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Tag Archives: Human Rights Commission
FRANK BRENNAN SJ. Let’s amend 18C to say what it means
The debate over section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act (18C) has gone on for far too long. I welcome the Turnbull government’s attempt to amend the provision, while being disappointed yet again at the petty politics played on both … Continue reading
RICHARD WOOLCOTT. A foreign policy for Australia.
Our Prime Minister and Foreign Minister often refer to the “rules based world order.” This “order”, of course, was established primarily by the United States after the end of World War 2. The “rules” have been disregarded by the US itself when it … Continue reading
TIM SOUTPHOMMASANE. Bamboo ceiling and race relations.
Many of us have good reason for thinking that the state of our race relations is under challenge. We frequently see stories about people being racially vilified on public transport, and our recent public debates are punctuated by controversies about … Continue reading
John Menadue. Transfield, Manus and Nauru
Transfield and its subcontractors are profiteering from lucrative contracts to run detention centres on behalf of the Australian government on Manus and Nauru. All the indications are that there is widespread abuse and oppression particularly on Nauru. It is a … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Human Rights, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Devestment in Transfield, Human Rights Commission, John Menadue, Manus and Nauru, Minister Peter Dutton, Senate Report on Nauru
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John Menadue. Why are we so cruel? The problem starts at the top.
The news out of Manus and particularly Nauru shows how callous we have become. It is not that we are always as cold-hearted as this. The response to the attacks on Adam Goodes and the murder of an AFL football … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged asylum seekers, HESTA, Human Rights Commission, Nauru-and-Manus, Pope Francis, Transfield, UNHCR, UniSuper
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Robert Manne. Human Rights Commission and Gillian Triggs.
Current Affairs The Australian government and The Australian are at it again, attacking Gillian Triggs. I re-post below an article by Robert Manne from earlier this year. John Menadue Readers of John Menadue’s blog will be aware that a vile … Continue reading
Kim Oates. The Forgotten Children
I have just read the report of the Australian Human Rights Commission on Children in Detention “The Forgotten Children”. It is clear, factual and unemotional. It is supported by evidence and is non-partisan. It is not on the side of … Continue reading
Marie Coleman. Human Rights Commission and the forgotten children.
In February 2015 the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse found that Cardinal George Pell, the former Archbishop of Sydney, had placed the church’s financial interests above his obligation to a victim of childhood sexual abuse. In February 2015 the … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Politics, Refugees, Immigration
Tagged Gillian Triggs, Human Rights Commission, international treaty obligations, Marie Coleman, Nick Greiner
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John Menadue. Scott Morrison at the Human Rights Commission.
Minister Morrison, assisted by the Secretary of his department, continued his aggressive ways at the hearing on August 22. He said that his policies discouraged asylum seekers risking their lives at sea. He described himself as the champion of the … Continue reading
Mike Steketee. Mandatory detention punishes but it does not deter.
“It has not been easy for organised world opinion in the United Nations or elsewhere to act directly in respect of some of the dreadful events which have driven so many people from their own homes and their own fatherland … Continue reading
Simon Rice. Racial vilification, social values and humility
I have spent a professional lifetime trying to get people to know about (let alone respect) anti-discrimination law, and suddenly everyone knows about ‘section 18C’. For all the wrong reasons. A right reason for knowing about 18C would be because … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Media, Politics
Tagged Andrew Bolt, bigots, Human Rights Commission, Racial Discrimination Act, Senator Brandis, Simon Rice
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