Australian Human Rights Commission Annual Report November 2022 5.2 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 responsibilities of the Human Rights Commissioner, including asylum seekers and immigration, national security, and technology issues. 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, work with partners on cultural workplace reform, 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 2021–2022 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. Performance Measurement The performance statement in this report identifies how the Commission has met its purpose. These results are reported in relation to our performance measurement framework, published in the 2020–2021 Corporate Plan.1 In this framework, our purpose and functions are reflected in the organisational goals and outcomes. 25