Latest HRLC

Big Law • 22 March 2024 • ByNaomi NeilsonThe culture of silence is so entrenched that half of respondent...

The culture of silence is so entrenched that half of respondent lawyers have never advised clients they have the option...

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Politics • 20 February 2024 • ByGrace RobbieAnti-Slavery Commissioner remit must be stronger, says HRLC

The Human Rights Law Centre has urged the government to strengthen and expand the Anti-Slavery Commissioner’s roles to...

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Big Law • 15 January 2024 • ByNaomi NeilsonCOVID policies exposed flaw in human rights laws, HRLC says

If a Charter of Human Rights existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of concerning decisions and policies could...

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Corporate Counsel • 31 January 2023 • ByLauren CroftWhile the new Modern Slavery Act legislation has been in effect for...

While the new Modern Slavery Act legislation has been in effect for over four years, many organisations still have work...

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Big Law • 13 September 2022 • ByAbhranil HazraHRLC calls on ACT government to enshrine ‘right to healthy...

The legal body, Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), has called to introduce the clause into the territory’s Human Rights...

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Politics • 22 July 2022 • ByJess Feyder9 years of offshore detention sees continued ‘shameful treatment of...

The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has marked the ninth year since offshore detention was implemented by the Australian...

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Australian refugee policy
Politics • 06 June 2022 • ByAdrian SuljanovicHRLC calls for new ministers to take action on Australian refugee...

Newly appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister of Immigration, Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles, have been met...

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Kieran Pender
Big Law • 04 May 2022 • ByShandel McAuliffePlea by HRLC to remove ‘stain on our democracy’

The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has asked both the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Labor Party to...

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Scott Cosgriff
Big Law • 17 February 2022 • ByNaomi NeilsonDeportation bill ‘desperate power grab’ in dying days of...

The Morrison government’s third attempt to pass “flawed” legislation that would grant the immigration minister...

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HRLC opposes Religious Discrimination Bill
Big Law • 17 January 2022 • ByNaomi Neilson‘Deeply unbalanced’: HRLC opposes Religious Discrimination Bill

In submissions shared to two parliamentary inquiries, human rights lawyers have debated that the current form of the...

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