“Has political correctness gone mad?”, that’s the question Western Australia’s Equal Opportunity Commission will be asking in an upcoming discussion. The discussion was planned to coincide with Human Rights Day last December but had to be postponed. Now the event will be taking place on Thursday 15th March at the State Library. “Thursday 15 March […]
Writer, academic and broadcaster, Waleed Aly will deliver the annual Annual Human Rights Lecture at Curtin University’s Centre for Human Rights Education. Last year the inaugural speech was delivered by Professor Gillian Triggs of the Australian Human Rights Commission. While best known for his Gold Logie winning role on Chanel Ten’s nightly news program The Project, Waleed has […]
Attorney General George Brandis has announced that Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher will be the new head of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Croucher will replace Professor Gillian Triggs who is retiring at the end of her five year term. Professor Croucher is currently the President of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC). She was first […]
The Australian Human Rights Commission has responded to the government’s changes to the Safe Schools Coalition anti-bullying program saying it welcomes adjustments to material due to age appropriateness, but the commission is also concerned about student’s considering ‘coming out’ needing parental consent. National Children’s Commissioner Megan Mitchell said some of the changes recommend by educational […]
The head of the Australian Human Rights Commission has called on the federal parliament to amend the marriage act and allow same sex couples and trans gender people to wed. The Commissioner also voiced support for the Safe Schools Coalition program noting that all children deserved to have a safe education. Professor Triggs said laws […]
Professor Gillian Triggs, head of the Australian Human Rights Commission has declared that parliament has failed to lead on the issue of marriage equality. Professor Triggs was speaking at the Law Institute of Victoria’s president’s lunch on Friday when she made the comments. The SYDNEY MORNING HERALD has reported that Professor Triggs spoke about […]
