An Australian Human Rights Act would make our lives better by putting human rights at the heart of laws and government decisions.

Legislating Human Rights Acts from Whitlam to Now Report shows why the Albanese Government should make an Act a reality.

More: www.humanrightsact.org.au/news-events/...

Everyone should have a safe and secure place to call home.

ACT passed nation-leading laws enshrining the right to housing in their Human Rights Act. Congrats to all involved!

Now its time for a Federal Human Rights Act with a right to housing. Learn more: www.humanrightsact.org.au/resources/ri...

Read more here: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Everyone should have a safe & secure place to call home.

The Qld Human Rights Act & Basic Rights Qld led advocacy stopped a Qld local council evicting people with nowhere else to go & risk serious harm if forced out. The case continues.

Join the Human Rights Act campaign: www.humanrightsact.org.au

We all benefit from human rights at the heart of our laws, so why doesn’t Australia have a Human Rights Act?

Join our report launch to learn how an Act can become a reality.

🗓️ Monday, 13 October, 5.30pm
📍 Western Sydney University Parramatta South Campus

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Queensland Human Rights Act in action. Well done Basic Rights Queensland!

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Learn how the Victorian Charter of Human Rights benefits people in Victoria, and how to maximise advocacy using the Charter.

Check out the full list of resources at www.humanrightsact.org.au/victorian-ch...

Where next post-election for a Human Rights Act?

Everyone benefits from human rights at the heart of our laws. Join us to learn what the recent Federal Election means for winning an Australian Human Rights Act.

📅 Tuesday 24 June 2025
🕒 1.00–2.00pm AEST
📍Zoom
RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Right now is a clear window of hope to secure a national Human Rights Act.

A Human Rights Act puts human rights at the heart of our laws and help challenge injustice when our rights are breached.

Join the push for stronger human rights laws by making a donation now: support.hrlc.org.au/2025EOFY

Media Release: Malinauskas Government must take historic opportunity and adopt Human Rights Act after inquiry recommendation

We are proud to support the overwhelming call across South Australian civil society calling for a Human Rights Act

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South Australia is one step closer to a Human Rights Act, with a parliamentary inquiry recommending the Malinauskas Government legislate a Human Rights Act.

It’s time for the SA Government and Parliament to make a Human Rights Act in SA a reality.

Learn more: www.hrlc.org.au/news/malinau...

In a win for ACT communities having a right to clean air, safe water, and a healthy environment, the right to a healthy environment is now in effect after laws passed last year by ACT Legislative Assembly.

An Australian Human Rights Act can spread right across Australia: www.humanrightsact.org.au

Everyone deserves a safe and secure home. Watch our Right to Housing in Australia report launch, with

Professor Jessie Hohmann, report author
Cassandra Goldie, ACOSS
Tania Thompson, Glebe community leader
Caitlin Reiger, @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social
Amy Persson, UTS

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Housing is a human right. Enshrining the right to housing via an @aushumanrightsact.bsky.social would put people at the heart of housing policies and laws in Australia, and encourage positive action to solve the housing crisis. @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social
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New Report | The Right to Housing in Australia by @humanrightshrlc.bsky.social and UTS Faculty of Law shows how the right to housing could help prevent evictions that push people into homelessness and ensure housing laws and services put people first. humanrightsact.org.au/housinghttps...

NEW REPORT: The Right to Housing in Australia.

Our new report shows how the right to housing could help prevent evictions that push people into homelessness, and ensure housing laws and services put people first.

Read here: humanrightsact.org.au/housing

Housing is a human right — but right now, long-term homelessness is surging, and prices not people dominate the discussion.

Join us on 17 February for a discussion on how we can put people at the heart of our housing laws and services.

Register: events.humanitix.com/a-right-to-h...

Everyone should have a safe, secure and healthy place to call home, no matter their postcode or bank balance.

Learn what difference a right to housing can make on Monday 17 February at 5.30PM AEDT, co-hosted with UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion.

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Our lives are better when we all treat each other with respect & compassion. We need to create an Australian Human Rights Act to ensure the values we all share - like fairness & equality, are at the heart of our laws. Sign up at www.humanrightsact.org.au