Publications

  • Submission to the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023

    PIAC’s submission urges NSW Parliament to support the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023 (aka ‘Equality Bill’) as introduced by the Independent Member for Sydney, Alex Greenwich MP. Our submission focused on two priority areas: broad reform of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) and amendments to the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 1995 (NSW).…

  • Submission to AER Values of Customer Reliability Methodology Draft Determination

    PIAC made a submission on the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) proposed amendments to the Value of Customer Reliability (VCR) Methodology. We argued that the methodology is not fit for purpose. It uses for its primary data a very short survey to glean insights into consumer’s preferences regarding trade-offs between energy reliability and costs. This requires…

  • Submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission inquiry into Serious racial and religious vilification

    PIAC’s submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission inquiry into serious racial and religious vilification, particularly in relation to the offence of threatening or inciting violence in s93Z of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW), includes five recommendations to improve hate speech protections in NSW, with a focus on improving consistency between the Crimes Act and…

  • Explainer on the ‘Getting the NDIS Back on Track’ Bill

    On 27 March 2024, the Government introduced the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Getting the NDIS Back on Track No. 1) Bill 2024 (‘Bill’). This is the Government’s first legislative response to the NDIS Review Final Report released in December 2023. A Senate Committee inquiry is taking submissions on the Bill until 17 May 2024. The…

  • Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission consultation into Current and emerging threats to trans and gender diverse human rights

    PIAC’s submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission con into ‘Current and emerging threats to trans and gender diverse human rights’ focuses on three key issues:

  • Submission to the AER’s draft determination on the 24-25 DMO

    PIAC, ACOSS and SACOSS made a joint submission in response to the AER’s draft determination on the 24-25 Default Market Offer (DMO 6).  The draft determination saw the AER prioritise energy affordability at a time of heightened financial hardship and consumer disadvantage. Our organisations strongly supported the decision by the AER to not include ‘competition…

  • Submission to AEMC Unlocking CER benefits through flexible trading arrangements draft determination

    PIAC made a submission to the AEMC Unlocking CER benefits through flexible trading.  Well-designed flexible trading provisions could help enable a more efficient energy system transition. They could contribute to improved coordination of consumer energy resources (CER) through the development of virtual power plants and materially reduce maximum demand and the need for new generation…

  • Submission to AEMC Rule Change Proposal: Flexibility in the Allocation of Interconnector Costs

    The Justice and Equity Centre made a submission on the rule change proposal from the Energy Ministers Bowen, D’Ambrosio and Duigan which seeks to allow the AER to approve cost allocation agreements struck by energy ministers for transmission interconnectors spanning two or more jurisdictions. The JEC does not support the rule change. We have submitted…

  • Submission to AEMC’s Draft rule determination – Expanding the transmission ringfencing framework

    PIAC made a submission to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s draft rule determination on Expanding the transmission ringfencing framework. The rule aims to foster competition in the provision of contestable transmission services, such as the provision of connections, by reducing fears held by procurers of these services – generators and storage providers – that monopoly…

  • Submission to AER Review of Electricity Transmission Service Standards Incentive Schemes

    JEC made a submission to the AER Review of electricity transmission service standards incentive schemes issue paper. The existing service target performance incentive scheme (STPIS) is not working effectively. The present design of the scheme does little to encourage transmission network service providers to improve their outage management. We recommended that the scheme be amended…

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