Joint Submission to restricting NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases consultation in Victoria
The Human Rights Law Centre welcomes consultation from the Victorian Government on legislation to restrict the use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in workplace sexual harassment matters.
In a joint submission to the ‘Restricting NDAs in workplace sexual harassment cases consultation’, the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre have recommended:
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Victim Survivor Choice: Centre the experiences of victim survivors by empowering them with true choice around NDA use.
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Education: Implement more education and resources for the legal profession, employers, perpetrators and victim survivors on NDA use.
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Intersectionality: Expand the scope of the Victorian framework to address intersectional experiences of sexual harassment and discrimination.
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Accessibility: Ensure compliance and enforcement mechanisms for breaches of the proposed Victorian framework are accessible.
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Accountability: Mandate data and reporting requirements around NDA use to drive greater cultural change.
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Secrecy: Reform secrecy provisions in Victorian legislation that have an equivalent impact to NDAs on victim survivors in the Victorian public sector.
Read the the Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre’s submission here.
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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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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