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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Moderate Liberals still concerned about religious freedom laws despite PM’s push
Quotes PIAC Policy Manager, Alastair Lawrie.
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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 support amendments to the Religious Discrimination Bill as well as the Sex Discrimination Act to protect the rights of children. The letter explains how the Citipointe Christian College situation has demonstrated risks to the rights…
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Human rights groups call for end to arbitrary and indefinite detention
Leading legal and human rights organisations have joined together to call for an immediate end to the mandatory detention of asylum seekers and refugees by the Australian Government, labelling the system inhumane, unnecessary, and unlawful. Today is the final day to make a submission on the Ending Indefinite and Arbitrary Immigration Detention Bill 2021, which…
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Civil society organisations call for a Christmas pause on COVID fine collection to reduce hardship in communities already doing it tough
A coalition of legal and civil society organisations have called for a four month pause on COVID fine enforcement action, as new figures reveal communities with high numbers of people facing disadvantage have been hit with the most fines, and real doubts about whether many have been issued correctly and fairly. Statistics obtained by Redfern Legal Centre reveal that almost 50,000 COVID-19 fines were issued for breaches of Public Health Orders, with more…