15 February 2016
The Turnbull Government must re-appoint a full-time Disability Discrimination Commissioner following Tim Wilson's decision to resign as Human Rights Commissioner to seek Liberal Party pre-selection in the seat of Goldstein.
11 February 2016
George Brandis finds the idea that Professor Gillian Triggs would be included in a selection panel for the new Sex Discrimination Commissioner personally offensive according to reports today well, Senator Brandis, the nation finds your running grudge against the Human Rights Commission President personally offensive.
11 February 2016
Labor welcomes the much-delayed appointment of Kate Jenkins as the new Sex Discrimination Commissioner, who will take the role vacated by Elizabeth Broderick five months ago.
10 February 2016
New arts minister Mitch Fifield has shown his true colours in continuing the Abbott Government's antipathy toward the arts sector, starting with $20 million in cuts to our national cultural institutions.
09 February 2016
The shocking revelation that Professor Gillian Triggs was never consulted about the imminent appointment of a new Sex Discrimination Commissioner makes a mockery of the due process the government has said it would follow, showing once again that the position has become captive to Liberal Party infighting.
07 February 2016
Attorney-General George Brandis has turned the selection process for the next Sex Discrimination Commissioner into a farce - refusing to give the President of the Human Rights Commission a say in the appointment of one of her most senior staff.
27 January 2016
Eric Abetz has made a joke of the Liberal Government's promise to let the people decide on legalising same sex marriage, directly contradicting his Prime Minister and putting his party's lack of unity on full display.
20 January 2016
Attorney-General George Brandis has once again proven his disdain for transparency, using taxpayers' money to go all the way to the Full Federal Court to try to avoid processing an FOI request for his ministerial diary.
16 January 2016
The Liberal Government is once more using their Trade Union Royal Commission as a political plaything.
15 January 2016
The Turnbull Government must announce its support for a national redress scheme for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse.
