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Asylum Seekers / Forum: Health Care Denied in Australian Immigration Detention

Join an expert panel discussing barriers to health care experienced by asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. About this event...

Discrimination / Parliament must reject ‘worse than feared’ Religious Discrimination Bill

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has called on Federal Parliament to reject the Religious Discrimination Bill after its contents...

Discrimination / Axing ‘Folau clause’ small step forward, but bigger problems remain in Religious Discrimination Bill

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has cautiously welcomed media reports the so-called ‘Folau clause’ has been dropped from the...

Event / A better path, a safer future. How do we raise the age of criminal responsibility?

A joint seminar with the UNSW Centre for Crime, Law and Justice (CCLJ) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC)....

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Politics triumphs over evidence as Attorneys General fail on raising the age

The statement by national Attorneys General to ‘support developing a proposal’ to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility from...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Shoebridge Bill highlights need for action to raise the age

An alliance of community, legal, and First Nations justice organisations has welcomed the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Age of Criminal...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / NSW Government must not delay crucial child protection reforms

In 2019, the landmark Family is Culture report highlighted significant flaws in the child protection system impacting on Aboriginal children...

Discrimination / Mental health discrimination by insurers: new report calls for urgent ASIC investigation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should immediately investigate how life insurers treat people with past or current mental...

A fairer NDIS / The proposed changes to the NDIS Act: Explainer Part 2

On 28 October 2021, the Government introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Missed opportunities in NSW Government’s disappointing response to First Nations People in Custody Inquiry

Joint PIAC / Community Legal Centres NSW statement The NSW Government has missed a significant opportunity to take practical action...