Pat Anderson AO, a tireless advocate for the rights and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, has won the prestigious 2016 Human Rights Medal. 

As Chair of the Lowitja Institute and co-chair of the Prime Minister's Referendum Council, Pat Anderson has made an exceptional contribution to advancing the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly in regards to education, health, early childhood development, and violence against women and children. 

Growing up in Parap camp in Darwin, she was acutely aware from a very young age of the extreme forms of discrimination and racism experienced by Aboriginal people.

“Pat Anderson has a great love for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and is greatly loved and respected by them,” said President of the Human Rights Commission Professor Gillian Triggs.

“Over the years, she has used her skills to drive better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with her sharp strategic mind, a great warmth and sense of humour.

“She is sister, grandmother and aunty to many members of her community. Throughout her career she has been driven by the desire to celebrate success and help nurture the possibility of fulfilment in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

In congratulating Ms Anderson, Professor Triggs commended her work with the Lowitja Institute, an innovative research body facilitating collaborative, evidence-based research into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.

“Pat Anderson has played a leading national role in building collaborative relationships between researchers, Aboriginal communities and health service providers.”

Professor Triggs also congratulated the winners of the seven other Human Rights Awards, among them Arash Bordbar, a refugee from Iran who won the Young People’s Human Rights Medal for his work on asylum seeker issues.

“Today we honour individuals, businesses and organisations from across Australia who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing human rights,” Professor Triggs said.

“I would like to acknowledge all those who were nominated for awards and who have taken the time to attend today’s awards.”

The 2016 Human Rights Awards winners are as follows:

• Human Rights Medal: Pat Anderson AO
  Pat Anderson is an Alyawarre woman and advocate for the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly in regards to education, health, early childhood development, and violence against women and children.
   
• Young People’s Human Rights Medal: Arash Bordbar
  Since arriving in Australia as a refugee, Arash Bordbar has volunteered for a number of local and international organisations on asylum seeker issues.
   

• Media Award: Caro Meldrum-Hanna, Mary Fallon, Elise Worthington (Four Corners)
  ABC’s Four Corners program, ‘Australia’s Shame’, exposed the mistreatment of young people in the Northern Territory detention system.
   
• Business Award: Joint winners
  Etiko
  Etiko is a small business that has focused on supply chains by developing an accredited and scalable ethical supply chain model.
  
  Lendlease, Westpac, and the Australian Network on Disability
  Also winning a Business Award was a collaboration that led to the Design for Dignity guidelines which incorporate accessibility and were implemented at Barangaroo Tower Two.
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• Law Award: Anna Cody
  As Director of Kingsford Legal Centre, Anna Cody has provided high quality case work to thousands of disadvantaged people, as well as advocating for law reform to address systemic human rights breaches.
   
• Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award: Jane Rosengrave
  Jane Rosengrave is a proud Yorta Yorta woman with an intellectual disability and a passionate advocate for people with disability.
   
• Community Organisation Award: Bus Stop Films
  For approximately 8 years, Bus Stop Films has provided film studies and film-making opportunities for people with disabilities, as well as advocating for inclusion in the film industry.
   
• Racism. It Stops With Me Award: National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council
  The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council is the peak organisation of ethnic community broadcasters in Australia.

Hold on to your hats – one of Australia’s most beloved actors and stage performers, Magda Szubanski, will be hosting this year’s Australian Human Rights Awards on 9 December!

An author, producer, television presenter and much more, Magda is best known for her roles in Happy Feet and the Academy Award and Golden Globe winning film Babe; as well as for playing Sharon Strzelecki on Kath and Kim, widely acknowledged as the most successful comedy in Australian television history.

As well as winning our hearts on screen, Magda is a passionate and high profile advocate and campaigner for LGBTI+ rights and marriage equality. Her openness and transparency about the personal challenges she has faced as an openly gay woman has made Magda a role model for the Australian community.

We have an inspiring programme lined up which is sure to make this year’s Awards, which also marks the 30th anniversary of the Australian Human Rights Commission, an unforgettable event.

Commission President Professor Gillian Triggs will give a short address to open the Awards ceremony.

Dame Quentin Bryce, former Governor-General and Sex Discrimination Commissioner, will deliver the keynote address paying special tribute to 30 years of human rights in Australia.

Aboriginal singer and songwriter Archie Roach will be performing at the Awards. He is a multi-award winning artist who has won several ARIAs and the Commission’s songwriting Award in 1990 for ‘Took the Children Away’.

Join us at the 2016 Human Rights Awards on Friday 9 December from 12 to 3pm at the Westin Hotel Sydney. 

Tickets are on sale now and include 2-course lunch and beverages.

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The Australian Human Rights Commission has announced the finalists for the 2016 Human Rights Medal.

They are: mental health educator Ingrid Ozols; human rights advocate Dr John-Paul Sanggaran; the chair of the Lowitja Institute, Patricia Anderson AO; lawyer Deng Adut; and disability advocate Paul Nunnari.

“Each of these Human Rights Medal finalists have substantially contributed to the protection and advancement of human rights in Australia,” said Commission President, Professor Gillian Triggs.

“I congratulate Ingrid Ozols, Dr John-Paul Sanggaran, Pat Anderson, Deng Adut and Paul Nunnari for raising awareness of the many human rights challenges faced by individuals and communities across Australia.

“At times it may seem as if these challenges are overwhelming. But as our Human Rights Medal finalists demonstrate, there are many practical things we can do and brave steps we can take to protect and advance the human rights of all Australians,” Professor Triggs said.

Ingrid Ozols is a mental health and suicide prevention advocate and educator. She is the founder and managing director of Mental Health at Work, a consultancy focussed on improving our understanding of mental health and building resilience in the workplace.

Ms Ozols has developed an online e- learning tool, mh @ work®, to help manage mental health issues in the workplace. This interactive program enables people to share experiences of mental illness and recovery, helping to change attitudes and workplace cultures. More than 200,000 employees have used mh @ work’s education tools and programs.

Ms Ozols has contributed to many Australian mental health boards, committees and advisory groups. She was the inaugural Chair of BlueVoices, beyondblue’s consumer arm; and a former board member of the Mental Health Council of Australia. Other memberships and advisory groups include the Royal Australian and New Zealand College Psychiatry and the General Practitioner’s Mental Health Standards Collaboration.

Dr John-Paul Sanggaran is a former Australian immigration detention doctor who risked prosecution under section 42 of the Border Force Act to bring to light human rights abuses within Australian immigration detention.

Dr Sanggaran is the co-author of Christmas Island Doctors of Concern, a 92-page letter signed by 15 doctors who practiced inside immigration detention on Christmas Island. The letter is a comprehensive account of the failings of medical procedure inside detention centres in Australia.

Dr Sanggaran has also campaigned extensively for ratification of OPCAT (the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture). He has worked within the medical and health sectors to forge a broad consensus for ratification of the protocol, and organised a petition nearing 10,000 signatures in support of this objective.

Pat Anderson AO is an Alyawarre woman, whose mother was one of the Stolen Generations. Ms Anderson grew up in Parap camp in Darwin, acutely aware from a very young age of the extreme forms of discrimination and racism experienced by Aboriginal people.

Ms Anderson is the Chair of the Lowitja Institute and co-chair of the Prime Minister’s Referendum Council. She has worked tirelessly to advance the rights and welfare of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, particularly in regards to education, health, early childhood development, and preventing violence against Aboriginal women and children.

Ms Anderson is also motivated by the need to create positive pathways for individuals and communities, based on culture, identity, health and wellbeing. She wants to change the narrative so that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples celebrate their successes and have agency and control over their lives.

Deng Adut is a lawyer and advocate for the rights of refugees and other vulnerable citizens.

Mr Adut came to Australia as 14-year-old refugee. He had been conscripted as a child soldier in South Sudan when he was six.  He never had an opportunity to go to school but he taught himself to read, write and speak English, and he won a scholarship to study law at the University of Western Sydney (UWS).

Mr Adut moved won national attention with his 2016 Australia Day address, and won more hearts and minds when a short video telling his life story went viral, attracting over 2.4 million views. He graduated from UWS with a Bachelor of Law in 2010 and went onto establish the AC Law Group in Blacktown with Joseph Correy.

Paul Nunnari is a disability advocate and former Paralympic athlete who chairs the City of Sydney Inclusion (Disability) Advisory Panel and is manager of Event Access and Inclusion with the NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Mr Nunnari has worked over many years to increase opportunities for people with disability to participate in major and community events across NSW, and he played a key role in making the Sydney Harbour Bridge wheelchair-accessible (expected completion in 2017).

Mr Nunnari works directly with event organisers and planning agencies to coordinate strategies such as better transport and communication options, better disability awareness training for event staff, accessible viewing areas, captioning and audio description. He has helped ensure accessibility for major events including Sydney New Year’s Eve, Vivid Sydney, ANZAC Day, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade and the Sydney City to Surf.

The 2016 Australian Human Rights Awards will be presented in Sydney on 9 December. Please join us.

Five finalists have been announced in the business category of the 2016 Australian Human Rights Awards, to be presented in Sydney on 9 December.

The Business Award acknowledges a corporation that has made a practical and/or policy commitment to promoting and advancing human rights in Australia.

The finalists are Colins Biggers & Paisley, Etiko, Crown Resorts, Foxtel and a collaboration between Lendlease, Westpac and Australian Network on Disability.

Colin Biggers & Paisley invests significantly in pro bono work and across the community sector. It provides critically needed legal assistance and resources to grass-roots and community-based organisations that cover a number of disadvantaged population groups.

The law firm’s pro bono program is not viewed as an operational ‘add on’ but a key performance indicator for all staff. This ensures the program’s sustainability.

Etiko is a small business that has focussed on supply chain ethics by developing an accredited and scalable ethical supply chain model. It has received an A+ rating for ethical production in fashion brands. Etiko is the first non-food brand to receive fairtrade certification in the Pacific region.

Etiko’s success in promoting supply chain ethics to the broader community displays great leadership and resource commitment from a small business. It also demonstrates how doing business ethically in Australia can have significant positive human rights impacts at home and abroad.

Crown Resorts is a significant and meaningful employer of people with disability, working with disability employment service providers to actively place candidates with disability into new roles.

Crown Resorts initiated the first meeting of a Hospitality Disability Business Network in Perth with the broader structural aim of improving the employment of people with disability within the sector.

Foxtel was selected as a Business Award finalist for its Street TV program which has run for 14 years in partnership with the Salvation Army Oasis Youth Support Network.

Foxtel staff have contributed many volunteer hours to train and mentor young people who have experienced trauma. This program aims to build self-esteem, restore dignity and assist young people to find their voice through the production and creation of short films which are subsequently screened on Foxtel.

The Lendlease, Westpac and Australian Network on Disability collaboration led to the ‘Design for Dignity’ guidelines, implemented at Barangaroo Tower Two. The guidelines integrate access considerations into the building design phase, rather than have these considered as an afterthought.

The guidelines offer an inclusive view of how people of all abilities access and engage with a building. They outline a process of consultation with the disability sector and offer an important opportunity to embed structural change across the property industry.

The sponsor of the Human Rights Business Award is Audrey Page & Associates.

Join us on 9 December at the Westin Hotel in Sydney for the annual Human Rights Awards presentation.

Five inspiring Australians have been named finalists for the 2016 Tony Fitzgerald Memorial Community Individual Award.

“We received 42 nominations from outstanding Australians, dedicated to human rights at the community level,” said Commission President, Professor Gillian Triggs.

“All of these finalists are inspiring Australians who live and breathe human rights and work tirelessly to remind us how much one person can do to change the lives of others,” she said.

The finalists are:

Susan Barton is a revolutionary leader in the field of youth homelessness. As the founder and director of the Lighthouse Foundation for Homeless Youth, Susan and her team have developed a unique support model that allows complete rehabilitation into society for disadvantaged young people.

Yassmen Yahya belongs to an ethnic minority called Mandaeanism who have been persecuted for many years, most notably during the Iraq War. Today, the largest Mandaean community is in Sydney. Yassmen established a Mandaean Women's committee to assist and encourage larger participation of ethnic women in the community.

Shane Duffy, a descendant of the Kalkadoon people of North West Queensland, has worked in human services for more than 25 years specialising in child protection, youth justice and family support. Shane has been CEO of the QLD Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service for the past 11 years

Jane Rosengrave is a proud Yorta Yorta woman with an intellectual disability. She is a passionate advocate for people with disability. Jane grew up in institutions and has experienced segregation as well as sexual and other violence, including domestic violence. She contributes to several organisations and shares her personal experiences publicly to raise awareness of the abuse and discrimination facing people with disability.

Catia Malaquias is a disability advocate, lawyer, mum of three and the director of Down Syndrome Australia and the Attitude Foundation. She also founded the Starting with Julius project which aims to transform cultural attitudes towards people with disability, by promoting disability inclusion in mainstream media, advertising and education.

This award is kindly sponsored by Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

Five organisations committed to finding innovative solutions to pressing social problems have been recognised as finalists for the 2016 Community Organisation Award.

“Faced with complex challenges, these organisations have responded with creativity and compassion,” said Australian Human Rights Commission President Professor Gillian Triggs.

Sponsored by Ernst & Young, the Community Organisation Award is presented annually to a non-government or community-based organisation with a proven track record in promoting and advancing human rights in the Australian community. The winner will be announced at the 30th annual Human Rights Awards.

This year’s shortlist includes a not-for-profit organisation that provides training in film studies and film-making to people with disabilities and a local justice reinvestment initiative aiming to break the cycle of imprisonment in the Aboriginal community in Bourke, New South Wales.

“Through their work across Australia, we can see that community-led initiatives are making a positive impact on people’s lives,” said Professor Triggs.

The finalists for the 2016 Community Organisation Award are:

• Bus Stop Films: For approximately 8 years, Bus Stop Films has provided film studies and film-making opportunities for people with disabilities, as well as advocating for inclusion in the film industry. 
   
• Maranguka Community Hub: Maranguka works with Aboriginal families that are experiencing very high levels of social disadvantage and rising crime, with the goal of breaking the cycle of imprisonment for Aboriginal people living in Bourke.
   
• Mental Illness Fellowship of Western Australia: For more than 25 years, the fellowship has provided support and services for people with severe and persistent mental health issues and their families to educate and to empower them.
   
• SHINE for Kids: SHINE for Kids uses innovative approaches to support and protect children who have a parent who has been incarcerated, with the goal of minimising and reducing adverse impact.
   
• Together for Humanity Foundation: Since 2006, Together for Humanity has worked at local levels to ensure that Jewish, Muslim, Aboriginal and other Australians can enjoy a life free from prejudice and discrimination through a variety of programs and activities.

The Human Rights Awards will be held on Friday 9 December from 12 to 3pm at the Westin Sydney.

For more information or to reserve a ticket visit: https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/tickets .

This year the Commission has received a record number of nominations for the Media category of the Human Rights Awards.

“The very strong interest in the media category is testament to a year in which human rights have been high on the national agenda.

“The media plays a critical role in ensuring that all Australians are aware of human rights issues,” said President Gillian Triggs.

The finalists come from a cross-section of media organisations and mediums.  They are:

• Jess Hill for her in-depth feature for The Monthly revealing how the family law system can place children at risk of violence and abuse. Her research documented alarming cases in which parents had been granted custody of their children despite evidence of abuse, while parents who raised allegations of abuse risked having their children removed from their care.

• Louise Milligan for her powerful investigation for the ABC’s 7:30 program focused on the mistreatment of young people with disability by institutions tasked with their care and protection. It revealed disturbing evidence of young people being locked up, secluded and abused, including cases in which young people had been held in a lockable box and a student had been left to sit outdoors all day in winter for a whole school term.

• The Nauru Files, published by The Guardian Australia, comprise more than 2,000 leaked incident reports from the Australian-funded regional processing centre in Nauru. The Files revealed several serious allegations of assault and sexual abuse and offered an unprecedented insight into the deleterious impacts of third country processing on the health and wellbeing of people seeking asylum.

• Australia’s Shame which exposed mistreatment of young people in the Northern Territory detention system. The program broadcast shocking footage of children being tear-gassed, stripped naked and restrained using hoods. Within hours of the footage being broadcast on ABC’s Four Corners program, the Prime Minister had announced a Royal Commission into the detention of children in the Northern Territory.

• Mark Whittaker for his comprehensive SBS investigation into gay-hate crimes in Adelaide, which shone a light on brutal yet little-known assaults and murders of gay men from the 1970s to recent years. His work exposed the discrimination and homophobia that not only fuelled these crimes, but also allowed the perpetrators to escape punishment.

“One of the particular strengths of this year’s media finalists is that each of the nominees has shone a light on social issues that are sometimes not given the attention they deserve.

“This includes children caught up in the family law system, young people with disability and those inside the juvenile justice system, asylum-seekers in immigration detention, and gay men subjected to hate crimes,” said Professor Triggs.

Six young Australians have been recognised as finalists for the 2016 Young People’s Human Rights Medal, announced today by the Australian Human Rights Commission.

Australian Human Rights Commission President Gillian Triggs congratulated the finalists for the Young People’s Human Rights Medal, which recognises young people under 25-years old who have made an outstanding contribution to advancing human rights in Australia.

“The Young People’s Human Rights Medal allows us to celebrate the achievements of exceptional young leaders who have already brought about positive change in our community,” said Professor Triggs.

“Between them, this year’s finalists have raised public awareness of a range of issues, including disability discrimination, gender equality, mental health and multiculturalism. Their tireless advocacy and commitment to equality is an inspiration for us all.”

The winner of the medal, which is sponsored by Colin Biggers & Paisley, will be announced at the 30th annual Human Rights Awards on Friday 9 December.

The 2016 Young People’s Human Rights Medal finalists are:

• Arash Bordbar: Since arriving in Australia as a refugee, Arash has worked at the community level volunteering with Settlement Services International and as a youth leader with Auburn Diversity services, alongside international advocacy work with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and at the Asia Pacific Consultation on Refugee Rights. 
• Danikka Calyon: Danikka has raised awareness about a range of human rights issues facing young Australians through her work as part of the Western Australia Youth Leadership Roundtable and as an inaugural youth ambassador for Save the Children Australia.
• Ella Ingram: Ella has sought to influence change in business practices that discriminate against people with mental illnesses based on her personal experience challenging a travel insurance policy with a blanket exclusion for all mental illness claims. 
• Kathryn Lyons: Kathryn has met with a variety of public and private entities and parliamentarians to increase awareness about the human rights of people with disabilities and the practical ways in which these rights can be respected, protected and promoted.
• Madeline Price: Madeline founded and leads the One Woman Project, which delivers seminars, conferences and campaigns to young people to raise awareness of issues relating to gender inequality.
• Sara Shengeb: In the last year, Sara coordinated an initiative to equip young people with refugee and migrant backgrounds to share their stories, as well as co-organising the inaugural Catalyst Youth Summit and mentoring a university student every semester.

The Human Rights Awards will be held on Friday 9 December from 12 to 3pm at the Westin Sydney.

For more information or to reserve a ticket visit: https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/tickets.

Legal professionals who have represented some of the most vulnerable members of our community have been recognised as finalists in the 2016 Human Rights Awards.

Sponsored by the Law Council of Australia, the prestigious Law Award is presented annually to an individual or organisation with a track record in promoting and advancing human rights in Australia through the practice of law. It is one of eight awards that will be presented at the 30th annual Human Rights Awards on Friday 9 December.

“The Law Award shines a light on the efforts of lawyers and organisations who are committed to assisting some of the most disadvantaged members of our community as they navigate the legal system,” said Australian Human Rights Commission President Professor Gillian Triggs.

“This year’s finalists have each shown exceptional leadership within the legal profession, not only through their pro bono work, but also by advocating for social justice and human rights issues. Through their work they embody one of the highest principles in the legal profession: that justice should not be denied to people because of their means.”

The 2016 Law Award finalists are:

• Anna Cody, Kingsford Legal Centre: As Director of Kingsford Legal Centre, Anna Cody has provided high quality case work to thousands of disadvantaged people, as well as advocating for law reform to address systemic human rights breaches. She has provided leadership in the legal assistance sector on boards and within community legal centres, as well as through her work engaging with students about their responsibility to work on social justice and human rights.
   
• Knowmore Legal Service: Knowmore is an independent service that gives free legal advice to people considering telling their story to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Knowmore employs an innovative multidisciplinary model to provide legal assistance within a trauma-informed and culturally safe framework for its clients, promoting their human rights as they engage with the Royal Commission.
   
• Maurice Blackburn Lawyers: Maurice Blackburn Lawyers has led litigation in the public interest for many years, including on behalf of refugees and workers who have been underpaid. In 2015 and 2016, Maurice Blackburn conducted several large scale pro bono actions that addressed discrimination and human rights issues including those of young people, people with disabilities and people seeking asylum.
   
• Peter O’Brien: Peter O’Brien has spent many years working as a lawyer and human rights advocate, most recently representing Dylan Voller and Jake Roper in their civil suit against the Northern Territory’s corrective services. Peter has advocated for the immediate welfare of Dylan Voller, condemned the abuse of juveniles in detention and called for the widest possible terms of reference for the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory.
   
• Steven Glass, Gilbert + Tobin: A highly respected commercial litigator and solicitor of 25 years, Steven has shown a long-standing commitment to pro bono work and has led the development of Gilbert + Tobin’s pro bono refugee practice. He has acted pro bono in a significant number of important human rights cases, representing disadvantaged and marginalised clients including refugees and Indigenous Australians.

The Human Rights Awards will be held on Friday 9 December from 12 to 3pm at the Westin Sydney.

For more information or to reserve a ticket visit: https://hrawards.humanrights.gov.au/tickets.

Five finalists have been selected for the 2016 Racism. It Stops With Me award, to be presented on 9 December as part of the annual Human Rights Awards.

The Racism. It Stops With Me award recognises the contribution of individuals and organisations to reducing and preventing racism in Australia. It was won last year by Tasmanian Students Against Racism, a grassroots education and advocacy group.

Award judges said the five finalists this year are the National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council (VIC), Welcome to Australia (SA), Beyond Blue (VIC), All Together Now (NSW), and Ms Fadzi Whande (WA).

The National Ethnic and Multicultural Broadcasters Council (NEMBC) is the peak organisation of ethnic community broadcasters in Australia. It harnesses the expertise of more than 4000 volunteers from 125 cultural groups to broadcast over 2000 hours of programs each week, in English, Congolese, Punjabi, Farsi, Filipino and other languages.

Welcome to Australia is responsible for the Walk Together event, which brings together thousands of people from nearly 30 towns and cities to celebrate diversity and promote compassion and generosity. 

Welcome to Australia has also devised the Welcoming Cities project, which seeks to address and embrace the challenges and opportunities of migration by working with local government and communities to create more welcoming and inclusive communities.

Beyond Blue’s Invisible Discriminator campaign successfully highlighted the impact of insidious, subtle racism and discrimination on the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Using TV commercials and clear and accessible information on mental health and discrimination, Beyond Blue’s campaign focused on the link between racial discrimination and psychological distress. 

In 2014, All Together Now launched the Everyday Racism mobile phone app, designed to build empathy with people who are the targets of racism.

Recently, All Together Now adapted the Everyday Racism app for school students aged 8 to 10.  The new app is called Kids Together Now. It allows primary school teachers to take kids through interactive storylines to promote positive relationships.

Ms Fadzi Whande campaigns against family violence in CALD communities in Western Australia, working with organisations such as UN Women, White Ribbon and the Humanitarian Group Community Legal Centre.

Ms Whande has implemented a program called Courageous Conversations About Race, and is working with the Australian Federal Police, the Department of Immigration and Border Protection and the Department of Corrective Services to address systemic barriers and unconscious bias towards marginalised groups.

Join us on 9 December 2016 for the annual Human Rights Awards.

The Racism. It Stops With Me Award is proudly sponsored by the Delegation of the European Union to Australia.