Discrimination

Media and commentary related to our work to strengthen and modernise anti-discrimination laws, to protect human rights and ensure fair access to services, education, work and culture.

  • Time to catch up on audio description for TV

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    Australia likes to think of itself as an inclusive country. In the last ten years, we have taken big steps toward greater inclusion for people with disabilities, including bipartisan support for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. But on one important issue, we…

  • Voting rights: making polling places accessible to all

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    If you have a mobility disability and have had trouble accessing a polling booth in your electorate, PIAC wants to hear from you. We’re planning to take coordinated legal action to drive improvements to accessibility at polling places so that people with mobility disabilities can vote in Federal elections in the same way as everyone…

  • Many of us don’t even know we have life insurance. Often it’s worthless.

  • Welcome news: 18C report confirms no need for substantive change

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    The report of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights in relation to federal protections against racial discrimination and the complaint handling procedures of the Australian Human Rights Commission confirms that there is no compelling case for substantive change to section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth). The Committee found there was a…

  • Time to end mental health insurance discrimination

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    Speaking at the Parliamentary Inquiry into the Life Insurance Industry today, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has called for an end to discriminatory policies and practices in the life insurance industry that have led to unfair treatment of people with mental health conditions. For years, beyondblue, Mental Health Australia (MHA) and the Public Interest…

  • Our submission on 18C

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    PIAC’s CEO, Jonathon Hunyor, has appeared before the federal Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights as part of its inquiry into federal protections against racial discrimination and the complaint handling procedures of the Australian Human Rights Commission. PIAC appeared alongside representatives from Amnesty International Australia, the Australian Lawyers Alliance and the Refugee Council of Australia.…

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