Topic: Education

No.154 - 21 February 2012 ANU Law Students at the ACT’s Corrections Centre

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This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. Read ... Read More

No.150 - 16 February 2012 The Prisoner as a Human Being

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This article is part of our February theme, which focuses on one of the great silences in the human rights conversation in Australia: Prisoners’ Rights. ... Read More

No.87 School Chaplains Challenge Heard at the High Court

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9 September 2011 The constitutional challenge to the Government’s funding of the National School Chaplaincy Program in Williams v Commonwealth and Ors continues as lawyers ... Read More

No.68 Community consultation on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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29 July 2011 This week, the ACT Attorney-General, Mr Simon Corbell, launched community consultation and called for submissions on the question of whether the protection ... Read More

No.51 Victorian Equal Opportunity Amendment Bill Passes Upper House

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DATE: 15 June 2011 The Victorian Equal Opportunity Amendment Bill passed the Upper House of the Victorian Parliament earlier this morning, following five hours of ... Read More

No.50 Walker vs State of Victoria and Disability Discrimination

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DATE: 15 June 2011 A recent Federal Court ruling has highlighted the lack of protection for students who have severe social and behaviourial disabilities.  The ... Read More

No.19 Changes to the Victorian Equal Opportunity Act 2010

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DATE: 6 MAY 2011 Yesterday, the Victorian Government introduced amendments to the Equal Opportunity Act 2010 in parliament.  These changes reduce the ability of the ... Read More

No.16 High Court Challenge to Religious Education

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DATE: 27th of April 2011 The federally funded National School Chaplaincy Program (NSCP) is facing a constitutional challenge in the High Court. Ron Williams, a concerned ... Read More