Anti-Discrimination

Archive of posts tagged 'Anti-Discrimination'

Discrimination / 2SER: Religious discrimination and religious schools, what's going on?

Over the past fortnight debate has intensified over the treatment of LGBTQ students and teachers by religious schools. The Albanese...

28 Mar 2024

Discrimination / Ending discrimination won't cause the sky to fall

With the prospect of changes to federal laws to protect LGBTQ students and teachers from discrimination by religious schools back...

25 Mar 2024

Discrimination / Fury as Albanese told to scrap religious schools rule

Religious schools should lose their unfettered right to dismiss teachers and expel students over questions of sexuality or gender identity,...

21 Mar 2024

Discrimination / PIAC calls 'on the federal government to adopt the recommendations of the Australian Law Reform Commission’s anti-discrimination inquiry'

Alastair Lawrie, director of policy and advocacy at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, said the report lays out a clear...

21 Mar 2024

Discrimination / NSW government launches review after court hears Aboriginal baby’s aunt refused as carer due to same-sex relationship

The New South Wales government says it will review a case, the subject of ongoing court proceedings, in which Anglicare Sydney...

7 Feb 2024

Discrimination / Aboriginal baby's gay aunt refused as carer, sparking call for law change

Advocacy groups want legal changes after an adoption agency refused to consider an Aboriginal baby’s aunt as a carer because...

6 Feb 2024

Discrimination / 2SER: Return to school, return to LGBTQ discrimination

Thursday 1 February is back to school day for students in NSW. For most students, it is a time of...

1 Feb 2024

Discrimination / Submission to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework

PIAC supports the introduction of Charters of Human Rights in both New South Wales and federally. In this submission, PIAC...

9 Aug 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 / 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

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