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Hear Us: the Report of the Inquiry into Hearing Health in Australia by the Senate Community Affairs Committee is now available

Nominations for the National Disability Awards are open from 4 May to 30 June 2011. The National Disability Awards are part of the Australian Government’s celebration of International Day of People with Disability. These annual Awards celebrate and acknowledge the … Continue reading →

Updated statistics on disability in Australia have been released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Key points: Just under one in five (18.5%) Australians had a disability in 2009 This represents approximately 4.0 million people. While there have been significant … Continue reading →

The Attorney-General has announced the opening of the application process for the 2011-12 round of human rights education grants under Australia’s Human Rights Framework. Applications for the 2011–12 round of grants must be received by the Attorney-General’s Department by 5:00pm … Continue reading →

The following vacancy will appear in the next  APS Jobs/APS Gazette (on 6 January) and will be available on the Jobs page of the Commission’s website in early January: Policy Research Officer APS Level 5/6 Disability Rights Unit $62,068 – … Continue reading →

We’d like your feedback on how this blog and other aspects of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s commmnication on disability rights issues can be improved. Here are some questions to start off with. Use the comments facility on the blog … Continue reading →

Announcements on human rights day: Human Rights Education grants announced by Attorney-General including PWD Australia and National Ethnic Disability Alliance Universal Housing dialogue recognised with award of Human Rights medal to Therese Rein