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Publication A fairer NDIS, Disability rights

Submission to New framework planning and NDIS supports consultation

We made a submission to the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s consultation on new NDIS Rules. These rules will define new methods for planning and setting NDIS budgets, and the types of supports the NDIS will provide. We highlighted many areas where the Government needs to provide further information to facilitate their promise of co-designing the new Rules with…
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Publication Civil rights, Policing and detention

Submission to the inquiry into Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting Shackling During Childbirth) Bill

We expressed our support for the Bill, which seeks to prohibit the use of restraints on people in custody while they are in labour, giving birth, and immediately after birth. We noted our concern about the significant harms that restraints can cause to both mother and child and argued that a continuation of the practice would be in breach of…
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Publication Civil rights, Policing and detention

Submission to the inquiry into the Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill

Our submission supports the Bill, which seeks to prohibit the strip searching of children under the age of 18. We endorsed the submission and recommendations put forward by Redfern Legal Centre, who argued that strip searches are ineffective, improperly discriminatory, often misused and extremely harmful and traumatic to the children who are subjected to them. We expressed concern that the…
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