Australian Human Rights Commission
CRPD information concerning Australia – 11.03.13
Attorney-General’s Department, National Human Rights Action Plan, December 2012, p 55. At
http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Pages/NationalHumanRightsActionPlan.aspx (viewed 15 March
2013).
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Australian Human Rights Commission, Submission to the Attorney-General’s Department,
Consultation on exposure draft National Human Rights Action Plan, (6 March 2012), para 68. At
http://humanrights.gov.au/legal/submissions/2012/20120309_NHRAP.html#Heading124 (viewed 15
March 2013).
8
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), s 3.
9
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), s 5(2).
10
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), s 7.
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Australian Human Rights Commission, Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes AM.
At http://humanrights.gov.au/about/president_commissioners/innes.html (viewed 15 March 2013).
12
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth), s 4.
13
Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth), Part IIB.
14
Australian Human Rights Commission, Annual Reports. At
http://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/publications/annual_reports/index.html (viewed 15 March 2013).
15
Australian Human Rights Commission, Twenty Years: Twenty Stories. At
http://humanrights.gov.au/twentystories/index.html (viewed 15 March 2013).
16
See the A to Z index for Australian Human Rights Commission disability rights site for further
information on these areas. At http://www.humanrights.gov.au/disability_rights/A-Z_index/az_index.html (viewed 15 March 2013).
17
Attorney-General’s Department, Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport. At
http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/DisabilityStandards/Pages/Disabilitystandar
dsforaccesiblepublictransport.aspx (viewed 15 March 2013).
18
The Allen Consulting Group, Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport
Final Report, October 2009, p 8. At
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/2007.aspx (viewed 15 March 2013).
19
Department of Infrastructure and Transport, 2012 Review of the Disability Standards for Accessible
Public Transport. At http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/transport/disabilities/review/2012.aspx (viewed
15 March 2013).
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Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002, Part 34. At
http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/DisabilityStandards/Pages/Disabilitystandar
dsforaccesiblepublictransport.aspx (viewed 15 March 2013).
21
Media Access Australia, Access to Cinema. At http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/cinema-thearts/access-to-cinema (viewed 15 March 2013).
22
Attorney General’s Department, Disability standards for education. At
http://www.ag.gov.au/RightsAndProtections/HumanRights/DisabilityStandards/Pages/Disabilitystandar
dsforeducation.aspx (viewed 15 March 2013).
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Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs, Parliament of Australia, Exposure
Draft of the Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012 (2013). At
http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate_Committees?url=legcon_ctte/anti
_discrimination_2012/report/index.htm (viewed 15 March 2013).
24
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, National Disability
Strategy 20`10-2020. At http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-andcarers/publications-articles/policy-research/national-disability-strategy-2010-2020 (viewed 15 March
2013).
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Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, National Disability
Strategy 20`10-2020, p 9. At http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-andcarers/publications-articles/policy-research/national-disability-strategy-2010-2020 (viewed 15 March
2013).
26
Attorney-General’s Department, National Human Rights Action Plan, December 2012, p 55. At
http://www.ag.gov.au/Consultations/Pages/NationalHumanRightsActionPlan.aspx (viewed 15 March
2013).
27
Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, The National
Disability Strategy 2010-2020 Report to COAG 2012, February 2013. At
http://www.fahcsia.gov.au/our-responsibilities/disability-and-carers/program-services/governmentinternational/national-disability-strategy-2010-2020-report-to-coag-2012 (viewed 15 March 2013).
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