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Discrimination / Disability discrimination case highlights challenges faced by airline customers travelling with electric wheelchairs

A legal claim against Jetstar relating to the accessibility of airline travel for customers who use electric wheelchairs has recently...

16 May 2022

A fairer NDIS / NDIA fails to deliver on appropriate housing: New report

The National Disability Insurance Agency is failing to provide participants with access to appropriate accommodation when they have been assessed...

30 Apr 2022

Discrimination / Labor amendments not enough to redeem flawed Religious Discrimination Bill

Labor’s proposed amendments to the Religious Discrimination Bill are welcome, but not enough to redeem a Religious Discrimination Bill that...

9 Feb 2022

Discrimination / Religious Discrimination Bill: Government amendments don’t protect LGBT students from discrimination or fix major flaws

Proposed Government changes to the Sex Discrimination Act as part of the Government’s Religious Discrimination Bill package fall well short...

9 Feb 2022

Electoral Processes / Extremely disappointing reports fail to address fundamental problems in Religious Discrimination Bill

PIAC has expressed its extreme disappointment that two Parliamentary Committees have failed to adequately address any of the fundamental problems...

4 Feb 2022

Asylum Seekers / Human rights groups call for end to arbitrary and indefinite detention

Leading legal and human rights organisations have joined together to call for an immediate end to the mandatory detention of...

28 Jan 2022

Accountable Government / Civil society organisations call for a Christmas pause on COVID fine collection to reduce hardship in communities already doing it tough

A coalition of legal and civil society organisations have called for a four month pause on COVID fine enforcement action, as new figures reveal communities with...

7 Dec 2021

Asylum Seekers / New report: Two years after Medevac, asylum seekers still waiting in hotels for urgent medical treatment

Two years after the repeal of Medevac laws, asylum seekers who were transferred from Manus Island and Naru are still...

3 Dec 2021

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...

24 Nov 2021

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...

17 Nov 2021

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