Victoria’s anti-vilification laws will now provide stronger protections for everyone and signal that the Victorian community stands against all forms of vilification.
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Aboriginal leaders are calling on the United Nations to take urgent action to address Australia’s discriminatory and punitive youth justice policies, due to serious violations of the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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The Human Rights Law Centre urges the Crisafulli Government to improve the lives of every person in Queensland by strengthening human rights protections, following an independent review of Queensland’s Human Rights Act.
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Bail saves lives, but the Allan Government has rammed through dangerous and discriminatory bail laws which will deeply harm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and breach human rights.
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People could be stopped and searched at any time and for no reason for up to six months in designated areas of Victoria under expanded police search powers passed by the Allan Government today, says the Human Rights Law Centre.
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The Allan Government has proposed reviving the worst of dangerous and discriminatory bail laws which will harm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and generations of Victorian children.
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Civil society groups have condemned the ongoing imprisonment of David McBride and called for urgent whistleblower protection reform, as the Afghan Files whistleblower’s appeal begins today in the ACT Court of Appeal.
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Legal proceedings have today been filed for a man scheduled to be deported to Nauru on Monday, in the first exercise of the Albanese Government’s new third country deportation powers. The man is represented by the Human Rights Law Centre.
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The Human Rights Law Centre has slammed the Minns Government for ramming laws through Parliament that give police sweeping new powers, could criminalise a wide range of activities near places of worship, including peaceful protests, and introduce a new criminal offence for inciting racial hatred.
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The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and wide-ranging surveillance laws to be wound back.
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A national, enforceable right to housing could help solve the housing crisis and provide safety, dignity and security to every person in Australia, according to a new report by the Human Rights Law Centre and and UTS Faculty of Law.
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The Minns Government’s rushed laws will not address the rise of racial violence or far-right extremism in NSW.
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Whistleblowers, transparency advocates and human rights groups have welcomed a push for an independent Whistleblower Protection Authority, with a landmark piece of legislation introduced to Federal Parliament today.
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The Albanese Government’s mandatory minimum sentences are not the right tool to protect people and communities from acts of hate and racism, says the Human Rights Law Centre.
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Whistleblowers raising concerns about harmful digital platforms and holding technology companies to account will be supported by a new practical guide released by the Human Rights Law Centre, Reset Tech Australia, Psst and Digital Rights Watch.
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Change the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre strongly condemn the Crisafulli Government for ramming through laws to lock up even more children in Queensland’s overcrowded and unsafe police watch houses and youth prisons. The laws will disproportionately imprison Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, and children with disabilities
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