The Australian Human Rights Commission has been affected by a data breach concerning attachments uploaded to the Commission’s web forms on its website. The Commission’s best information is that around ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission has been affected by a data breach. The Commission acted to address the breach as soon as it came to our attention. We sincerely apologise for any distress or ...

Someone said to me just before election day that human rights hadn’t featured much in the federal election campaign. It’s true that the words “human rights” didn’t feature much - but human rights ...

Explore the latest on the Making Queensland Safer Bill 2025, including expanded 'Adult Crime, Adult Time' offences and recent public hearings. Explore the Australian Human Rights Commission's Gifts ...

The National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention was announced in November 2001. It was established to consider whether Australia's immigration detention laws and its treatment of children ...

Commissioner Katie Kiss launched the University of Technology Sydney's new Centre for Indigenous People and Work.

The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a national project mapping threats to trans and gender diverse (TGD) human rights in Australia. The project aims to map current and emerging ...

On 12 March 2025, the High Court handed down judgment in the case of Commonwealth v Yunupingu. The case confirms that native title is a property right and, like any other property right, if it is ...

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission makes this submission to the Attorney-General's Department in relation to its inquiry into the national plan to end the abuse and mistreatment of older people.