Sentences with phrase «old issues of social justice»

I was glad to join, because I suspected that the convergence of new ecological issues and old issues of social justice called for fresh ideas, more radical than those of the traditional left or right.

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Some of the major issues tackled by the Commission in recent years include workplace sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination and maternity leave; disability rights in areas such as access to transport, captioning, access to electronic commerce for older Australians and people with a disability; race discrimination; Indigenous social justice issues such as mandatory sentencing, community capacity - building and native title; and human rights issues such as children in detention, education for rural and remote communities and age discrimination.

Statements on the alleged sexual assault of a two - year - old Aboriginal child in Tennant Creek and broader issues on child protection from the Healing Foundation, SNAIC, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar.