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Huff Post australia
Friday 18th March, 2016

Violence, abuse, and neglect of Australia’s disabled people is at an epidemic level, national rights and advocacy organisation People with Disability Australia has said in a detailed submission to the…

Human Rights Australia
Wednesday 9th March, 2016

Two special guests, Jess Richter, from the RMIT Centre for Innovative Justice and Christina Ryan, CEO of Advocacy for Inclusion, talk about their advocacy projects which are about seeking justice…

Community Legal Centres
3CR

Done by Law is grassroots radio for social justice on community radio station 3CR, Tuesday 6:00pm to 6:30pm. The Federation of Community Legal Centres presents current legal issues, giving a

Commonwealth of Australia
Senate Committee on Community Affairs
Wednesday 25th November, 2015

This matter was referred by the Senate to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report: on 11 February 2015. Over 160 submissions were received and public hearings…

Victorian Ombudsman
Wednesday 9th December, 2015

The investigation commenced in December 2014 with Phase One tabled in June 2015 focusing on the effectiveness of oversight. Phase Two examines incident reporting and management in a range of…

Disability Services Commission

‘Jane’s Story’ is a short video that tells the powerful real life story of Jane and her son Nick. Focusing on the challenges they faced when Nick first moved into…

Department of the Attorney-General's
Government of Australia
Thursday 9th April, 2015
The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person, in many areas of public life, including employment, education, getting or using services, renting or buying
State of Victoria
Monday 19th October, 2026
The Charter is a Victorian law that sets out the basic rights, freedoms and responsibilities of all people in Victoria. There is twenty fundamental human rights protected under the Charter
DARU
Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference
Monday 20th October, 2014

Only weeks after his final address to the National Press Club as Disability discrimination Commissioner, Graeme Innes delivered the keynote address at the Strengthening Disability Advocacy Conference: Champions of Change.

National Disability Advocacy Program,
Department of Social Services
Tuesday 1st April, 2014

Under the National Disability Advocacy Program the Australian Government funds agencies across Australia to provide people with disability access to effective disability advocacy that promotes, protects and ensures their full…

National Disability Services (NDS)
Friday 4th October, 2013

Boards have a critical role to play in creating a human rights culture within their organisations. This 15 minute video explores the what, why and how of adopting human rights…

Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze
Tuesday 1st October, 2013

This is a volume in the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights series “The authors have embarked on a fascinating, original, and groundbreaking project to tell the story of how the…