Publications

  • Submission to the Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum

    PIAC made a brief submission to the Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum. PIAC strongly supports the wording of proposed new Chapter IX, section 129 in the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 (‘the Bill’). The proposal is constitutionally sound, gives effect to the historic consensus of the…

  • Submission to AEMC Review of the form of the reliability standard and administered price cap

    PIAC provided a response to the AEMC Reliability Panel’s review of the reliability standard and APC. Reliability changes as we move from a thermal energy-based system to a variable energy-based one. Reliability events become less predictable, and a new issue arises in the ‘nameplate’ capacity (the maximum a generator says it can produce) of a…

  • Submission to the Privacy Act Review Report consultation

    PIAC reiterates its support for reform of Australian privacy laws in this submission responding to the Report on the Review of the Privacy Act 1988. This Review, conducted by the Attorney General’s Department, has been underway since 2020 and considers the scope and effectiveness of the Privacy Act in protecting personal information and privacy in…

  • Submission to ESB Data Strategy – Initial Reforms Draft Legislation Consultation Paper

    PIAC provided a response to the Energy Security Board’s ‘Initial Reforms Draft Legislation Consultation Paper’ (the Paper). The Paper sought feedback on a set of targeted, initial energy data reforms. We were pleased to see that some of our recommendations provided in an earlier stage of this consultation process were included in the Paper, contributing…

  • Submission to AEMO’s Update to the ISP Methodology

    PIAC provided a response to the Consultation on updates to the ISP Methodology. We support the proposed changes aimed at increasing the accuracy of the model, and are particularly pleased that the changes are largely geared towards managing the risks of a transmission over- rather than under-build. We support the introduction of a value of…

  • Submission to the AER’s Draft Export Service Incentive Scheme

    PIAC provided a response to the Australian Energy Regulator’s draft Export Service Incentive Scheme (the Draft). The Draft scheme was designed to “encourage DNSPs to engage with their customers and provide export services in accordance with their preferences”. PIAC supports efforts to ensure consumer energy resources (CER) such as small-scale solar, batteries, and electric vehicles…

  • Investigating Perpetrators: A guide to mapping parties in relation to international humanitarian law and human rights violations

    The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Human Rights Center (HRC) at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law have developed a new guide to support investigation of international human rights violations. Investigating Perpetrators provides practical guidance for investigators on how to use open-source data to comprehensively map potential perpetrators of human rights…

  • Submission to the AEMC’s Review of the Retailer Reliability Obligation

    PIAC provided a response to the Australian Energy Market Commission’s Review of the Retailer Reliability Obligation (RRO). Our position is that the reliability regime has moved on from the RRO, and that it should be retired. The existing toolset available for regulators to manage the issue of predictable wholesale outages is extensive. Retiring the RRO…

  • Joint Submission to the Attorney-General’s Department’s review into an appropriate cost model for Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws

    PIAC and Grata Fund made a joint submission to the Attorney-General’s Department’s consultation on reforms to the costs model for Commonwealth anti-discrimination laws. At present, the unsuccessful party in anti-discrimination and sexual harassment cases is generally required to pay the other side’s legal costs. This can be a major deterrent for victim-survivors, and can stop…

  • Submission to IPART Draft Terms of Reference: The future of embedded networks in NSW

    PIAC made a submission responding to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal’s (IPART) draft terms of reference from the NSW Government on the future of embedded networks in NSW. For the most part, PIAC is supportive of the draft terms of reference but recommend that the future of gas embedded networks and electricity embedded networks…

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