The 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Read MoreChange the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling on the Miles Government to overhaul the state’s outdated, punitive youth justice system and redirect funding towards a future where no child grows up in a prison cell.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.
Read MoreJoint evidence to the inquiry from Transparency International Australia, Griffith University’s Centre for Governance and Public Policy and the Human Rights Law Centre calls for a single Act to protect whistleblowers across all types of private sector entities – revealing that partnerships like the major accounting firms are not adequately covered by any existing laws, for the public or private sectors.
Read MoreThis joint submission by the Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International Australia, and Griffith University’s Centre for Governance and Public Policy, addresses the need for comprehensive, consistent, and holistic reform of Commonwealth whistleblower protection legislation as part of a new Aged Care Act.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Federal government Department, the Human Rights Law Centre recommended that in place of the proposal for the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) to be a “backstop” option for regulation, ACMA should instead be given sufficient powers to regulate social media platforms effective immediately.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, the Human Rights Law Centre emphasised the need for a Federal Charter of Human Rights. Their research details a series of recent case studies in which Australian government actions have breached people’s human rights. The people featured, and many more like them, could have avoided this harm or obtained redress if we had a strong federal Human Rights Charter.
Read MoreA joint submission by Migrant Justice Institute and the Human Rights Law Centre in relation to these amendments to the Migration Act. This submission relates to the proposed amendments to section 116. Those amendments are intended to form a basis for protections from visa cancellation for exploited migrant workers.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework, the campaign, made up of over 90 organisations provided evidence that a Charter will benefit the whole community by preventing human rights violations, providing a powerful tool to challenge injustice, and fostering understanding and respect for human rights.
Read MoreIn a submission to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM) Grant Donaldson SC, the Human Rights Law Centre has recommended a range of reforms to improve the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (NSI Act).
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International Australia and Griffith University's Centre for Governance and Public Policy have called on the Albanese Government to swiftly repeal the worst excesses in Australian secrecy laws and strengthen safeguards for whistleblowing and public interest journalism.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre endorsed this position paper, which was authored by Australian Women’s Health Network (AWHN), Children by Choice, Fair Agenda, MSI Australia and the Global and Women’s Health, School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine - Monash University.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre, Asylum Seeker Resource Centre and Migrant Workers Centre are calling for Australia’s migration laws to centre the rights of people over punitive politics and economic profit in a joint submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Migration.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the proposals to strengthen privacy protections in line with international standards and supports stronger protections against invasive targeting, and the introduction of a statutory privacy tort with appropriate safeguards.
Read MoreWhile Australia has been an early mover on reform for online safety and digital media, it lags on key aspects of regulating digital platforms. The Human Rights Law Centre has provided a submission to the parliamentary inquiry into the influence of international digital platforms, calling for greater transparency and regulation to protect human rights.
Read MoreThe Migration Amendment (Evacuation to Safety) Bill 2023 would have compelled the Australian Government to bring the last 150 people who are still stranded in offshore detention to Australia. The Human Rights Law Centre’s submission recommended that the Bill be passed, and that further legislation be introduced to repeal offshore processing and provide permanent safety to all people previously subjected to it.
Read MoreQueensland’s public sector whistleblowing laws were once world-leading; they now lag behind other Australian jurisdictions. This submission by Human Rights Law Centre, Transparency International and Griffith University into the independent review into the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 (Qld) calls for an urgent overhaul.
Read MoreIn a pre-budget submission, the Albanese Government and Treasurer Jim Chalmers have been urged by the Human Rights Law Centre to improve the upcoming Federal Budget for people across the community by placing human rights at the heart of the budget decisions they will be making.
Read MoreThe Human Rights Law Centre, Griffith University’s Centre for Governance & Public Policy and Transparency International Australia have called for a comprehensive reform process to ensure stronger protections for Australian whistleblowers, building on initial announcements by the Albanese government about its first steps.
Read MoreJoint submission by the Human Rights law Centre, Migrant Workers Centre, Democracy in Colour, GetUp!, ASRC, Liberty Victoria and Amnesty International.
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