Overview The evidence on the human threat posed by climate change is clear. The planet is getting hotter. Seas are rising.

The Australian Human Rights Commission is calling for urgent action from government and business to address the escalating impacts of climate change on Australians’ human rights.Launching its first ...

Australia's Race Discrimination Commissioner Giridharan Sivaraman, Australian Council of Trade Unions President Michele O’Neil and Professor Nareen Young from the University of Technology Sydney’s ...

Australia’s Human Rights Commissioner has warned that the first deportation to Nauru under Australia’s new deportation deal ...

A new report on evidence-based initiatives to prevent and respond to crime by children is set to bolster the 2024 landmark ...

Children and young people have the same human rights as adults and special rights due to their vulnerability. No matter who we are, or what our situations are, we all have the right to be treated with ...

connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future.

UPDATE: This legislation has now been passed by both houses of parliament. What is the Social Media Ban? The Australian Government is proposing laws to introduce a minimum age for access to social ...

Commissioned by the Australian Human Rights Commission, this scoping review investigates how racism affects health outcomes and access to healthcare for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ...

In December 2024, the Australian Human Rights Commission delivered an interim report for its Respect at Uni project to update the Australian Government on the project’s progress, highlighting ...

Gymnastics Australia engaged the Australian Human Rights Commission (the Commission) in August 2020 to conduct an independent review of culture and practice at all levels of the sport of gymnastics in ...

This toolkit is designed to assist leaders in organisations to develop and implement constructive and sustainable strategies to increase the representation of women in non-traditional roles in ...