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Australian Catholic University
Friday 1st November, 2024

This research study is part of a larger study that is aimed at understanding and improving how people with neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDDs) understand and access support, education, services and assessment…

Australian Human Rights Commission
Friday 11th October, 2024

Powerful words from Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Rosemary Kayess, at the National Virtual Disability Conference! The address focused on New Frontiers, and how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with…

Women with Disabilities Australia
Saturday 20th July, 2024

The current legal frameworks in Australia do not effectively protect, promote or advance the rights of people with disabilities. Australia’s current approach to human rights and anti-discrimination is fragmented and…

Physical Disability Australia
Thursday 23rd November, 2023

PDA recently wrote a Position Statement on the Treatment of Passengers with Physical Disabilities on Airlines & in Australian Airports which will be included as a submission to the Aviation…

VMIAC
Thursday 12th October, 2023

Click below to read the National Mental Health Consumer Alliance’s letter to Australian Electoral Commissioner Tom Rogers in response to the AEC’s decision to exclude thousands of mental health consumers

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VEOHRC
Wednesday 20th September, 2023

The Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission’s 15th Report on the Operation of the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities was recently tabled in the Victorian Parliament.

Lee-Ann Monk, David Henderson, Christine Bigby, Richard Broome and Katie Holmes
Monash University Publishing
Monday 26th June, 2023
This meticulously researched book uses archival records to explore the history of Kew Cottages through the trajectory of ideas behind development of disability policy, both nationally and internationally, and the
UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
Thursday 8th June, 2023
This toolkit presents the benefits of ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (OP-CRPD), answers questions on its content and application, and provides a simplified version of
Equality lawyers
Thursday 11th May, 2023

In 2021, Equality Lawyers and Picture Human Rights joined forces to create Disability Rights in Real Life, a law handbook for people with disabilities, their families and supporters. ​Disability Rights…

Office of the Public Advocate
Friday 5th May, 2023
Lisa, who lives with an acquired brain injury, is passionate about protecting the human rights of people with disability. In this series of interviews, Lisa seeks to explore how various
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights
Wednesday 15th March, 2023
Friday 21st July, 2023
"This is a timely inquiry as the Australian Human Rights Framework has not been the subject of any significant review since it was first announced in 2010. In an increasingly