Australia: Human Rights

Supply chain due diligence is evolving from a voluntary process into multi‑functional compliance obligations. As overlapping regulatory regimes impose distinct and increasingly prescriptive requirements, organisations must ensure their due diligence frameworks can meet multiple legal obligations simultaneously, without sacrificing effectiveness or creating additional exposure.

The Supreme Court of New South Wales recently refused to impose strict post-release supervision on a young man convicted of vandalism and arson, finding that his anti-Israel graffiti constituted political expression rather than antisemitic hate speech. This landmark judgment clarifies the legal boundaries between criticism of a foreign state and racial or religious hatred, while rejecting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's working definition of antisemitism as too imprecise for Australian la

A coronial inquest into the death of Simon Gaskill reveals critical failures in hospital discharge planning for homeless patients with complex health needs. The case examines how standard discharge procedures failed to account for the practical realities of homelessness, leaving a vulnerable patient without meaningful access to follow-up care.

Sovereign citizens are defined as a loosely affiliated group of individuals with varying motivations but generally united in their anti-government ideology.

In Pabai v Commonwealth (No 2) [2025] FCA 796, Justice Wigney in the Federal Court of Australia dismissed a claim from two Torres Strait Islanders...

Explore the evolving global landscape of business and human rights.

Students fight for freedom of speech in Australia.

Business need for strong oversight backed by robust processes and controls tailored to the particular circumstances.

New NSW law officially bans practices that try to change or suppress someone's sexual orientation or gender identity.