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Big Law • 15 January 2024 • ByNaomi NeilsonCOVID policies exposed flaw in human rights laws, HRLC says

If a Charter of Human Rights existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of concerning decisions and policies could...

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Corporate Counsel • 31 January 2023 • ByLauren CroftWhile the new Modern Slavery Act legislation has been in effect for...

While the new Modern Slavery Act legislation has been in effect for over four years, many organisations still have work...

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Big Law • 13 September 2022 • ByAbhranil HazraThe legal body, Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), has called to...

The legal body, Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC), has called to introduce the clause into the territory’s Human Rights...

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Politics • 22 July 2022 • ByJess FeyderThe Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has marked the ninth year since...

The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has marked the ninth year since offshore detention was implemented by the Australian...

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Australian refugee policy
Politics • 06 June 2022 • ByAdrian SuljanovicHRLC calls for new ministers to take action on Australian refugee...

Newly appointed Minister for Home Affairs and Minister of Immigration, Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles, have been met...

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Kieran Pender
Big Law • 04 May 2022 • ByShandel McAuliffePlea by HRLC to remove ‘stain on our democracy’

The Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) has asked both the Liberal Party of Australia and the Australian Labor Party to...

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Scott Cosgriff
Big Law • 17 February 2022 • ByNaomi NeilsonDeportation bill ‘desperate power grab’ in dying days of...

The Morrison government’s third attempt to pass “flawed” legislation that would grant the immigration minister...

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HRLC opposes Religious Discrimination Bill
Big Law • 17 January 2022 • ByNaomi Neilson‘Deeply unbalanced’: HRLC opposes Religious Discrimination Bill

In submissions shared to two parliamentary inquiries, human rights lawyers have debated that the current form of the...

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Omicron response travel restrictions
Big Law • 03 December 2021 • ByNaomi NeilsonOmicron response shines spotlight on flawed travel restrictions, HRLC...

In response to the news that the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus had entered Australia, and the related...

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Alice Drury
Politics • 03 November 2021 • ByLauren CroftHRLC launches new not-for-profits compliance guide

The Human Rights Law Centre has launched a new guide to help not-for-profits comply with electoral laws, which the legal...

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