More than 1500 people tuned into the 2024 lecture to learn about ‘Dismantling systemic racism – perspectives from First Nations peoples’. Systemic racism, in law, policies and service delivery, has ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission is a vital national institution which has been promoting justice and human rights for Australians for close to forty years. It is an honour to write this message ...

I’m pleased to share the Australian Human Rights Commission’s Annual Report 2023-24 which has been tabled in the Australian Parliament. In my first three months in this role, one of the things that ...

Join us in promoting gender equality, removing discrimination and harassment and building a fairer, more productive future. Dr Cody started as Australia’s Sex Discrimination Commissioner in September ...

[1] This fact Sheet is adapted from materials prepared by the Global Indigenous Peoples Caucus, available online at: www.ipcaucus.net/.

The high turnover of Commandants and military staff has had a significant negative impact on ADFA’s leadership stability, continuity and organisational memory. The COMDT has limited influence over ...

The National Anti-Racism Framework is a roadmap to help government, business and civil society unite to address racism in all its forms. The Framework includes research and insights from consultations ...

Racial discrimination profoundly affects lives. Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islanders, and people from culturally diverse backgrounds endure frequent racism.

To effectively combat racism, it is important to tell the truth about Australia’s history of settler colonialism and migration, and the lasting effects of unfair policies. In its community ...

The way race and racism are talked about in Australia has been shaped by the ongoing impacts of British colonisation, since it began in 1788. This has led to structural and systemic racism across the ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission at the Biennial Human Rights Conference in Commonwealth Forum of National Human Rights Institutions on the sidelines of CHOGM In October, the Commission attended ...

The Queensland Government’s decision to abolish the state’s Truth-telling and Healing Inquiry and repeal its Path to Treaty Act marks a major step backwards for First Nations rights, says Aboriginal ...