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  • Homelessness, StreetCare

LSJ: Public toilet inquiry highlights broader social issues

StreetCare member Roxanna Kalnins explained how a lack of adequate public toilets causes safety concerns for women experiencing homelessness.
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  • Update

2SER: Déjà vu for LGBTQ Students and Teachers in Religious Schools

Our Director of Policy and Advocacy, Alastair Lawrie, broke down the failures of successive governments to protect LGBTQ students and teachers in religious schools.
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  • Civil rights, Policing and Detention

Police watchdog calls on police to stop unauthorised bail compliance checks 

The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission has recommended police only conduct bail compliance checks with a court order.
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  • Update

Watch: Challenging Injustice in Community Housing 

With the help of our Homeless Persons' Legal Service, Bianca challenged an unfair eviction and was able to stay in her home.
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  • Civil rights, Policing and Detention

The Newcastle Herald: Criminalising children a costly investment in failure

Our CEO, Jonathon Hunyor, explained why we need to 'get real' about the failure of law and order approaches to youth justice.
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  • Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights

2SER: The Protection of Assistance Animals

Senior Solicitor Sheetal Balakrishnan joined 2SER Breakfast to explain why we need a National Assistance Animal Framework.
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  • Civil rights, Raise the Age

Little Black Book: UnLtd’s ‘Raise the Age’ Campaign Achieves 45% Awareness Boost

The Raise the Age NSW Campaign's advertising campaign is raising awareness and changing sentiment.
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  • Update

Social Justice Dinner 2025 photo gallery

We are delighted to share a gallery of photos from our 2025 Social Justice Dinner.
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  • Family is culture, First Nations justice

2SER Breakfast: 2025 National Close the Gap Day

Solicitor and Dharug woman, Kate Sinclair discusses the productivity commission's new report on Closing the Gap targets.
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  • Update

Social Justice Dinner 2025: celebrating the power of our community

Our guest speaker Cassandra Goldie reflected on the need to fight for social justice and build empathy.
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  • Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights

NT News: ‘How can they trust you?’: Qantas, Virgin execs front Senate for cancelled flights compo hearing

Senior Solicitors Erin Turner Manners and Sheetal Balakrishnan spoke about how airlines were failing people with disability at a parliamentary hearing into aviation consumer protections.
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  • Homelessness, HPLS women

Reflecting on an opportunity to make a life-changing difference

Australian Government Solicitor secondee Madeleine Teo reflects on her time at the HPLS Women's Service.
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  • Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights

Lawyers Weekly: Woman sues Uber for discrimination following repeated guide dog refusals

Our client Paula Hobley took Uber to the Federal Court for refusing to provide her service over 30 times because of her Guide Dog.
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  • Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights

2SER: Denied a ride – Guide Dogs and Uber

JEC Senior Solicitor, Erin Turner Manners, discusses our client Paula Hobley and her case in the Federal Court against Uber.
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