Submissions to parliaments and law reform bodies
HREOC seeks to promote and protect human rights through submissions to parliamentary inquiries, government departments and law reform bodies.
- Attorney-General's Department
- Australian Fair Pay Commission
- Australian Law Reform Commission
- Australia 2020 Summit
- Joint Standing Committee on the Australian Crime Commission
- Joint Standing Committee on Electoral matters
- Joint Standing Committee on Migration
- Legal And Constitutional Affairs Committee
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security
- Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works
- Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Senate Legal and Constitutional References and Legislation Committee
- Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee
- Joint Standing Committee on Treaties
- First Parliamentary Counsel
- Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO,ASIS and DSD
- Security Legislation review
- United nations committee against torture
Submissions to State Parliament
Attorney-General's Department
- Attorney-General's Department's Second Discussion paper on technical amendments to the Native Title Act 1993 (Cth) 22 December 2006
- Extradition Review submission - April 2006
- Comments on the Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 and draft consolidated AML/TF Rules - August 2006
- Mutual Assistance Review - October 2006
Australian Fair Pay Commission:
- Submission for consideration in determining the first national wage decision - July 2006 (PDF 399 kb)
Australian Law Reform Commission:
- Review of Australian Privacy Law - 20 December 2007
- The ALRC Discussion Paper is available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/dp/72/
- Inquiry into Legal Professional Privilege
- Inquiry into Client Legal Professional Privilege & Federal Investigatory Bodies - 5 November 2007
- Protecting Classified and Security Sensitive Information – Background Paper 8
- HREOC’s Submission of March 2004
- HREOC’s Submission of September 2003
- The ALRC Discussion Paper is available at: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/dp/67/
- The ALRC Background Paper is available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/bp/8/bp8.htm
Australia 2020 Summit:
Joint Standing Committee on the Australian Crime Commission
- Inquiry into the future impact of serious and organised crime on Australian Society - 27 February 2007
Joint Standing Committee on Electoral matters
- Inquiry into Civics and electoral education - 2 June 2006
Joing Standing Committee on Migration
- Inquiry into eligibility requirements and monitoring, enforcement and reporting arrangements for Temporary Business Visas - January 2007
Legal And Constitutional Affairs Committee
- Submmission to Inquiry into the Stolen Generation Compensation Bill 2008 - 9 April 2008
- Submission to Inquiry into Older People and the Law
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Intelligence and Security
- Review of the power to proscribe terrorist organisations - February 2007
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works
Senate Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Human Services (Enhanced Service Delivery) Bill 2007 - 1 March 2007
How the access card impact on Indigenous Australians- Exposure draft of the human services (21 August 2007)
- Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Electoral integrity and other measures) Bill 2005 - 9 March 2006
Senate Legal and Constitutional References and Legislation Committee
- Northern Territory National Emergency Response Legislation - 10 August 2007
- Inquiry into the Native Title [Amendment] Bill 2006 - 25 January 2007
- Migration Amendment (Review Provisions) Bill 2006 - 19 January 2007
- Opening Statement to Submission by HREOC - 31 January 2007
- Older people and the law inquiry - 15 December 2006
- Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Bill 2006 - 20 November 2006
- Crimes Amendment (Bail and Sentencing) Bill 2006 - 29 September 2006
- Stolen Wages Inquiry - 1 August 2006
- Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill 2006 - 22 May 2006
- Opening Statement to Submission by HREOC - 26 May 2006
- Supplementary Submission by HREOC - 1 June 2006
- Report of Senate Inquiry into this Bill - 13 June 2006
- Australian Citizenship Bill 2005 - 20 January 2006
- HREOC's response to Questions on Notice - 16 February 2006
- Inquiry into the provisions of the Family Law Amendment (Shared Parental Responsibility) Bill 2005
- Defence Legislation Amendment (Aid to Civilian Authorities) Bill 2005 - January 2006
- Anti-Terrorism Bill (No.2) 2005 - 11 November 2005
- Law and Justice Legislation Amendment (Video Evidence and Other Measures) Bill 2005 - 17 October 2005
- Migration Act 1958, administration and operation - 8 August 2005
- Migration Ligitation Reform Bill 2005
- The Migration Amendment (Judicial Review) Bill 2004
- Provisions
of the Anti-Terrorism Bill (No. 2) 2004
- Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 1996
- An
Inquiry into provisions of the National Security Information (Criminal
Proceedings) Bill 2004 and National Security Information (Criminal
Proceedings) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2004
- Sex Discrimination Amendment (Teaching Profession) Bill 2004
- Age
Discrimination Bill 2003
- Australian
Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003
- Summary of HREOC's Submission on the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003
- Questions on Notice arising from evidence given to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation Committee's Reference on the Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Bill 2003
- Human
Rights Legislation Amendment Bill (No.2) 1998
- Inquiry into the Criminal Code Amendment (Trafficking in Persons) Bill 2004
- National Security Legislation Amendment Bill 2005
- Provisions
of the Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2004
- Inquiry into the Law and Justice Amendment Bill 2005
Senate Employment, Workplace Relations and Education Legislation Committee
Joint Standing Committee on Treaties:
- Inquiry
into the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Inquiry into the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on involvement of children in armed conflict
First Parliamentary Counsel:
Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO,ASIS and DSD:
- Australian
Security Intelligence Organisation Legislation Amendment (Terrorism)
Bill 2002
- Review of Division 3 Part III of the ASIO Act 1979 (Cth)
Security Legislation review:
United nations committee against torture
- Australia’s compliance with the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (April 2008)
- Australia's compliance with the convention against torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment (Feb 2007)
Submissions to State Parliaments
- NSW Legislative Council's Standing Committee on Law and Justice on the Inquiry into the Prohibition on the Publication of Names of Children involved in Criminal Proceedings - 7 December 2007
- Consultation Committee for a proposed WA Human Rights Act on the Human RIghts for WA Discussion paper and Draft Human Rights Bill 2007- 6 September 2007
- Tasmanian Law Reform Institute’s Issues Paper: A Charter of Rights for Tasmania? - 15 December 2006
- Human Rights Consultation Committee, Victoria on a proposed Charter of Rights
- NSW Attorney-General's review of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002 NSW
