Religious Discrimination Bill is unworkable and should not be introduced
The Human Rights Law Centre’s submission on the Second Exposure Draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 argues that the bill fails to strike the right balance between freedom of religion, and rights to equal treatment, access to healthcare and non-discrimination on the basis of a range of other protected attributes.
Read the Human Rights Law Centre’s submission on the Second Exposure Draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019 here.
Submission to Inquiry into the Whistleblower Protection Authority Bill 2025
The Albanese Government is being pushed take the opportunity to enact stronger legal protections for whistleblowers and establish a Whistleblower Protection Authority.
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Joint submission against expansion of the Making Queensland Safer Act 2024
The Human Rights Law Centre and Change the Record have are strongly opposed to the Crisafulli Government's laws that will sentence even more children to adult-length terms of imprisonment. The laws will lock up children for even longer, and harm kids, families, and communities.
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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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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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