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.

Change the Record and the Human Rights Law Centre are calling on the Miles Government to overhaul the state’s outdated, punitive youth justice system and redirect funding towards a future where no child grows up in a prison cell.

The 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. 

The 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.

In 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.

The 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.   

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. 

In 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.

In 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.

Joint 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.

This 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.

In 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.