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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, 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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  • 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

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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  • Asylum Seekers, Civil rights

Australia’s new immigration detention contractor must not be allowed to repeat Serco’s failings

Under Serco’s 15-year watch, immigration detention facilities have been plagued by harmful and inhumane treatment of people detained. 
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  • Family is culture, First Nations justice

ABC News: ‘I was never told I was in care’: The reality behind the rising number of out-of-home children

We joined AbSec, ALS and UTS Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research in calling for urgent action on child protection reforms.
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  • Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights

2SER: Qantas Changes Policy for Assistance Dogs on Flights

Senior Solicitor Sheetal Balakrishnan explained why this change will make a difference for people who rely on assistance dogs to fly.
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  • Family is culture, First Nations justice

The Guardian: I worked in child protection for 13 years. Aboriginal families know what’s best for our children

Aunty Debra Swan wrote a powerful opinion piece in the Guardian about her long history fighting for Aboriginal children and what needs to happen now.
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  • Family is culture, First Nations justice, Update

‘Enough is enough’: Aboriginal communities take child protection reform into their own hands after years of government inaction

Reflecting on five years of inaction since the Family Is Culture Review, Aboriginal organisations are calling for urgent and meaningful reform.
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  • Family is culture, First Nations justice

The Guardian: Aboriginal organisations call for urgent overhaul of beleaguered NSW child protection system

Five years after the landmark Family is Culture report, we joined Aboriginal organisations in saying 'enough is enough'.
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  • First Nations justice, Towards Truth

‘Make them work’ – new research highlights injustice of forced Aboriginal labour

Research from Towards Truth shows how NSW laws and policies enabled a system that exploited Aboriginal people.
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