ACT Human Rights Commission

02/09/2026

⏰ Starting soon!
Canberrans have just experienced their warmest winter on record. As temperatures rise, bushfire seasons are becoming longer & more intense🔥
This FREE online course will help you learn how to protect your physical & mental wellbeing during bushfires.
✅ Practical, evidence-based advice
✅Learn at your own pace.
Register now: 👇
🔗 https://bushfirehealth.mooc.utas.edu.au/course/20497

Bushfires and Your Health is a short course covering the physical and mental health impacts of bushfires and bushfire smoke, and what you can do to reduce your risk.

01/09/2026

Do you have experience with ACT's mental health system?
Or with the ACT Mental Health Act?
🗣️An ACT govt community consultation on the Act is now open.
🔗 To give feedback, see the Your Say page 👇https://yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/mental-health-act-review
⛔️ Closes 23 Oct 2026

Have your say on the Mental Health Act. Help shape safer, more supportive care for mental health consumers and the people who care for them.

19/08/2026

⛔️ Our reception will be closed 9am to 2pm this Thurs 20 Aug.
To contact us during this time, please
📲leave us a message Ph (02) 6205 2222
⌨️ or email us [email protected]

✅ Reception will re-open from 2pm, Thurs 20 Aug.

03/08/2026

Celebrating National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day!
As SNAICC’s Catherine Liddle said, today is about "showing our children how special they are, and how special it is that they have this connection to our Elders and more than 60 thousand years of history".

Happy National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Day you mob! 🎉🙌

Today, we celebrate our kids for everything they are. Wherever you're celebrating today, we hope it's a deadly one. 🖤💛❤️

27/07/2026

Have your say: Transitional Release Program review
ACT Corrective Services is reviewing its Transitional Release Program. This is your opportunity to have a say on the program
📝Read the consultation paper https://tinyurl.com/texw58c6
📧 Send your feedback to [email protected]
📅 Consultation closes Friday 14 August 2026

Victim Support ACT would like to offer support throughout this review, which is being run by ACT Corrective Services.

If you would like to contribute to this ACT Corrective Services review, and want support please call us on (02) 6205 2066 or visit:
🔗 https://www.hrc.act.gov.au/victim-support/victims-register


https://tinyurl.com/texw58c6

23/07/2026

📅 Tuesday 28 July | 6:00–7:30pm | Free online livecast
The event is just days away—register now to secure your spot & submit a question to our expert panel:
Dr Pene Mathew, ACT Human Rights Commissioner
Prof Sotiris Vardoulakis, University of Canberra
Dr Sharon Campbell, University of Tasmania

We'll discuss:
✅ What the ACT's new right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment means for Canberrans
✅ Air quality issues including wood heaters and transport emissions
✅ Findings from our review of the new right
✅ Community questions answered
🎟️ Register now: https://actgov.webex.com/weblink/register/r0e7880c5ecc5edc34013c17b37410df8

21/07/2026

15/07/2026

🌿 Breathing easy: clean air & right to a healthy environment 🌿
What does the ACT’s new right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment mean for our community? Join us for a free livecast on outdoor air quality in the ACT and the right to a healthy environment.
📅 Tuesday 28 July
🕕 6:00–7:30pm
💻 Online livecast
📢 NEW SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED: Dr Pene Mathew, ACT Human Rights Commissioner
- Prof Sotiris Vardoulakis, Director HEAL National Research Network, University of Canberra
- Dr Nigel Goodman, Senior Research Fellow in Air Quality and Health, University of Canberra
🎤 Audience questions answered.
The livecast will explore:
✅ What the new right means for Canberrans
✅ Our review of the new right
✅ Air quality monitoring, home wood heaters, transport emissions, and more
✅ Your questions answered: register to send us a Q.
👉 Register now: https://actgov.webex.com/weblink/register/r0e7880c5ecc5edc34013c17b37410df8

13/07/2026

Do you know someone making a positive change in the Cbr community?
Nominate them! The 2026 Australian Human Rights Awards are now open. The awards recognise human rights champions across 5 categories
🏅 Human Rights Medal
⚖️ Law Award
🎬 Media & Creative Industries Award
🤝 Community Award
🌟 Young People’s Award

More 👉 www.humanrights.gov.au/aus-human-rights-awards

06/07/2026

50 Years of Deadly. Happy NAIDOC week Canberra!
For an incredible five decades, NAIDOC Week has highlighted the strength of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples & honoured the Elders, artists and others who’ve shaped this movement.
Still deadly. Always deadly.