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Type Title Description Date
Submission Energy efficiency and customer bills:

The Ministerial Council on Energy released a Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement on Energy Bill Benchmarking.

01 Dec 2009
Submission Improving access through translating principles into practice:

In November 2008, PIAC made a submission in response to the Attorney General’s Report, A Strategic Framework for...

30 Nov 2009
Submission Accessing democracy:

This submission responds to the second federal government Green Paper on electoral reform.

27 Nov 2009
Submission Licence to bill:

In September 2009, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales began the process of reviewing the Sydney Water operating...

27 Nov 2009
Submission Augmenting the role of the Coroner to enhance suicide prevention:

In this submission PIAC submits that the Coroners in Australia’s states and territories play a vital role in...

27 Nov 2009
Submission Re: RACGP Review of Standards for General Practices[Joint submission to the Royal College of...

PIAC joined with a number of other organisations to endorse this submission to the Royal Australian College of General...

24 Nov 2009
Submission Express human rights compliance needed:

In this submission, PIAC provides a response to the Federal Attorney-General’s proposed changes to:(a) those parts...

23 Oct 2009
Submission Access to personal information [and privacy law in NSW] :

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) provided this supplementary submission in response to the ...

21 Oct 2009
Journal/Newsletter Street rights NSW [15] 20 Oct 2009
Submission Submission to the NSW Attorney General on the review of the Law Enforcement (Powers and...

In this submission, PIAC criticises the NSW Government’s extension of “emergency...

20 Oct 2009
Papers - Published Having a voice and making a difference! Regional replication of Street Care

Those that experience homelessness are rarely involved in decision making processes that affect them.

15 Oct 2009
Submission Smart Meter Customer Protection and Safety Review - Draft Policy Paper One

This paper represents the joint submission of a number of community and consumer organisations to the Council of Australian Governments (...

30 Sep 2009
Submission Online electricity prices

Following a workshop convened by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales (IPART) in September...

28 Sep 2009
Submission Least restrictive practices:

This submission is in response to the NSW Legislative Council, Standing Committee on Social Issues inquiry into...

18 Sep 2009
Book/Report Bail me out:

This research report released by the Youth Justice Coalition in September 2009 examines 145 cases before the NSW...

15 Sep 2009
Submission Consumer protection:

This submission examines the Aged Care Investigation Scheme (CIS) against principles of best practice in complaint...

31 Aug 2009
Submission Getting the balance right:

PIAC made a short submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission in response to its discussion...

28 Aug 2009
Submission Protecting free speech:

PIAC made a short submission to the Alice Springs Town Council (the Council) in response to its proposed by-laws for the...

28 Aug 2009
Submission Considering non-custodial sentencing options:

PIAC made a submission on the use of non-conviction orders and good behaviour bonds to the NSW...

27 Aug 2009
Submission Inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009 (Cth)

Same sex marriage was prohibited for the first time under the last government in a discriminatory and unjustifiable change to the Marriage Act...

26 Aug 2009