Media Coverage
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The Australian: Transgrid’s $603.7m ‘profit’ revealed as it attempts to slug NSW households with cost overruns
We opposed an application to slug NSW households with $1 billion plus extra costs for a transmission project.
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The Energy: Why network tariff reform hasn’t happened already
Craig Memery from our Energy and Water Justice team discusses the resistance against network tariff reform.
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Sydney Criminal Lawyers: Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms
Reporting on our call on the NSW Government to reverse harmful reforms that undermine justice in NSW prisons.
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National Indigenous Times: Australia accused of ignoring human rights obligations on Indigenous children
The UN says overrepresentation of Indigenous children in the criminal justice system “reflects systemic and structural racial discrimination”.
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Renew Economy: Energy retailer slams network bid to recover transmission cost blowouts
Coverage of our work to oppose $1 billion plus in unfair costs for NSW energy consumers.
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ABC: Teen with disability sues Australian government over treatment during Vanuatu quake
A teenager with multiple disabilities stranded for days in Vanuatu’s capital city after a deadly 2024 earthquake is taking the Australian government to the federal court for disability discrimination. … JEC senior solicitor Nicola Colagiuri said Sean was unlawfully discriminated against on the basis of his disability. “Sean was treated less favourably than people without…
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National Indigenous Times: Populist, harmful policies driving incarceration, child removals: Human Rights Commission
First Peoples communities continue to be the hardest hit by “populist, blunt and harmful” laws, the Australian Human Rights Commission says. … Last month, more than 200 lawyers, academics, advocates and Indigenous organisations signed an open letter to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, urging him to treat the over-incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children…
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The Energy: Too big to fail? AGL slams Transgrid over Project EnergyConnect
We joined calls to disallow an extra $1 billion plus in unfair costs for NSW energy consumers.
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Campaign Brief: Raise the Age NSW campaign’s next phase launches with cross-sector collaboration
The JEC is part of a new social media campaign calling the NSW Government to do better for our children and communities.
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2SER: Youth Justice Inquiry offers chance for reform
Principal Solicitor Jonathan Hall Spence joined 2SER to discuss the Youth Justice Inquiry and the chance for reform.