Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Migration Amendment (Strengthening Employer Compliance) Bill 2023 [Provisions]
A joint submission by Migrant Justice Institute and the Human Rights Law Centre in relation to these amendments to the Migration Act. This submission relates to the proposed amendments to section 116. Those amendments are intended to form a basis for protections from visa cancellation for exploited migrant workers.
This submission has been endorsed by Anti-Slavery Australia, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Be Slavery Free, Business and Human Rights Centre RMIT, Circle Green Community Legal, Josephite Counter-Trafficking Project, Migration Institute of Australia, Scarlett Alliance, Settlement Council of Australia, South-East Monash Legal Service and WEstjustice.
Submission to 2025-26 Federal Budget consultation
The Human Rights Law Centre has put forward recommendations to the 2025-26 federal budget submissions across a range of issues, including campaigning for an Australian Human Rights Act, migration justice, prisoners’ rights, whistleblower protection and modern slavery.
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Submission to Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Act 2021 review
The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and warned that these powers enable the AFP and ACIC to undertake significant invasions of privacy, encroach on the right to privacy, and threaten to have a chilling effect on the work of journalists and their sources.
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Submission to Inquiry into antisemitism at Australian universities
In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights’ inquiry into antisemitism on Australian university campuses, the Human Rights Law Centre has called for reforms that uphold Australia's commitment to international human rights standards, fostering a society that respects equality, freedom, and justice for all.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Darug and Wadawurrung people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders, both past and present.
This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
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