Publications - Discrimination & Human Rights - Media Releases

Media release: Decision not to proceed with Anti-Discrimintion Bill disappointing
21 March 2013

Today the Federal Government has announced that it will not proceed with the Human Rights and Anti-...

Media Release: Discrimination Bill: On the right track to a fair go
23 January 2013

Today in Sydney public hearings are being held to discuss the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill....

Media Release: International Day for People with Disability - Report to the United Nations Highlights our Justice System is Unjust for People with Disability
03 December 2012

A recent report by Redfern Legal Centre and several other organisations, Disability Rights Now ...

Media Relase: Celebrating the National Apology to Indigenous Australians
09 February 2012

On 13 February 2008, the Federal Government apologised 'for the laws and policies... that have inflicted...

Media Release: Jetstar discrimination case goes to the Federal Court
31 October 2011

In a matter before the federal court this week, Sheila King is seeking a declaration that Jetstar's 'two...