Australian Human Rights Commission

Part of the Attorney-General portfolio and a Federal authority

The Australian Human Rights Commission's goals are to foster greater understanding and protection of human rights in Australia and to address the human rights concerns of a broad range of individuals and groups. The Commission's responsibilities include and public awareness; discrimination and human rights complaints; human rights compliance; policy and legislative development. The Commission investigates alleged infringements of human rights under the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 and breaches of anti-discrimination law under the Age Discrimination Act 2004, Disability Discrimination Act 1992, Racial Discrimination Act 1975 and Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

28 requests
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire   I refer to your email to the Australian Human Rights Commission dated 21 June 2025, making a request under the Freedom of...
Dear Nosey,   Please find attached decision letter in relation to your FOI request.   Thank you,   Demitra Nikas she/her Paralegal Austr...
Dear Mr Hamiltonshire   Further to the below email, please see the attached letter.   Yours sincerely   Cara Seymour she/her Senior Lawyer...
Dear Mr Fairless,   Thank you for your response.   We confirm that the authorisation applies both to the initial FOI requests, and to the inte...
Dear Mr Pentland   With reference to your below email, please find attached the decision in relation to your request for an FOI internal review....
Dear Scott,   Thank you for contacting the Commission, and for your interest in this matter.   From the data we have available, we confirm tha...
Dear A Q-S   I refer to your FOI request dated 5 September 2023.   Please find attached a notice of decision, schedule and bundle of documents...
Dear Alex, Thank you for your email. I understand that this is a general request for information. Agencies like the Australian Human Rights Commission...
Dear Mr Pentland Please see attached a decision letter in relation to your FOI request and accompanying documents. Kind regards, Hashini Pandith...
Dear Mr Norwood, The Australian Human Rights Commission's current disclosure log is available on its website here: https://humanrights.gov.au/our-work...
Dear Ms Camble   I refer to your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).   Attached is my decision with respect to your reques...
Thank you. Yours sincerely, JS
Dear Mr Franks,   The Freedom of Information Act 1982 (FOI Act) gives you a right of access to documents held by the Australian Human Rights Commi...
Our reference: MR19/00321 Peter Sent by email: [1][FOI #5248 email] Your application to become a party to an Information Commissioner review De...
Dear Mr Nagy,   I understand that you requested that the Commission provide you with a copy of ‘the instrument that forces courts to abide by inte...
FOI Delegations
Response by Australian Human Rights Commission to Ben Fairless on .
Dear Mr Fairless, I refer to your email dated 14 November 2018. Please find attached a copy of the current arrangement which gives lawyers at the Com...
Dear Mr Smith I am happy to deal with this administratively. I confirm there are no documents falling within your request. Regards Michelle Lindley D...
Hi Eliza We are in fact able to provide this information administratively. While we are unable to calculate 'how many cases have been investigated or h...
Ben I will assume that’s an agreement to withdraw unless I hear from you otherwise. Many thanks Michelle Michelle Lindley Deputy Director Legal Sectio...
Social media policy
Follow up sent to Australian Human Rights Commission by James Smith on .
Thank you for providing the requested information. Yours sincerely, James Smith
Dear Ariana   I refer to your FOI request of 28 February 2016.   Please see attached:   ·         My decision in response to your FOI reque...
Dear Ms Iliagoueva,   Please see the attached letter regarding your request for documents under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth).   K...
Dear Ms Iliagoueva   The Australian Human Rights Commission has begun processing your request under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) (FOI...
I'm a Macleay College student, requesting under the Freedom Of Information Act (1982) any documented communication between the High Courts and the F...
I am requesting all internal communications or emails from September 2013 onwards in relation to the "Armenian Genocide" issue. Anything containin...

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