Claire Chandler (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

On behalf of the opposition, I advise that we will be opposing this amendment. The Australian Human Rights Commission Legislation Amendment (Selection and Appointment) Bill 2022 was introduced to clarify the recruitment arrangements for the president and commissioners of the Australian Human Rights Commission, the AHRC, in order to satisfy the requirements of a global alliance of national human rights institutions. This bill responds to a technical process issue raised by that same body's Sub-Committee on Accreditation in relation to aspects of the appointments process for the Australian Human Rights Commission and potential length of tenure of commissioners. LGBTIQA+ rights are already addressed in the work of the AHRC commissioners, including in particular the Sex Discrimination Commissioner, Kate Jenkins, so this amendment is not required.