Results Introduction The Commission undertakes a wide range of activities in pursuit of our statutory functions. We focus our work on issues that constitute ‘protected attributes’ under federal discrimination law or for which there is a mandated special purpose Commissioner. This includes race, age, disability, sex discrimination, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice, children, sexual orientation, gender identity and intersex status, and issues within the role of the Human Rights Commissioner, including asylum seekers and immigration, national security, and technology issues. We must inquire into and attempt to conciliate complaints of unlawful discrimination and breaches of human rights, and process applications for exemptions under the age, disability, and sex discrimination acts. We may also produce reports to the federal Parliament in relation to the enjoyment and exercise of human rights by children in Australia, by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander persons, and to the Minister in relation to complaints of breaches of human rights. We have a range of functions to raise awareness, conduct research and develop educational resources about human rights, and consider the compatibility of legislation with human rights. The Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) requires us to exercise our functions in a manner that achieves the ‘greatest possible benefit to the people of Australia’ and ‘with regard for the indivisibility and universality of human rights’. Accordingly, we also conduct human rights education, intervene in human rights matters before the courts, and promote the role of business in addressing human rights. Our work priorities are set through an annual planning process framed by the four goals in our 2020–2021 Corporate Plan. In addition, the Commission ensures its work helps achieve the outcome articulated in its Portfolio Budget Statement (PBS), being: ‘An Australian society in which human rights are respected, protected and promoted through independent investigation and resolution of complaints, education and research to promote and eliminate discrimination, and monitoring and reporting on human rights.’ The sole program of which, Program 1.1, is: ‘Australians have access to independent human rights complaint handling and public inquiries processes and benefit from human rights education, promotion and monitoring, and compliance activities.’ Annual Report 2020–2021 Australian Human Rights Commission 21