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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...

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...

Discrimination / Opinion: Morrison’s proposed amendments do next-to-nothing to protect LGBT students

Almost three and a half years since they were first promised, today Prime Minister Morrison might finally introduce amendments to...

Discrimination / Open letter re the rights of children, Citipointe Christian College and the Religious Discrimination Bill

This afternoon PIAC wrote to Federal MPs Katie Allen, Angie Bell, Fiona Martin and Dave Sharma to urge them to...

Asylum Seekers / Forum: Health Care Denied in Australian Immigration Detention

Join an expert panel discussing barriers to health care experienced by asylum seekers in Australian immigration detention. About this event...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Justice / NSW Government must not delay crucial child protection reforms

In 2019, the landmark Family is Culture report highlighted significant flaws in the child protection system impacting on Aboriginal children...

A fairer NDIS / The proposed changes to the NDIS Act: Explainer Part 2

On 28 October 2021, the Government introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Participant Service Guarantee and Other Measures) Bill...

Truth and Accountability / PIAC and IICI webinar: Remote and restricted access interviews

‘We’re not doing it just for the sake of fact-finding, we’re doing it for the sake of actually pushing action...

A fairer NDIS / Explainer: What are the proposed changes to the NDIS Act?

On 9 September 2021, the Government released the long-awaited proposed changes to the NDIS Act for a short period of...

Event / Human rights investigations: remote and restricted access interviews

Interviewing witnesses is a fundamental part of international human rights and criminal investigations, fact-finding missions and the research of non-government...