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  • Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights

ABC News: Man in a wheelchair asked to leave dancefloor at Sydney pub 3 Wise Monkeys

Senior Solicitor Mitchell Skipsey said blanket exclusions are preventing some people who use wheelchairs from accessing public areas.
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  • Civil rights, Policing and Detention

Finance Career: Serco replacement picked

The Australian Government has given a $2bn immigration detention contract to a controversial American company.
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  • Homelessness, HPLS women

2SER: Debt and Homelessness

Senior Solicitor Rachael Barwick explained how even a small debt can mean people are locked out of the social housing system.
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  • Civil rights, Policing and Detention

ABC News: Transgender woman reaches settlement with NSW corrective services over her treatment in prison

Our client, Melissa Yarnold, hopes her experience will lead to a safer justice system for trans people.
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  • Civil rights, Policing and Detention

Q News: NSW trans woman ‘put through hell’ by police complaint

Our client, Melissa Yarnold, wants her story to help change the system police do not discriminate against trans and gender diverse people.
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  • Energy, Energy and Water

Renew Economy: Generators clash over Vales Point cash demand, but small retailers say they are the real victims

We expressed concerns around demands for funding from one of NSW's last coal power plants.
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  • Civil rights, Discrimination, Policing and Detention

Transgender woman settles discrimination and sexual harassment complaint against NSW Police and Corrective Services 

Melissa Yarnold says her fight has been worthwhile and she feels there has been accountability - but more needs to be done to make the NSW criminal legal system safe for trans and gender diverse people.
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  • Civil rights, Policing and Detention

Star Observer: “Hell on Earth” Transgender Woman Settles Discrimination Case Against NSW Police

Melissa Yarnold was placed in a men's prison, where she alleges she was subject to sexual harassment and discrimination.
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  • Asylum Seekers, Civil rights

2SER: The End of Serco?

Serco's time running immigration detention has been controversial, but Senior Solicitor Grace Gooley explains that reform needs to go beyond a change of contractor
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  • Civil rights, Raise the Age

ABC Illawarra Drive: New public campaign to raise the age in NSW

Raise the Age NSW Campaign Manager Emily Mayo spoke about why the advertising industry has joined the campaign.
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  • Energy, Energy and Water

ABC News: As household solar and batteries grow in Australia, a new market is emerging for the data sitting behind smart meters

Douglas McCloskey, Program Director of our Energy and Water Justice team, said customers should have better access to their smart meter data.
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  • Civil rights, Raise the Age

Mumbrella: Industry calls on NSW Government to raise age of criminal responsibility with new campaign from UnLtd

The marketing and creative industry has given the Raise the Age NSW Campaign its support.
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  • Civil rights, Raise the Age

Newcastle Herald (ACM): Children as young as 10 can be imprisoned. Advocates say it isn’t working

Emily Mayo, Raise the Age Campaign Manager, explained how 'tough-on-crime' approaches were failing.
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  • Family is culture, First Nations justice

Newcastle Herald: Aboriginal families 12 times more likely to experience child removal

The Family is Culture community report called for greater investment into peak Aboriginal bodies.
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