Media releases
2016 - 17
Media release by Australian Council of Human Rights Agencies (ACHRA) in relation to the Uluru Statement.
Media release by Sarah Bolt, Anti-Discrimination Commissioner commenting on proposed amendments to section 17(1) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998.
April, 2017 - Proposed changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act (DOCX, 475.6 KB)
Media release by Vanessa Goodwin, Attorney-General announcing Sarah Bolt as Tasmania's new Anti-Discrimination Commissioner.
January, 2017 - Bolt to be new Anti-Discrimination Commissioner (PDF, 116.6 KB)
2015 - 16
22 March 2016
Communique - Disability Justice Strategy for Tasmania Project Meetings (DOCX, 273.8 KB)
12 February 2016
Media release announcing the launch of the consultation on Legal recognition of sex and gender diversity in Tasmania: Options for amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 1999.
3 December 2015
Tasmanians continue to showcase their unwavering commitment to Human Rights (DOC, 57.0 KB)
10 November 2015
Equal Opportunity Tasmania (DOCX, 35.1 KB)
2014 - 15
Commissioner welcomes abolition of mandatory medical assessments of older drivers (DOC, 44.5 KB)
2013 - 14
Amendments improve discrimination processes and protections (DOC, 42.0 KB)
Forty years in support of Aboriginal Rights (DOC, 41.5 KB)
‘Racism. It stops with me’ signing of the pledge (DOC, 42.5 KB)
2012 - 13
Launch of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner’s Annual Report 2011-12 (DOC, 45.0 KB)
Join Jackson Bird in taking the Pledge to stop racism (DOC, 46.5 KB)
2011 - 12
Commissioner welcomes removal of barriers to older drivers (DOC, 43.5 KB)
Launch of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner’s Annual Report 2010–11 (DOC, 53.0 KB)
Overdue to give people with disability a fair go in work (DOC, 44.0 KB)
Congratulations to Tasmania’s People of Australia Ambassadors (DOC, 44.0 KB)
Using social media to promote women’s rights (DOC, 45.0 KB)
Join the Harmony (DOCX, 369.7 KB)
Race Relations Round Table Communique (DOC, 43.5 KB)
Celebrating Idaho Day – International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (DOC, 48.5 KB)