PIAC in the news. Energy + Water / Off-grid dream becomes reality as bushfire threat creates new era for power networks Craig Memery, who leads PIAC’s Energy + Water Consumers’ Advocacy Program, explains some of the benefits of stand alone power... 17 Dec 2020 Asylum Seekers / 'Humiliating': lawyers decry Australia's handcuffing of asylum seekers for court visits ‘The continued handcuffing of asylum seekers to attend minor civil court matters is “humiliating” and creates a barrier to accessing... 12 Dec 2020 Asylum Seekers / ABC RN Breakfast: Refugee brings landmark test case against handcuffing by Australian Border Force ‘The handcuffing of refugees and asylum seekers for medical appointments should be illegal, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.’... 7 Dec 2020 Asylum Seekers / Handcuffed asylum seekers 'paraded like criminals' in Australian hospitals, doctors say Doctors say handcuffed asylum seeker patients are being “paraded like criminals” through hospital wards and humiliated as they sit shackled... 25 Nov 2020 Asylum Seekers / Test case challenges use of handcuffs in transferring asylum seekers to medical care (Yasir's story) Introduction by Croakey: A landmark test case is highlighting the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention centres, according to... 25 Nov 2020 Asylum Seekers / Landmark legal case challenges the 'inhumane' use of handcuffs on asylum seekers ‘The use of handcuffs to restrain asylum seekers who are seeking access to medical appointments will be challenged before the... 25 Nov 2020 Asylum Seekers / Australia's use of handcuffs on asylum seekers inhumane and unlawful, advocates say ‘Exclusive: Landmark case in federal court to test handcuff use when transferring mentally ill detainees ‘Australia’s use of handcuffs to... 25 Nov 2020 Discrimination / Opinion: Religious discrimination bill will create an unholy mess ‘One Nation’s Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Freedoms and Equality) Bill 2020 gets one thing right — the lack of protection for... 3 Nov 2020 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Should ten year olds be jailed? Australia is out of step with most of the world when it comes to the age we send kids to... 30 Jul 2020 News / #RaiseTheAge interview on ABC 702 Breakfast Interview with Jonathon Hunyor, Daniel Daylight and Dr Jacqueline Small in relation to raising the age of criminal responsibility. Starts... 21 Jul 2020
