Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017
(WorldNews Politics)

Today the Commission made a submission to parliament on the proposed changes to the Racial Discrimination Act and Australian Human Rights Commission Act. Human Rights Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 I refer to the above Bill which has been referred to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affair Legislation Committee today for inquiry and report by 28 March 2017. This letter refers briefly to Schedule 1 of the Bill, dealing with amendments to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) (RDA), and in some more detail to Schedule 2 of the Bill, dealing with the amendments to the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cth) (AHRC Act). At the outset, I note that the time given to...