“One of PIAC’s neat, but unsung, triumphs this year was in a disability discrimination case that now requires wheelchair access taxis to actually be suitable for wheelchair users.”

Men who were locked up in Tamworth’s Institution for Boys when they were teenagers may have been falsely imprisoned, according to lawyers with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre. 

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) recently conducted an inquiry, using FOI laws, to determine how the ADF treats prisoners in Afghanistan. It believes that the Australian public has been deliberately kept in the dark, says Bruce Haigh, retired diplomat and political commentator.  

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An interview with advocate for the homeless, Kevin Simpson, by Tim Holt of ABC Local Radio. “Unfortunately, when it comes to homelessness, South East NSW is a region that punches above its weight with surprisingly high rates.” 

The Bega District News reports on the gathering in Bega of frontline community workers from the local area on November 29 to hear first-hand stories about homelessness and the impact of the legal system on disadvantaged people. 

Mark Holcroft’s fatal heart attack in a prisoner transport van on 27 August 2009 highlights the widespread flaws and reluctance for reform in the Australian correctional system, writes Lucy Swi

A disabled woman who was denied a booking on an interstate bus is suing the company, claiming she was discriminated against for using a wheelchair.