Disability advocates, legal experts and other organisations are calling for urgent law reform, raising concerns that many Australians with disabilities will be excluded from the electoral roll. Currently, people living with disability can be disallowed to vote under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918, which includes archaic language that prevents people with intellectual, psychosocial or cognitive […]
Tags: Australian Law Reform Commission, Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Disability, down syndrome australia, Election 2022, inclusion australia, people with disability australia
21 Apr 2022 /
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Attorney General Christian Porter has formally announced the issue of how to balance religious freedom and protections from discrimination for LGBTIQ+ students and teachers has been referred to the Australian Law Reform Commission for review. The government had previously indicated this would be there plan of action when Prime Minister Scott Morrison failed to reach […]
Tags: Australian Law Reform Commission, Christian Porter, discrimination, gay, Labor, Lesbian, LGBTI, Liberal, transgender
10 Apr 2019 |
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