PIAC in the news. Discrimination / New religious freedom bill will 'immunise bigotry', LGBTQI+ advocates warn Public Interest Advocacy Centre CEO Jonathon Hunyor said the bill could threaten people’s human rights. “The latest bill does not... 11 Dec 2019 Discrimination / Vinnies refuses to be 'used' to promote Coalition's new religious discrimination bill (Jonathon) Hunyor said the second draft “widens the scope for religious organisations to discriminate when providing public (and publicly funded)... 11 Dec 2019 Discrimination / Leave us out of religion debate: Vinnies ‘The Public Interest Advocacy Centre described the redrawn bill as an attack on human rights, warning it would give religious... 11 Dec 2019 Energy + Water / Cheaper than dirt: Critics say Sydney's water 'massively undervalued' ‘Economists say Sydney’s water is too cheap, and the city is “massively under-valuing” a scarce and finite resource as the... 25 Nov 2019 Asylum Seekers / Opinion: Australia's immigration detention system is cruel and damaging by its very nature, by Jonathon Hunyor The Australian Human Rights Commission’s report on the use of force in immigration detention is the latest chapter in a... 7 Nov 2019 Asylum Seekers / Man waits years for hepatitis C medication after immigration detention transfer ‘A man who waited 18 months for hepatitis C medication to be approved while in detention was transferred interstate before... 25 Oct 2019 Discrimination / 'Wake-up call': Royal Caribbean settles with MND patient ‘A global cruise ship company has reached a settlement with a high-profile motor neurone disease patient who was turned away... 17 Sep 2019 Energy + Water / Call to fast-track ‘demand response’ to stabilise energy supply ‘Big energy users have called for new “demand response” rules to be fast-tracked and extended by allowing electricity to be... 16 Sep 2019 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Police watchdog to probe 'excessive' bail checks of Indigenous accused ‘The independent police watchdog will hold public hearings into claims an Indigenous man in NSW was subjected to excessive bail... 9 Sep 2019 Energy + Water / New demand response rule to erode market power of generator cartel ‘Australia is about to take another significant step towards breaking the market power of the country’s electricity generation cartel... 19 Jul 2019
