Civil rights
Media and commentary related to our work protecting and advancing civil rights. This includes police accountability, justice in youth detention, asylum seeker rights, discrimination, access to justice and Raise the Age.
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PM must keep promise to protect LGBTQ students and teachers in religious schools
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre is extremely concerned at media reports that the Albanese Government may backtrack on its promise to reform federal discrimination law to protect LGBTQ students and teachers in religious schools against discrimination. According to media reports the Prime Minister has said the reforms will only proceed if the Dutton Opposition agrees…
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Guardian live blog: PIAC calls on Labor to keep promise to protect LGBTQ+ students and teachers
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has called on the Albanese government to keep its promise to protect LGBTQI+ students and teachers.
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The Australian: Open letters from top lawyers, advocacy groups and academics say NSW youth bail laws will increase crime
A combined 68 lawyers, academics and advocacy groups say proposed reforms will only increase crime and devastate Aboriginal and vulnerable communities.
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A 10-point test for fair anti-discrimination law reform
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Alastair Lawrie, explains what new anti-discrimination law must do to get our support.
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ABC Illawarra Drive: Alastair Lawrie on the NSW Govt’s Conversion Practices Ban Bill
Director of Policy and Advocacy, Alastair Lawrie, joined Lindsay McDougall on ABC Illawarra Drive discussing plans to ban ‘conversion practices’.
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The Guardian: Open letter urges government to fix ‘highly dysfunctional’ FOI system
We joined other civil society organisations in calling for FOI reforms.
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Joint letter to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus urging freedom of information reform
Leading transparency and civil society organisations have joined with community legal centres in calling for FOI reform.
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Civil society open letter urges Attorney-General to fix broken Freedom of Information system
Legal organisations, freedom of information (FOI) experts and media groups are urging Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to publicly clarify the Government’s position on FOI reform. Following a damning Senate Committee report into the operation of Commonwealth FOI laws, an open letter from organisations and individuals including the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), Grata Fund, the Media,…
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Guardian Australia: Australian immigration detainees’ lives controlled by secret rating system developed by Serco
Principal Solicitor, Jonathan Hall Spence, commented on an unjust risk assessment tool to the Guardian.
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NSW Indigenous groups warn of danger posed by harsh bail laws for children
On Monday, a coalition of 12 groups including the ALS, the Public Interest Advocacy Centre and NSW Aboriginal Land Council revealed that multiple government sources had “indicated off the record that a proposal to introduce punitive law and order measures – including changes to bail laws that will result in more children going to jail…