Showing posts with label Australian Human Rights Commission. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Australian Human Rights Commission. Show all posts

Friday, 5 June 2009

APO Research

Social Justice Report 2008
Tom Calma Australian Human Rights Commission 28 May, 2009
In this year’s Social Justice Report, Tom Calma looks at what is needed to improve Indigenous human rights protection, remote Indigenous education, healing and health equality.

In our own backyard: urban health inequities and Aboriginal experiences of neighbourhood life, social capital and racism
Southgate Institute03 June, 2009
Compared to the general South Australian urban population people in this study reported lower levels of physical and mental health and experience of racism was associated with poorer health outcomes of participants.

Native title report 2008
Tom Calma Australian Human Rights Commission28 May, 2009
This year’s report examines the operation of the native title system and its affect on the exercise and enjoyment of human rights by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during the 2007-2008 reporting period.

Monday, 1 December 2008

Face the facts

Face the facts: some questions and answers about indigenous peoples, migrants and refugees and asylum seekers 2008
Australian Human Rights Commission
First published in 1997 and updated in 2001, 2003 and 2005, Face the Facts has become a permanent feature of the Australian Human Rights Commission's, contribution to informed factual public debate about race, Indigenous peoples and cultural diversity in Australia. Posted 26-11-2008

Friday, 14 November 2008

Government passes test on Indigenous Affairs - but only just

PORTFOLIO: Attorney-General's
SNIPPET: The Governments National Apology to the Stolen Generations in February this year marked a line in the sand for the beginning of a new relationship with Indigenous peoples, but despite some terrific initiatives and hefty commitments, many things are still being done to Indigenous people rather than in partnership with them, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Tom Calma said at the Hawke Centre in Adelaide tonight. The Essentials for Social Justice speech series sets out an agenda for change in Indigenous affairs and includes the following titles: Sorry , Reform, Protecting Indigenous children , Close the gap , and Caring for culture, caring for country.