PIAC will lobby Commonwealth, state and territory governments this year as part of a major campaign to have the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) ratified and implement

PIAC’s submission to the Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians reflects on discriminatory laws and practices that have compounded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage.

PIAC is offering a one-day training course on 20 March 2012 to help participants plan and implement an effective advocacy campaign. 

The Australian Government has decided to consolidate federal anti-discrimination laws into a single, comprehensive law, and is seeking community views on this until 1 February 2012. 

Prisoners’ conditions to improve as a result of inquest, achieving equality for Indigenous Australians in the Constitution, water rates rises too high, too soon; help in paying power bills, and more. 

Progress on wheelchair accessible taxis, action in the Federal Court over buses which are not wheelchair accessible, how to defend yourself against aggressive energy salespeople, and more.