Bligh, former Queensland Premier and outgoing CEO of the Australian Banking Association, to talk financial elder abuse, the future of secure banking and

The Australian Human Rights Commission today extends its condolences to the victims and loved ones of yesterday’s horrific antisemitic terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on the first day of Hanukkah. We are deeply saddened and horrified by the violent attack in Bondi during a Jewish

I join @antonioguterres in condemning the horrible and hateful attack in Sydney against Jewish families celebrating Hannukah. My thoughts and heart are with the victims, their families and the Jewish community.

I am horrified and condemn today’s heinous deadly attack on Jewish families gathered in Sydney to celebrate Hannukah. My heart is with the Jewish community worldwide on this first day of Hannukah, a festival celebrating the miracle of peace and light vanquishing darkness.

Congratulations to our 2025 Australian Human Rights Awards recipients announced tonight: 🥇Human Rights Medal - William Tilmouth (NT): For dedicating his life to reform, justice, opportunity and self-determination for First Peoples. 🏆Law Award - Elisabeth Armitage (NT): For

12 December 2025 will mark 2 years since the Commission’s positive duty regulatory function came into effect. In that time, we’ve worked to strengthen compliance by: ✅Undertaking inquiries and proactive monitoring and engagement with employers ✅Focusing resources in high-risk

Join us online for the Australian Human Rights Awards tomorrow night (Friday 12 December). The ceremony will be livestreamed via Zoom from 6.30pm AEDT. Celebrate outstanding contributions to human rights and hear the 2025 Human Rights Day Oration by Juliana Nkrumah AM. The

With the social media ban coming into effect today, the Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay has penned an opinion piece for The Nightly and West Australian which is critical of the ban for impacting on the privacy rights of all social media users. 'Keeping children safe

Human rights are often taken for granted or seen as abstract ideas, when in fact we rely on them every day. On Human Rights Day we're asking, 'what do human rights mean to you?' Here's what some of our Human Rights Awards finalists had to say. This Friday we'll celebrate

The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for the immediate closure of the Unit 18 youth detention facility and a legislative ban on solitary confinement for children, following the WA Coroner’s findings into Cleveland Dodd’s death. ‘The Coroner found that Cleveland’s

We recently joined partners in Halong, Vietnam for training on business and human rights and a workshop on the rights of older people. Despite challenges from recent flooding in Central Vietnam, local participants were highly engaged and shared their practical experiences.

Today marks the International Day of People with Disability, yet ableism still shapes everyday life in Australia. In an op-ed for The Canberra Times, Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess calls for urgent reform to dismantle ableist systems and modernise the

In Films is a finalist in the Australian Human Rights Awards for their documentary about tennis player Jelena Dokic. Unbreakable: the Jelena Dokic Story portrays the abuse she suffered as a child at the hands of her father under the glare of media, the governing sports body,

Last month, the Australian Human Rights Commission made a submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor’s review of the definition of ‘terrorism’. The definition has not changed since it was enacted in 2002, and it’s vital that it remains fit for purpose as

Meet Jarib Branfield-Bradshaw, finalist in the Young People's Award. Jarib is a 21-year-old Guwamu/Kooma man who grew up in a small town in outback Queensland. When he noticed the need for young people to have somewhere safe to go after school, he pitched the idea of converting

Replay Robinhood Presents: YES/NO? Yes.

Countdown to the Human Rights Awards! Join us on Awards night on Friday 12 December to celebrate the individuals and organisations making an impact on human rights across Australia. This year’s event will feature renowned journalist and broadcaster Karla Grant as MC, and an