ACT Human Rights Commission

Calling on Canberra businesses, community organisations & govt agencies to review their services with older people in mind.
As services increasingly move to apps, web chats, AI and automated phone systems, many older people are being left behind. The consequences extend far beyond inconvenience

Joint statement from the ACT Discrimination and Community Services Commissioner and COTA ACT 👉
https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/news-and-events/news/locked-out-by-design-inaccessible-services-put-older-canberrans-at-risk

HAPPENING SOON: The Answer Is Human Rights online seminar this Thurs 18 June,12pm. Featuring a panel of leading human rights & social justice advocates.
REGISTER👉 https://events.humanitix.com/the-answer-is-human-rights-national-online-seminar

The Answer Is Human Rights national seminar series Find out how you can participate in this timely and informative national discussion about how we can fix wrongs with rights.

Terrific to launch our new Reconciliation allies group for staff in Reconciliation Week!

Happy Mabo Day! Today we remember the 1992 Mabo decision when the High Court of Australia recognised native title. The court acknowledged that Eddie Koiki Mabo, David Passi, Sam Passi, James Rice & Celuia Salee had occupied Mer Island in the Torres Strait before colonial occupation.
That decision recognised that the rights of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander over their lands have survived

The final day of National Reconciliation Week every year is one of the most significant in Australia.

Mabo Day, celebrated annually on 3 June, commemorates Mer Island man Eddie Koiki Mabo and his successful advocacy to overturn the legal fiction of terra nullius, or ‘land belonging to no-one’.

Following the High Court’s Mabo decision, Australia’s Federal Parliament passed the Native Title Act 1993 which established a legal framework for native title claims throughout Australia by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

and Mabo Day are a reminder to be ‘All In’ to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to commit ourselves to reconciliation and the fight for First Nations justice in Australia.

🎞️ To learn more about Mabo and the High Court case, check out ‘Judgment: Cases That Changed Australia’ on ABC iview: https://ab.co/4uGzxcT

We’ll be at Reconciliation Day on 1 June
Come & say 👋
And check out the program for the day 👇
https://www.act.gov.au/community/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples/reconciliation-day/reconciliation-day-program

We support the call for Australians to be 'All In' for Reconciliation this week, next week, any week.

27 May also celebrates the anniversary of the 1967 referendum when Australians voted to remove clauses in our Constitution that discriminated against Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples
Find out more👇
https://www.reconciliation.org.au/our-work/national-reconciliation-week/

NRW2026: All In The theme, All In, is a call for all Australians to commit wholeheartedly to reconciliation every single day.

National Sorry Day 2026 marks the 29th anniversary of the landmark Bringing Them Home report about the Stolen Generations.
Almost 30 years on, few recommendations from that report have been implemented.
Sorry without action is not enough.
Govts must take urgent steps to create tangible, measurable change for Stolen Generation survivors & their families

In the lead up to on 17 May we’re celebrating
🌈 equality
🌈 acceptance
🌈 & diversity
Happy IDAHOBIT to our diverse Canberra community!

https://www.jobs.act.gov.au/opportunities/all

Recruitment: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children and Young People Commissioner.
ACT govt is recruiting for this role.
Closing 15 May
Check ACT Gov jobs site for more👇

All opportunities - Careers and Employment Administrative Services Officer Class 3 ($78,755 - $84,284) | PN70758 - 02PPP Canberra Health Services Closes: 31 March 2026