‘A new form of legal aid to help mount test cases on issues which go beyond the dispute in question, will soon be available through the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.’

Boarding house reform, the OPCAT treaty, and ACOSS’ climate change survey. Read these stories, and more, in the latest PIAC e-bulletin.

Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS) supporters were among those who contributed to last night’s celebration of a joint venture between the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Sydney Law School.

Two hundred and seventy eight CEOs from around NSW raised more than $1.7 million last night by participating in the Vinnies CEO Sleepout.

The NSW Attorney General, Greg Smith (pictured), yesterday tabled the NSW Law Reform Commission’s report on the NSW Bail Act.

PIAC has two new additions to its board of directors: Annemarie Lumsden from Legal AID NSW and Rebecca Gilsenan from law firm Maurice Blackburn.

Leaders from the South Western Sydney CALD Communities Coalition, including those from Sydney’s Spanish, Timorese, Turkish, South American and Islamic communities, will meet in Canley Vale this weekend to participate in a leadership training program.