Australia's Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation in late November that changes some 100 laws to give gay couples equal rights. The measure now goes to the Governor-General for formal ...

Australia's 40,000 full-blooded aborigines,* nearly half of whom live in isolated tribal groups in ... They also began demanding equal rights and equal pay — cattlemen often employed them at ...

New report reveals almost one in 4 employers consider workers in their 50s ‘old’ and are reluctant to hire people over 50 and ...

(Sydney) – The Australian government should introduce marriage equality legislation without delay, following results of the national postal survey in favor of marriage equality, Human Rights ...

In Australia, the workforce is highly segregated by gender, according to the Australian Human Rights Commission, and women are “over-represented as part-time workers in low-paid industries ...

A spokesperson for DFAT said that “the promotion of equal rights and an end to violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex persons is a priority of ...

The state, however, is bound by principles of non-discrimination and equal treatment, fundamental rights that Australia has long recognised as well. The first Dutch same-sex marriages took place ...

Australia is part of the Equal Rights Coalition, an intergovernmental body of 42 countries dedicated to the protection of the rights of LGBTQ+ people, ...

The Australian Human Rights Commission president, Gillian Triggs, ... It was launched on December 10, 1981, and replaced in 1986 by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission.

A landmark equal pay deal brokered by the Australian women's soccer team, the Matildas, has the potential to boost female participation in sports, equality advocates and sports groups said on ...

Australia has long been at the forefront of human rights internationally, while side-stepping questions about its own treatment of Indigenous peoples and refugees.