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| Type | Title | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Submission | Opening the door for disability access: |
In its submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs Inquiry into the draft Disability (Access... |
13 Mar 2009 |
| Submission | Lifting the veil of secrecy: |
The Australian Law Reform Commission Issues Paper 34: Review of Secrecy Laws (the Issues Paper) identifies four main axes across which tensions... |
09 Mar 2009 |
| Submission | Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission Inquiry into Freedom of Religion and Belief in... |
PIAC, together with Kingsford Legal Centre and CCLCG, made a joint submission to the... |
06 Mar 2009 |
| Submission | Taking action on homelessness: Response to the NSW Homelessness Action Plan |
The Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (HPLS), a joint initiative of the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (... |
02 Mar 2009 |
| Submission | A just and fair prison system: Principles or profit? |
PIAC believes that there are basic public interest principles that should guide policy and program development in... |
02 Mar 2009 |
| Submission | Deepening democracy: |
PIAC is of the view that reform of Australian electoral law is long overdue. Democracy benefits from having diverse... |
23 Feb 2009 |
| Submission | Response to the Australian Energy Regulator draft distribution determination 2009-10 to 2013-14 |
The AER draft determination includes significant rises in the cost of electricity. |
16 Feb 2009 |
| Journal/Newsletter | Street rights NSW [13] | 15 Feb 2009 | |
| Submission | Harmonising spent convictions laws in Australia: |
PIAC has provided comments to the NSW Attorney General’s Department on the Standing... |
04 Feb 2009 |
| Submission | Unified Privacy Principles - the right way ahead: |
The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) has provided a submission to the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in... |
02 Feb 2009 |
| Submission | Considering the impact of CIN more broadly: |
On 1 November 2007 NSW Police rolled out the State-wide Criminal Infringement Notices (CIN)... |
30 Jan 2009 |
| Book/Report | Cut Off II: |
This is the final report for the project Cut Off II: The Experience of Utility Disconnections, prepared for the Energy... |
15 Jan 2009 |
| Submission | A Good FiT: Designing an effective and fair Feed-in Tariff Scheme for NSW |
A Feed-in Tariff has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and reduce the need for costly network augmentation. |
13 Jan 2009 |
| Submission | Implementing the Productivity Commission review of the Disability Discrimination Act: |
PIAC, in its submission to the …, commends the Federal Government on implementing the majority of recommendations... |
12 Jan 2009 |
| Submission | Submission on the Freedom of Information (Removal of Conclusive Certificates and Other Measures)... |
PIAC, in its brief submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration, commends the... |
07 Jan 2009 |
| Papers - Published | Implications of government funding of advocacy for third-sector independence and exploration of... |
This paper examines the effect of funding contracts on the capacity of third-sector organizations to effectively advocate. |
31 Dec 2008 |
| Submission | Improving clarity and enhancing protection of privacy rights: |
In its response to the NSW Law Reform Commission’s Consultation Paper 3: Privacy Legislation in New South Wales,... |
24 Dec 2008 |
| Journal/Newsletter | Talkin' justice [4]: | 15 Dec 2008 | |
| Submission | Review of alcohol-related violent offences |
This submission responds to the NSW Sentencing Council’s request for submissions on its review of the sentencing... |
15 Dec 2008 |
| Submission | Enhancing the rights-based approach to health care complaints in NSW: |
PIAC submits that the most pressing issue regarding the NSW health complaints system is the... |
12 Dec 2008 |