HR in the News

18 May 2012 Board member of VEOHRC offers resignation after opposing same-sex marriage Professor Kuravilla George has offered to resign from his position on the ... Read More

4 May 2012 Announcement of new Commonwealth Children’s Commissioner The Commonwealth Attorney-General has announced that the Government will appoint a Children’s Commissioner to sit within ... Read More

27 April 2012 Indigenous communities in West face losing a generation The small community of Mowanjum, which is a 10 minute drive from mining hub ... Read More

13 April 2012 Sentencing Advisory Council releases report on sentencing children and young people in Victoria The Victorian Sentencing Advisory Council has released a report ... Read More

6 April 2012 Landmark Parliamentary Inquiry recommends capping length of asylum seeker detention A landmark parliamentary inquiry has found that all reasonable steps should be ... Read More

31 March 2012 Federal and Northern Territory Governments announce increased funding to homelands Amnesty International has for quite some time called on both the Federal ... Read More

23 March 2012 Parliamentary Committee on Human Rights Established The Australian Federal Parliament this week established the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights following the ... Read More

16 March 2012 Baillieu Government retains Human Rights Charter After being deeply split on the future of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights, the Baillieu ... Read More

We have extended the deadline for applications for our General Manager position to Friday, 23 March 2012. Right Now is currently seeking a General Manager. ... Read More

8 March 2012 Australia’s Peak Public Health Body announces opposition to Stronger Futures Bill The Public Health Association of Australia has announced its opposition to ... Read More