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From needing tougher penalties to stopping non-disclosure agreements silencing people, a new report shows Australia is falling behind on protecting workers.
Global tensions have put pressure on universities to adopt politicised definitions of antisemitism and Islamophobia. Dehumanisation is a more inclusive alternative.
Away from the glare of high-profile trials, defamation law is being used against women who come forward about sexual harassment. There’s little political appetite to fix it.
Non-disclosure agreements have been used to keep victim-survivors from speaking up. Despite guidelines addressing this, new research shows such agreements remain standard practice.
Planned legal changes could make it easier for people to take workplace discrimination cases to court by eliminating often prohibitive costs.
The fifth national survey on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces shows little movement since the last survey in 2018.
The Australian Human Rights Commission now faces twin crises of insufficient funding and threats to its global standing.
The review has been underway since March, speaking to current and former MPs and employees at parliament house.
A scathing report has detailed physical, psychological and sexual abuse within Australian gymnastics, particularly for the young girls it was meant to be nurturing.
Australia has long been at the forefront of human rights internationally, while side-stepping questions about its own treatment of Indigenous peoples and refugees.
Given the unique aspects of the proposed bill, there should be a longer consultation period to examine why religious freedoms should be prioritised over other freedoms.
On Human Rights Day, and with Australia set to take up a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, here’s a must-do list for this country to become a credible advocate for human rights.
The university sector has a relatively relaxed stance on staff-student relationships and should consider adopting standards like those for health professionals.
Australia has the highest poverty rate in the OECD for people with a disability. The barriers to, and discrimination in, the workplace are part of the reason.
The government has not adequately explained what it is hoping to achieve by changing the wording of Section 18C.
Malcolm Turnbull had hoped that throwing the controversial Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act to a parliamentary inquiry would help resolve an issue that has become totemic for conservatives…
Looking back at the Australian Human Rights Commission’s foundation shows that human rights have never been above politics.
The time is right for a crash course on section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act, its exemptions and the powers of the Australian Human Rights Commission.
The Human Rights Commission has fought back against a trenchant attack on it by Malcolm Turnbull, suggesting the Prime Minister had misrepresented or misunderstood its role.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Sociology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor in Human Rights and International Law, University of Newcastle
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Senior Lecturer in History, Australian Catholic University
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Literary Studies, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Organisational Psychology, UniSA Justice & Society, University of South Australia, Adelaide University