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Asylum Seekers / 2SER: Uncovering misuse of handcuffs in immigration detention

The Commonwealth and its security contractor Serco have settled a case with PIAC client Yasir (named changed to protect client...

30 Nov 2023

A fairer NDIS / 2SER: Fighting the NDIS age cap at the UN

PIAC is representing Dr Peter Freckleton in a discrimination complaint to the UN. After contracting polio when he was six-years-old, Peter...

17 Nov 2023

Asylum Seekers / Asylum seeker settles handcuff case against Serco, govt

An asylum seeker who was forced to wear handcuffs to medical appointments while being held in Australian immigration detention has...

16 Nov 2023

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

News / Sydney Law School establishes two scholarships for disabled students

The David Benjafield Scholarship, named after Professor David Benjafield (1919-1980) who was a founding member of the New South Wales...

1 Nov 2023

A fairer NDIS / Age discrimination complaints on NDIS age cap taken to the United Nations

When the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) rolled out 10 years ago, Peter Freckleton had hopes it would change his...

31 Oct 2023

Policing and Detention / Police bin unjust surveillance amid 'bombshell' report

A “bombshell” audit has found an intensive police program that overwhelmingly targeted young Indigenous youth and led to repeated midnight...

30 Oct 2023

News / NSW Police use of Suspect Targeting Management Plan could meet 'threshold for serious misconduct'

The Youth Justice Coalition noted on Monday that it has warned for more than five years that the STMP “not...

30 Oct 2023

News / Report finds NSW Police suspect lists led to 'gross over-representation' of Indigenous people

A discontinued NSW Police policy that attempted to proactively prevent crime through suspect lists led to an over-representation of young...

30 Oct 2023

Policing and Detention / NSW Police are not closing the gap

A report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) into the NSW Police policing and engagement with Aboriginal people and...

29 Oct 2023

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