Submission to the Inquiry into Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023
In 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.
The submission also called for further important reforms, including:
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an expansion to the scope of present protections to ensure whistleblowers are protected for conduct reasonably necessary for the making of a disclosure and for appropriate protections to be granted to recipients of a protected disclosure;
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the adoption of a uniform approach to the regulation and protection of whistleblowers through a single Whistleblower Protection Act; and
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a comprehensive, consistent approach to whistleblower protections, including by establishing a standalone and independent whistleblower protection authority.
Submission to 2025-26 Federal Budget consultation
The Human Rights Law Centre has put forward recommendations to the 2025-26 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.
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Submission to Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 review
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and warned that these powers enable the AFP and ACIC to undertake significant invasions of privacy, encroach on the right to privacy, and threaten to have a chilling effect on the work of journalists and their sources.
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Submission to Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities
In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into antisemitism on Australian university campuses, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for reforms that uphold Australia's commitment to international human rights standards, fostering a society that respects equality, freedom, and justice for all.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Human Rights Law Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Darug and Wadawurrung people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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