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
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
Two years after the repeal of Medevac laws, asylum seekers who were transferred from Manus Island and Naru are still languishing in hotels waiting for
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has called on Federal Parliament to reject the Religious Discrimination Bill after its contents were finally released yesterday. ‘Unfortunately,
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has cautiously welcomed media reports the so-called ‘Folau clause’ has been dropped from the Commonwealth Government’s planned Religious Discrimination
The statement by national Attorneys General to ‘support developing a proposal’ to increase the minimum age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 is a
An alliance of community, legal, and First Nations justice organisations has welcomed the Children (Criminal Proceedings) Amendment (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Bill 2021, introduced to
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) should immediately investigate how life insurers treat people with past or current mental health conditions, in response to
Joint PIAC / Community Legal Centres NSW statement The NSW Government has missed a significant opportunity to take practical action to end Aboriginal deaths in
The first, detailed guide on collecting witness testimony for human rights investigations with restricted access has been released by the Public Interest Advocacy Centre’s Truth and Accountability Program. Restricted access interviews:
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