Drive engagement with parliamentarians and lead government relations strategies to help shape social justice campaigns.

This explainer is a resource for people with disability and disability advocates, helping them understand developments to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. 2025 saw significant changes to the NDIS. But it was also a year of delays and uncertainty for Scheme participants and advocates, with the Commonwealth Government delaying many anticipated reforms. NDIS Insights 2025-26 helps people to understand key…

Justice for First Nations people requires more First Nations lawyers. The Justice and Equity Centre, The Shopfront Youth Legal Centre and law firm Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer have partnered to deliver a two-year experiential program in criminal law and civil litigation for First Nations law graduates. The program recognises that services provided by First Nations people for First Nations people…

StreetCare is successfully influencing decision-makers on access to public toilets.

The Housing and Mental Health Agreement Lived Experience Committee (HMHA LEC) amplifies the voices of people with lived experience of housing instability and mental health conditions. The NSW Government’s Housing and Mental Health Agreement 2022 (HMHA 22) is a shared commitment between NSW Health and the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) to improve access to mental health services and…

Matilda Slater-Phillips is a Research Lawyer with Towards Truth.

Senior Solicitor Sophie Leaver is a Senior Solicitor with our Strategic Litigation team, working primarily on issues related to policing, prisons and detention. Before joining the JEC, Sophie worked as a Senior Lawyer at the Australian Human Rights Commission, where she conducted inquiries into human rights breaches in immigration detention. She has also worked as a solicitor at Redfern Legal…

We expressed a range of concerns about the Commonwealth Government’s Exposure Draft Bill, including calling for more groups to be protected against serious vilification and the removal of the religious texts defence to this proposed offence. The Government’s Exposure Draft Combatting Antisemitism, Hate and Extremism Bill 2026 proposed a range of different responses to the incitement of hatred, including the…

We argued the Commonwealth Parliament should raise the age of criminal responsibility and use the external affairs power to protect children from harm by state and territory criminal legal systems.