Archive of posts in the 'Discrimination' category
PIAC has called for urgent action by insurers to make policies and practices fair for people who have experienced a...
‘Insurers are using eating disorders from teenage years, wedding anxiety symptoms and “low feelings” to deny coverage and claims on...
In this edition Great news for girls! An end to school uniform discrimination in NSW; Mental Health Matters Forum; Homelessness...
PIAC provided a short submission to the NSW Parliamentary Committee examining implementation of the NDIS. This included expressing support for...
‘EVERY public school will be forced to offer girls the option of wearing shorts and pants instead of a dress...
Great news!! Public schools across NSW will now make shorts and pants available to girls as part of the standard...
In this edition: Forum: Mental health matters; ‘In Poor Health’: the case for urgent reform for asylum seekers denied medical...
PIAC welcomes the Crimes Amendment (Publicly Threatening and Inciting Violence) Act 2018 (NSW), passed this week by the NSW Parliament....
Members of the Deaf community will now be able to take in major public broadcasts at the same time as...
In 2017, we ran 176 public interest cases for 165 clients, including in the High Court. At the heart of...