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Accountable Government / Government agencies could access personal data without consent under new bill

‘The Public Interest Advocacy Centre said the most marginalised groups, including people with a disability, First Nations people, young people,...

6 May 2021

Discrimination / ‘Shield not a sword’: Committee backs new religious freedom laws

‘In an open letter to Mr Speakman, a coalition of 17 organisations including Equality Australia, the Royal Australian College of...

29 Apr 2021

Accountable Government / Data Commissioner defends new sharing scheme

‘The government has struck the right balance with its sweeping new data-sharing scheme which will “streamline” service delivery, the Data...

21 Apr 2021

A fairer NDIS / WhatsApp leak: ministers shut out of  NDIS redraft

State and territory disability ministers have been sidelined from plans to strip back the NDIS. The legislation will hand the...

3 Apr 2021

Asylum Seekers / Detained asylum seeker given bucket to shower, after dispute with authorities over medical treatment

Gudrun Dewey is leading the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Asylum Seeker Health Rights Project, and said the government owed a...

25 Feb 2021

Truth and Accountability / A Catalogue of Suffering Behind the Calls for Action on Sri Lanka’s War Crimes

The following opinion piece, by Daniela Gavshon, was published in Just Security on 12 February 2021. ‘As member States consider...

12 Feb 2021

Truth and Accountability / ABC 702 - Transitional justice in Sri Lanka

Daniela Gavshon, (Program Director, Truth and Accountability) on ABC 702 talking about the Sri Lankan civil war and the importance...

10 Feb 2021

Discrimination / Mental health insurance problems to be exacerbated by COVID-19

Systemic problems with the way life and income protection insurers offer policies and assess the claims of people with mental...

10 Feb 2021

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

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