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General Information about Australia provided in the SBS World Guide.
Government
Australian Government sites: www.australia.gov.au (Access to Australian Government Information) www.gov.au (Access to the Information and Services of the Australian, State, Territory and Local governments)
Australian Diplomatic List
Australian Diplomatic List provides a list of Australian embassies, high commissions, consulates, multilateral missions and representative offices provided by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The List is organised by Country.
Child Pornography and Exploitation
ECPAT Australia, High Tech Crime Centre,
NetAlert
Courts and Tribunals
Administrative Appeals Tribunal, Family Court of Australia, Federal Court of Australia, Federal Magistrates Court of Australia, High Court of Australia, Migration Review Tribunal, Native Title Tribunal, Refugee Review Tribunal
Human Rights Commissions
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission Level 8, Piccadilly Tower 133 Castlereagh Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 GPO Box 5218 SYDNEY NSW 2001 Telephone: (02) 9284 9600 Complaints Infoline: 1300 656 419 Privacy Hotline: 1300 363 992 General enquiries and publications: 1300 369 711 TTY: 1800 620 241 Facsimile: (02) 9284 9611 www.hreoc.gov.au/contacts/index.html
Law Societies and Councils
The Law Council of Australia GPO Box 1989 CANBERRA ACT 2601 Phone (02) 6247 3788 Fax (02) 6248 0639 DX 5719 Canberra Email mail@lawcouncil.asn.au www.lawcouncil.asn.au
The Australian Bar Association Level 5, Inns of Court 107 North Quay Brisbane QLD 4000 Phone 07 3236 2477 Fax 07 3236 1180
The Law Society of the Australian Capital Territory GPO Box 932 Canberra ACT 2601 DX 5623 CANBERRA Phone 02 6247 5700 Fax 02 6247 3754 Email lawsoc@lawsocact.asn.au www.lawsocact.asn.au/
Australian Capital Territory Bar Association 12th Floor AMP Building Hobart Place Canberra City ACT 2600 GPO Box 789 Canberra ACT 2601 DX 5654 Canberra Phone/fax 02 6257 1437 Email actbar@compuserve.com
New South Wales Bar Association 174 Phillip Street Phone 9232 4055 Sydney NSW 2000 Fax 9221 1149 DX 1204 SYDNEY Email mdavis@nswbar.asn.au Email executivedirector@nswbar.asn.au Web site www.nswbar.asn.au/
The Law Society of the Northern Territory GPO Box 2388 Darwin NT 0801 Phone 08 8981 5104 Fax 08 8941 1623 Email lawsoc@lawsocnt.asn.au www.lawsocnt.asn.au/
Northern Territory Bar Association PO Box 4369 Darwin NT Phone 08 8981 8322 Fax 08 8941 1541
Queensland Law Society Incorporated GPO Box 1785 Brisbane QLD 4001 DX 123 BRISBANE Phone 07 3842 5888 Fax 07 3842 5999 Email info@qls.com.au www.qls.com.au/
Bar Association of Queensland Level 5 - Inns of Court 107 North Quay Brisbane QLD 4000 DX 905 BRISBANE UPTOWN Phone 07 3236 2477 Fax 07 3236 1180 www.qldbar.asn.au/
Law Society of South Australia Inc GPO Box 2066 Adelaide SA 5000 DX 333 ADELAIDE Phone 08 8229 0222 Fax 08 8231 1929 Email email@lssa.asn.au www.lssa.asn.au
South Australian Bar Association Inc. Carrington Chambers 98 Carrington Street Adelaide SA 5000 Phone 08 8232 4633
Law Society of Tasmania 28 Murray Street Hobart TAS 7000 DX 111 HOBART Phone 03 6234 4133 Fax 03 6223 8240 Email taslawsoc@vision.net.au www.taslawsociety.asn.au
Tasmanian Bar Association C/0 Law Society of Tasmania 28 Murray Street Hobart TAS 7000 DX 111 HOBART
Law Institute of Victoria GPO Box 263C Melbourne VIC 3001 DX 350 MELBOURNE Phone 03 9607 9311 Fax 03 9602 5270 Email liv@liv.asn.au www.liv.asn.au/
Victorian Bar Council Owen Dixon Chambers 205 William Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Phone 03 9608 7111 Fax 03 9670 2959 Email vicbar@vicbar.com.au www.vicbar.com.au/
Law Society of Western Australia PO Box Z5345 PERTH WA 6831 DX 173 Perth Phone: 08 9322 7877 Fax: (08) 9322 7899 Email: info@lawsocietywa.asn.au Website: www.lawsocietywa.asn.au
Bar Association of Western Australia Level 17 Allendale Square 77 St Georges Terrace Perth WA 6000 Phone 08 9220 0444 Fax 08 9325 9111
Medical Organisations
Australian Medical Association www.ama.com.au/web.nsf/
Non-Government Organisations
Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) 14 Napier Close Private Bag 3 Deakin ACT 2600 Australia Tel: 61 2 6285 1816 Fax: 61 2 6285 1720 Email: main@acfid.asn.au www.acfid.asn.au
Australian Forum of Human Rights Organisations (AFHRO) C/- PO Box 285 Mona Vale NSW 2103 Australia Tel: 61 2 9913 2771 Fax: 61 2 9970 7275
Defence for Children International - Australia
Level 6 Number 1 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne Victoria AUSTRALIA 3000
Tel: + 61 (03) 9612 8914
Fax: + 61 (03) 9614 7088
Email: info@dci-au.org,
www.dci-au.org/index.html
Human Rights Council of Australia P. O. Box L23 South Maroubra NSW 2035 Australia Tel: 61 2 9311 0159 Fax: 61 2 9311 0159 www.hrca.org.au
Non-government Report on the Implementation of the Convention of the Rights on the Child in Australia to the UN Com mittee on the Rights of the Child
DCI-Australia and the National Children's and Youth Law Centre delegation to present the Non-government Report on the Implementation of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in Australia to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child in Geneva on 9 June 2005.
Dr Judy Cashmore President of DCI-Australia is going to Geneva with the team which includes some very impressive young people:
- Two young Indigenous researchers - Megan Davis and Jason De Santolo - from Jumbunna Research Unit, University of Technology Sydney;
- Louise Pounder a young volunteer lawyer who worked at the National Children's and Youth Law Centre on the report with Louise Goodchild;
- Thao Nguyen, the former UN Youth Ambassador to the UN in 2004, and currently a 5th year law student.
DCI-Australia prepared and presented the first non-government report to the UN Committee, under the leadership of Helen Bayes, in 1996.
Click here for a PDF copy of the Report. Please note this is a large document and may take some time to download (1.4 Megabyte).
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