PIAC is representing Ms Julie Haraksin in a disability discrimination complaint before the Federal Court.

Ms Haraksin has brittle bone disease. She claims that when she tried to book a seat with Murrays in 2009 to attend a work conference in Canberra, the bus company told her none of its coaches could take her because she uses a wheelchair.

Ms Haraksin believes Murrays Australia Ltd’s response is discriminatory. She has filed a disability discrimination complaint against Murrays Australia Ltd in the Federal Court.

Ms Haraksin is not seeking financial compensation from Murrays. Instead, Ms Haraksin is asking the Court to order the bus company to modify its vehicles so that they are wheelchair-accessible.

A cost cap order was made in October 2010, capping the costs that can be recovered in the proceedings to $25,000. The matter is currently before the Federal Court

Ms Haraksin is represented by PIAC in the Federal Court and Ms Chris Ronalds SC of Frederick Jordan Chambers.