Asylum Seekers / Commonwealth settles case with asylum seeker who missed medical appointments because of handcuff PTSD The Commonwealth and its security contractor, Serco, have settled a three-year legal battle with an asylum seeker who says he... 15 Nov 2023 Asylum Seekers / PIAC seeks information for potential handcuffing class action PIAC is seeking information from people who have been handcuffed while being held in Australian onshore immigration detention for a... 15 Nov 2023 A fairer NDIS / 2SER: the Disability Royal Commission calls for fundamental reform After four years of often harrowing evidence from people with disability, 32 public hearings and nearly 8,000 submissions, the Disability... 5 Oct 2023 Discrimination / 2SER: NSW religious vilification bill under scrutiny NSW Attorney General Michael Daley introduced the Anti-Discrimination Amendment (Religious Vilification) Bill 2023 to NSW Parliament last month. The Bill... 13 Jul 2023 Discrimination / Critics pan proposed changes to the NSW Anti-Discrimination Act … The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has pointed out inconsistencies in the bill in comparison to the existing Crimes... 28 Jun 2023 Discrimination / Rising religious vilification draws move to toughen law … The Public Interest Advocacy Centre also warned the scope of the changes was broader than most other Australian jurisdictions,... 28 Jun 2023 Discrimination / No time for tinkering: PIAC calls for rewrite of NSW discrimination law as Law Reform Commission review announced The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) welcomes today’s announcement in Question Time that NSW Attorney-General Michael Daley has asked the... 28 Jun 2023 Discrimination / NSW religious vilification reforms ‘too broad and need further amendment’ The Public Interest Advocacy Centre acknowledges the need to protect people of minority faiths in NSW against vilification but believes... 28 Jun 2023 Discrimination / Anguish gives way to relief as Queensland allows trans people to change birth certificates … Western Australia is also committed to joining every state and territory in Australia – bar one – by reforming... 15 Jun 2023 Discrimination / The fallout from the AFL’s investigation into alleged racism at Hawthorn Football Club Last year, allegations of racism rocked the AFL and the Hawthorn Football Club. Now, some of the Indigenous players involved... 6 Jun 2023
