This report looks at how ageism affects older Australians when they access healthcare. Many patients told us they feel dismissed, spoken over, or treated as 'just a number'. These attitudes can lead ...

Older Australians are feeling dismissed, excluded and stereotyped in healthcare settings, putting their access to life-saving care at risk, according to a new report by the Australian Human Rights ...

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It covers all the basic rights that children need to do well, like having a home and a family, getting a good education, being able to access quality health care, being safe from harm, and having a ...

Guidance for employers to prevent and respond to workplace sexual harassment—tools, policies, and strategies to build safe, respectful work environments. These resources will help small and ...

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For over 20 years now, the Commission has advocated for more comprehensive legal protection in Australia for freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The Australian Human Rights Commission has ...

Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually ...

Under the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth), organisations and businesses now have a positive duty to eliminate, as far as possible, the following unlawful behaviour from occurring: ...

Learn how the Disability Discrimination Act is supplemented by Disability Standards and Guidelines that provide more detail on rights and responsibilities. These explain in more detail the rights and ...

Australians with disability can face a range of individual and structural barriers at different stages of employment including recruitment, retention and re-entering the workforce. Australians with ...