A new report from the Whitlam Institute and Human Rights Law Centre charts five decades of attempts to deliver an Australian Human Rights Act, and how this reform could now be closer than ever.

On 24 June 2025 the Human Rights Law Centre hosted the Where next for a Human Rights Act post-election webinar.

The Human Rights Law Centre has congratulated the South Australian parliamentary inquiry recommendation for a South Australian Human Rights Act.

The Human Rights Act campaign made a submission to the Federal Treasury recommending the Federal Government implement an Australian Human Rights Act.

On 17 October 2024, the Human Rights Law Centre and Whitlam Institute at Western Sydney University hosted a webinar on the Right to a Healthy Environment.

The Human Rights Act campaign made a submission to the Federal Senate inquiry into the Privacy and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Cth).

The Human Rights Act campaign made a submission to the Federal Parliamentary inquiry into the Aged Care Bill 20204.

The ACT Parliament has passed legislation enshrining the right to a healthy environment in the ACT Human Rights Act.

The Human Rights Act campaign made a submission to the Federal Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the National Housing and Homelessness Plan (No.2) Bill 2024.

On 8 August 2024 the Human Rights Law Centre and UTS Centre for Social Justice and Inclusion held a webinar on the right to housing.

The Australian Human Rights Commission's Free + Equal Conference on 6 - 7 June 2024 outlined why we need an Australian Human Rights Act.

A coalition of 104 community organisations have welcomed the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry report recommending an Australian Human Rights Act.

The Human Rights Law Centre made a submission to the Federal Treasury consultation for the 2024-2025 Federal Budget process recommending an Australian Human Rights Act.

The Human Rights Act campaign made a submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet’s COVID-19 response Inquiry.

Jasreet from Werribee Secondary College is the winner of the 2024 School Writing Competition.

The Human Rights Law Centre has called on the South Australian Parliament to legislate a Human Rights Act that would benefit the lives of every person in South Australia.

Too many people, especially children, do not have full access to their right to education, according to the Right to Education in Australia report, authored by the University of Newcastle’s Centre for Law and Social Justice in collaboration with the Human Rights Law Centre.

The Federal Government COVID-19 inquiry has been told that the COVID-19 pandemic laid bare the missing human rights considerations in federal government decisions and policies. 

A new resource has been developed to defend and promote human rights for all Victorians. 

South Australia’s Parliament has launched an inquiry into whether the state should join Victoria, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory by enacting a Human Rights Act or Charter.