The orator was Professor Simon Rice, Director of Law Reform and Social Justice at the ANU Collage of Law, and his oration was titled, “Basic Instinct – The Heroic Project of Law”. ACHRA received an update from the Australian Human Rights Commission on this national The insightful and thought provoking review. Of particular concern were the high presentation discussed the way in which levels of workplace discrimination Australia continues to rely on proscriptive laws experienced by both women during pregnancy to achieve non-discrimination and equality of and after the birth of their child and by fathers opportunity in society, despite the fact that who have sought to take leave entitlements. the model for those anti-discrimination laws has been largely unchanged for almost 40 The Commission's headline data report is available at: years. Professor Rice posed the question whether we have relied for too long on laws that go too far and too hard at an issue that has deep anthropological and cultural roots. Professor Rice later presented at the ACHRA Officers Conference. Listen to, or read, the Mitchell Oration at: ACHRA Commissioners participate in a University of South Australia panel event - Diversity and Employment: Going beyond Gender Professor Simon Rice and Commissioner Anne Gale On 19 October 2013, the Equal Opportunity Commission hosted the 20th Dame Roma Mitchell Oration as part of the 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas. The Mitchell Oration is sponsored by the Equal Opportunity Commission to honour the work and lifelong achievements of Dame Roma Mitchell.
ACHRA received an update from the Australian Human Rights Commission on this national review. Of particular concern were the high levels of workplace discrimination experienced by both women during pregnancy and after the birth of their child and by fathers who have sought to take leave entitlements. The Commission's headline data report is available at: ACHRA Commissioners participate in a University of South Australia panel event - Diversity and Employment: Going beyond Gender On 19 October 2013, the Equal Opportunity Commission hosted the 20th Dame Roma Mitchell Oration as part of the 2013 Adelaide Festival of Ideas. The Mitchell Oration is sponsored by the Equal Opportunity Commission to honour the work and lifelong achievements of Dame Roma Mitchell. The orator was Professor Simon Rice, Director of Law Reform and Social Justice at the ANU Collage of Law, and his oration was titled, “Basic Instinct – The Heroic Project of Law”. The insightful and thought provoking presentation discussed the way in which Australia continues to rely on proscriptive laws to achieve non-discrimination and equality of opportunity in society, despite the fact that the model for those anti-discrimination laws has been largely unchanged for almost 40 years. Professor Rice posed the question whether we have relied for too long on laws that go too far and too hard at an issue that has deep anthropological and cultural roots. Professor Rice later presented at the ACHRA Officers Conference. Listen to, or read, the Mitchell Oration at: Professor Simon Rice and Commissioner Anne Gale