Thursday, 15 December 2005
Commission welcomes Graeme Innes AM - new Human Rights Commissioner
The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission welcomes the appointment of Mr Graeme Innes AM as the new Human Rights Commissioner and acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner.
Commission President John von Doussa QC today said he was delighted with Mr Innes" appointment and looked forward to working with the Commissioner in his new role.
"Mr Innes has a wealth of experience in the human rights and equal opportunity area, he is a dedicated advocate on disability issues and has worked within the Commission for 12 years," said the President.
"He was instrumental in the development of the Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act and in the continuing development of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities."
"He has worked in equal opportunity in New South Wales, Western Australia and nationally and will bring to the Commission his expertise as a legal practitioner, an advocate and a negotiator."
Commissioner Innes has been deputy disability discrimination commissioner since 1999 and has been a member of various tribunals - the NSW Administrative Decisions Tribunal; the NSW Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal; and the Social Security Appeals Tribunal. He was also a Hearing Commissioner with the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.
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Last updated 15 December 2005.
