Archive of posts in the 'Discrimination' category
COVID closed off air travel for most Australians but you could argue that for people with disability, it’s never really...
A seven+ year campaign to have Australian networks provide audio descriptions for the blind and vision impaired community has resulted...
A United Nations committee has found Australia breached an international human rights treaty by failing to provide audio descriptions on...
The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has found Australia has breached the rights of people who...
While e-scooters offer a convenient and sustainable mode of transport, there has been an increasing number of media reports about...
PIAC lodged a submission to the Stage 2 reforms of the Disability Standards for Accessible Public Transport 2002 (Cth) (Transport Standards). ...
Erin Turner Manners, a senior solicitor at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre – which is representing Jones – said he...
Sydney man Tony Jones has lodged a disability discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission after Jetstar refused to...
Blind Citizens Australia has lodged a discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission against the NSW Electoral Commission (NSWEC)...
Ellen Tilbury, a senior solicitor at PIAC, said it was crucial to Australia’s democracy that all members of society were...
