As Australia celebrates low case numbers of COVID-19 and early signs of economic recovery, the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA) has released new figures revealing the extent of a deepening crisis amongst people seeking asylum.…
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations, legal services and human rights organisations have slammed the decision of the Morrison Government and Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party, with the abstention of the Centre Alliance in the Senate giving the government the numbers,…
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he Government’s latest cut to the Coronavirus Supplement, which passed the Parliament overnight, will make the festive season even harder for the almost 2 million people currently without paid work, as well as the more than one million children in these families,…
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The Human Rights Law Centre yesterday welcomed an interim Senate report condemning Rio Tinto’s destruction of a 46,000 year-old Aboriginal site at Juukan Gorge in WA and recommending a suite of measures to improve protection of other significant sites across Australia.…
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Equality Australia and the Centre for Family Research and Evaluation at Drummond Street Services have released a groundbreaking research report on domestic and family violence affecting LGBTIQ+ people finds that over 1 in 10 LGBTIQ+ people are at risk of domestic and…
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The Morrison government has approved a $3.6 billion gas project in northern NSW despite widespread opposition by residents, farmers, Indigenous groups and conservation agencies.…
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Volunteering Victoria announced 4 recipients at its sixth annual State Awards by video broadcast on Thursday 26 November 2020. “The State Awards celebrate the incredible examples of leadership and contribution volunteer-involving organisations, their leaders and volunteers make in our communities,” said Scott…
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The HRC Foundation’s analysis of 2019 CDC data finds trans and gender-expansive high schoolers face negative outcomes compared to cisgender youth Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
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WHAT IS TRANSGENDER AWARENESS WEEK? In 2020, Transgender Awareness Week will take place from 13-19 November. This week is an important time in the LGBTIQ+ calendar because it raises the visibility of trans people around the world. During this time, allies and…
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Every year, Transgender Day of Remembrance honours the memory of transgender people who have lost their lives through transphobic violence. We light a candle, we say their names, we honour and remember them. Transgender Day of Remembrance began in the USA on November…
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