Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Australia’s children, especially those most vulnerable because of their circumstances, continues to be a contentious and elusive area of policy reform. This study aims to provide a national focus for reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems by examining the nature of recommendations from 61 reports and...

The Australian Human Rights Commission conducted inspections, interviews, and consultations in 2023 to monitor the human rights of people detained at the Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre in Northam, Western Australia. This report contains an overview of the key observations and concerns arising from the inspection, and provides an assessment of the human rights impacts.

This document sets out the change that First Nations women and girls want to see in the world, for themselves, their children, families, communities, Country and culture.

The Australian Human Rights Commission is focusing on the rapid development of neurotechnology and how it may challenge human rights. This paper represents an important first step in stimulating discussions and identifying gaps in the Australian response to neurotechnologies.

Three years on from the release of the Respect@Work report, a positive duty for all employers to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate workplace sexual harassment and other harmful conduct has been introduced. To support directors navigate this new landscape, the AICD undertook this research with ACSI to understand boards’ preparedness for these new...