Change the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre strongly condemn the Crisafulli Government’s 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.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre supports the Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2024 as a first step, but calls the Albanese Government to widen reforms to address the growing threat of hate speech, discrimination and vilification.
Read MoreThe Albanese Government's brutal deportation and surveillance laws must be stopped .
The Migration Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth) (Bill) seeks to drastically expand the Federal Government’s powers to monitor, detain and deport people who are not Australian citizens, by allowing it to warehouse people in third countries, reverse protection findings made for refugees, and continue imposing punitive visa conditions on those who remain here.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre’s submission to the Inquiry into the Communications Legislation Amendment (Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation) Bill 2024 calls for comprehensive comprehensive, human rights-informed legislation that holds big tech accountable for the spread of harmful misinformation and disinformation.
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This joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre and Change the Record to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee is made in response to the Committee’s inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre welcomes consultation from the Victorian Government on legislation to restrict the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in workplace sexual harassment matters.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Senate Standing Committees on Community Affairs, the Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Albanese Government to strengthen whistleblower protections in the aged care sector and pursue a consistent, harmonised approach to federal whistleblower laws, including a single Whistleblower Protection Act.
Read MoreIn a submission to the NSW Parliament’s Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters, the Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Minns Government to lower the voting age to 16 and make voting more accessible for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, people in prisons, and young people.
Read MoreIn a submission to Statutory Review of the Online Safety Act 2021, the Human Rights Law Centre has urged the Albanese Government to implement strong laws which protect people from the insidious harm caused by big tech platforms such as Meta, X, and Google.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre and the Australian Democracy Network’s submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Peaceful Assembly and Association calls for repealing harsh anti-protest laws, combating stigmatising narratives, and strengthening protections for protesters. These measures aim to safeguard the right to peaceful protest and ensure compliance with international human rights standards.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Senate Select Committee Inquiry on Adopting Artificial Intelligence, the Human Rights Law Centre recommended that Australia adopt a risk-based approach to AI regulation, grounded in international human rights law and principles.
Read MoreOn 27 March 2024, The Australian Government introduced changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, through the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No.1) Bill 2024. The Bill seeks to respond to concerns related to quality and safeguards, fraud and financial sustainability issues within the scheme.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre along with 10 civil society organisations have made a submission to the consultation on the ASX Corporate Governance Council Principles and Recommendations update.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre, Flatout and FIGJAM have put in a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Inquiry into legal responses to sexual violence to call for the prohibition of strip searching
Read MoreIn submissions to the NSW Government’s inquiry into anti-protest laws, the Human Rights Law Centre called on the Minns Government to protect the right to peaceful protest and scrap draconian anti-protest laws.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre put forward recommendations to the 2024-25 federal budget submissions across a range of issues, including campaigning for an Australian Human Rights Act, migration justice, prisoners’ rights, whistleblower protection and modern slavery.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre’s submission to the Senate Inquiry in to the Migration Amendment (Removal and Other Measures) Bill 2024 calls for the Albanese Government’s dangerous and draconian proposed deportation laws to be rejected.
Read MoreThe #OurDemocracy coalition are calling on the Albanese Government to overhaul lobbying laws and ensure our politicians are accountable to the people, not big industries.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor review of secrecy offences, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for Australia’s national secrecy laws to be recalibrated to encourage transparency and accountability in the public interest.
Read MoreIn a submission to the SA Parliament’s Social Development Committee, the Human Rights Law Centre recommended the SA Government introduce an enforceable Human Rights Act or Charter that proactively promotes and protects human rights.
Read MoreIn a submission to a Senate Economics Legislation Committee inquiry into the Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023, the Human Rights Law Centre, in a joint submission with Griffith University’s Centre for Governance & Public Policy, and Transparency International Australia, welcomed proposed reforms in the Bill to extend tax whistleblower protections.
Read MoreChange the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling on the Miles Government to overhaul the state’s outdated, punitive youth justice system and redirect funding towards a future where no child grows up in a prison cell.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Albanese Government to strengthen the powers of its new proposed Anti-Slavery Commissioner to enable the role to more effectively tackle modern slavery.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre’s submission to the Attorney-General’s Department review of the Public Interest Disclosure (PID) Act, the federal law protecting public servant whistleblowers, calls for a substantial overhaul of the laws.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Federal Government COVID-19 Inquiry, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for an Australian Charter of Human Rights to put human rights at the heart of government decision-making and laws.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre supports reforms to the Queensland Termination of Pregnancy Act, which are proposed in the Health and Other Legislation Amendment Bill (No 2) 2023, because they would promote the rights of all Queenslanders to health and equality by facilitating greater access to safe abortion care.
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The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for the ACT Government to strengthen its proposal to add the right to a healthy environment to the Human Rights Act 2004.
Read MoreIn a submission to a Senate Inquiry into the Duty of Care Bill, the Human Rights Law Centre stressed that the climate crisis poses an existential threat to current and future generations of children and called for the Albanese Government to support the Bill.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Australian National Contact Point for Responsible Business Conduct (AusNCP), the Human Rights Law Centre has called on the Australian Government to strengthen the powers of Australia’s principal corporate human rights watchdog.
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