The Human Rights Law Centre, the Australian Human Rights Institute (UNSW Sydney) and Amnesty International Australia today welcomed the passing of new legislation that will ensure appointments to the Australian Human Rights Commission are made through a merits-based selection system.
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The Human Rights Law Centre is urging the ACT government to lead the nation and introduce the ‘right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment’ into the Human Rights Act 2004.
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The Rockliff government’s alarming new anti-protest law has passed the Upper House in a move that will weaken Tasmania’s democracy and erode the right to protest.
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The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the release of an Issues Paper this week as part of the three-year review of the Modern Slavery Act.
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Leading Tasmanian and national civil society organisations are calling on members of the Legislative Council to vote against the Rockliff government’s dangerous new anti-protest law.
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An Afghanistan-Australian father has been reunited with his wife and four children after four years of visa delays, and following the Australian Government conceding defeat in a court case brought by the family.
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The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed a finding from the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, a national security watchdog, that the level of secrecy in the trial of an intelligence officer known as Witness J should not have occurred and can never be repeated.
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The Human Rights Law Centre, the Australian Human Rights Institute (UNSW Sydney) and Amnesty International Australia welcomed the introduction of a proposed law that would help ensure the Australian Human Rights Commission is independent and effective.
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Nine years on from the announcement that all people seeking asylum by boat would be prevented from settling in Australia, the federal government’s shameful treatment of people seeking safety continues.
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After 15 years of operation, key laws sustaining the discriminatory Northern Territory Intervention will end on Sunday.
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The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the announcement that the federal government will drop the prosecution of whistleblower Bernard Collaery.
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More than 15 months after being passed by Parliament, the Termination of Pregnancy Act 2021 is now law in South Australia.
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Tasmanians’ right to protest has been undermined with the Rockliff government’s dangerous new anti-protest law passing the second reading phase in the Legislative Council earlier today.
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Forty civil society organisations have expressed alarm at reports of police overreach in preemptive policing of protest, with NSW police conducting covert surveillance and a raid on climate activists north of Sydney on Sunday.
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Leading Tasmanian and national civil society organisations are urging the Tasmanian Upper House to reject the Rockliff government’s alarming new anti-protest law.
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The Human Rights Law Centre’s Kieran Pender has been awarded the Lawyers Weekly Pro Bono/Community Lawyer of the Year.
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Human rights laws in Victoria, the ACT and Queensland are making concrete improvements to people’s lives, particularly by preventing homelessness and promoting health, according to a new report by the Human Rights Law Centre.
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Environmental Justice Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre are urging the Andrews government to withdraw a draconian proposed new law that would criminalise peaceful protest.
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