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Submission Inquiry into former forced adoption policies and practices:

PIAC’s submission examines the impact of former forced removal and adoption practices on Indigenous Australians and...

07 Apr 2011
Submission Putting public interest at the heart of FOI:

On 24 March 2009, at Australia’s Right to Know Freedom of Speech Conference, Senator John Faulkner announced the government’s proposed...

19 May 2009
Submission Draft Amendment to Constitution Act 1902 (NSW)

In response to the NSW Government’s proposal to insert a preamble to the NSW...

10 Aug 2010
Submission Water Industry Competition (General) Regulation 2008: Draft Marketing Code of Conduct and Draft...

The development of the Water Industry Competition Act Draft Codes of Conduct for Transfer and Marketing is an essential step to ensuring that a...

06 May 2011
Submission Review of the Operating Licence for Hunter Water Corporation

Recognising that the Hunter Water Operating Licence is the key regulatory framework governing the relationship between Hunter Water and its...

31 May 2011
Submission Acting to keep the essential affordable:

As part of their annual review of regulated electricity retail prices, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART...

12 May 2011
Submission Reform of judicial review in NSW: response to Discussion Paper

This submission responds to the NSW Department of Justice and Attorney General discussion paper on judicial review of...

28 Apr 2011
Submission Human Rights Charter review - respecting Victorians

PIAC supports a ‘human rights approach’ as a means of fostering a fair, just and democratic society. This submission...

24 Jun 2011
Submission Treatment and care over punishment and detention - even more critical for young people

This submission responds to the issues and questions raised in the NSW Law Reform Commission’s Discussion Paper: ...

17 Mar 2011
Submission Resolution and advocacy: essential partners in the management of aged care complaints

This submission is made in response to Department of Health Care and Ageing’s Discussion Paper: Aged Care Complaints Scheme: Proposed...

25 Mar 2011
Submission Independence and advocacy: the key to gaining consumer trust in Australia’s aged care complaints...

PIAC confines its comments specifically to the matters raised in Chapter 12 (‘Regulation — the future direction’...

04 Apr 2011
Submission Australia's Urban Water Sector Draft Report

PIAC has followed their 2010 submission to the Productivity Commission’s (the Commission) Inquiry into the Urban...

30 Jun 2011
Submission Energy Assured Limited amended application for authorisation A91258 & A91259

In May 2011, the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) called for feedback on Energy Assured Limited’s...

24 May 2011
Submission Statutory judicial review - keep it, expand it:

PIAC’s written submission to the Administrative Review Council in response to its Consultation Paper, Judicial...

14 Jul 2011
Submission Review of the Law of Bail in NSW: submission to the New South Wales Law Reform Commission

Despite a number of inquiries into the criminal justice system and reviews of bail laws in NSW over the last few years...

26 Jul 2011
Submission Comments on the NSW Sentencing Council Suspended Sentences Consultation Paper

This submission is made by the Homeless Persons’ Legal Service in response to the Consultation Paper prepared by the NSW...

26 Jul 2011
Submission Penalty notices: still not such a fine thing for vulnerable people

On 13 January 2011 HPLS met with the NSW Law Reform Commission to discuss its submission to...

24 Feb 2011
Submission IPART: review of the price structures for metropolitan water utilities

PIAC understands that IPART, as the price regulator for water and sewerage services for the...

04 Aug 2011
Submission Australian Law Reform Commission - Family violence and Commonwealth laws. Social security. Issues...

Studies in Australia and internationally have consistently documented that people experiencing homelessness report a horrendous and...

15 Apr 2011
Submission A public interest approach to costs:

In this submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission (NSWLRC), ...

19 Aug 2011