Blueprint to fix Australia’s broken whistleblower protection laws
A Whistleblower Protection Authority would be a new, dedicated statutory agency which will support, protect and empower Australia’s whistleblowers. A Whistleblower Protection Authority would:
- enforce improved legal protections for people from inside agencies or organisations who raise
concerns about wrongdoing under federal laws; - provide support, information and assistance to prospective, current and former whistleblowers;
- facilitate receipt and referral of whistleblowing disclosures;
- investigate and address complaints of unfair treatment; and
- play an important role in monitoring, advocacy and outreach in support of integrity, accountability and the fair treatment of those who speak up.
These design principles were developed by Transparency International Australia, the Human Rights Law Centre and Griffith University.
Urgent United Nations complaint about Australia’s youth justice policies
An urgent United Nations complaint has been made about Australia’s discriminatory youth justice systems and how they seriously violate the human rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.
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Albanese Government must seize the chance to strengthen human rights
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The Right to Housing in Australia
Commissioned by the Human Rights Law Centre and authored by Professor Jessie Hohmann from the UTS Faculty of Law, this new report shows how an Australian Human Rights Act could person should have a safe, secure and healthy place to call home, regardless of their postcode or bank balance.
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Acknowledgement of Country
The Human Rights Law Centre acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Cammeraygal, Darug, Wadawurrung, Turrbal and Jagera people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders past and present. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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