Highlights
Survey: Handcuff use in Australian onshore immigration detention
PIAC is gathering information about the use of handcuffs in Australian onshore immigration detention to investigate the potential for a...
Clinic times & locations
The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS) provides free legal advice and assistance through our outreach clinics. We provide advice about...
StreetCare
StreetCare supports people with lived experience of homelessness to be effective advocates to achieve better outcomes for people experiencing or...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Protection
The need for urgent action Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are over 11 times more likely than non-Indigenous children...
Supporting Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka
Since 2012, PIAC has been working to promote truth, justice and accountability for international crimes and human rights violations alleged...
Major reform: Wholesale demand response
In June 2020, PIAC’s energy and water consumers’ advocacy program had a major win, with the Australian Energy Market Commission...
Submission to the Tune Review
In 2019, the Government commissioned a review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cth), with a view to...
Improving accountability around settlements
A key focus of A Fairer NDIS is on the publication of settlement outcomes following appeals to the Administrative Appeals...
Our Priorities
Decisions about who is funded under the scheme, and to what extent, are generally made behind closed doors, with limited...
High Court challenge: SSM postal survey
In September 2017 PIAC challenged in the High Court the decision of the Commonwealth government to hold a postal survey...
Scrutinising pro-active policing practices: The Suspect Targeting Management Plan
Our work in the Police Accountability Project challenges the misuse of police power, particularly in relation to Aboriginal and Torres...
Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project
PIAC’s Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project seeks to ensure basic minimum standards for medical and mental health care for asylum...
Mental health and insurance
Nearly half of the Australian population will experience a mental illness in their life. Despite the prevalence of mental health conditions, discrimination...
Access to public transport
In 2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics found that 1.2 million Australians with a disability had difficulty using public transport. Without...