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Discrimination / Australia urged to strengthen response on audio description

Disability advocates are urging the Australian Government to commit to changing the law to require audio description be provided on...

Policing and Detention / Police challenged on COVID fines

Two legal groups have complained to the law enforcement watchdog about the actions of NSW Police during the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Over-representation of Aboriginal people in New South Wales prisons "highest on record"

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) (ALS) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) have released new data showing a “growing...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / Proportion of Aboriginal inmates in NSW hit a record 29.7% in February

The proportion of Aboriginal people in prisons across New South Wales has reached a record high, prompting an urgent call...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / ‘Growing crisis’: Record level of Aboriginal people in NSW prisons, new data reveals

The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT), and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), are ramping up their calls for reform to...

Discrimination / 2SER: the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex Discrimination and Transphobia.

17 May is IDAHOBIT, the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersex Discrimination and Transphobia. The day is widely recognised in...

Discrimination / 2SER: An appropriate cost model for Commonwealth discrimination cases

The Federal Government is looking at changing unfair laws that discourage people from taking a discrimination or sexual harassment complaint...

News / Hitting the right note

PIAC CEO Jonathon Hunyor spoke to the Law Society Journal about his career, why working in social justice requires patience,...

Discrimination / We've failed the LGBTQIA+ class of 2023

Opinion piece from PIAC Director of Policy and Advocacy Alastair Lawrie LAST week, the Australian Law Reform Commission was meant...