Crime stats show more kids are being locked up
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released new data, showing NSW is locking up more and more children. Read More
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NT Energy System Letting Down First Nations Families
The Justice & Equity Centre have joined a group of First Nations organisations, energy advocates and civil society groups in the First Nations Clean Energy Network are calling for changes to help prevent disconnections and keep people safer. Read More
Discriminatory Patterns in Police Bail Checks of Aboriginal Children
Everyone should be treated the same by police and the law. But a new expert report, analysing how often NSW Police check on young people at their homes while they’re on bail, shows that’s not the case. Read More
A Roadmap to Efficient and Electric Homes for Everyone
The Justice and Equity Centre, a leading independent law and policy centre, has published a roadmap that sets out how the Australian Government can transform Australia’s housing to be efficient and electric. Read More
Police use of extraordinary search power raises alarm bells
In Australia, we take it for granted that police can’t search us without a warrant, or a good reason. Read More
Police in Firing Line Over Unauthorised Bail Checks
Senior Solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre, Grace Gooley joins 2SER Breakfast to discuss how police conduct bail compliance checks in NSW. Read More
The Protection of Access to Assistance Animals
Assistance animals are vital for the independence and safety of many people with disability. Read More
2025 National Close The Gap Day
20 March is National Close the Gap day, a day to acknowledge the need to close the gap in health, justice and education outcomes between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. Read More
Denied a Ride – Guide Dogs and Uber
Paula Hobley is suing Uber for disability discrimination after more than 30 of her were trips cancelled when Uber drivers learned she was travelling with her Guide Dog. Read More
How new hate crime laws fail to protect LGBTIQ+ people
Alastair Lawrie, Director of Policy and Advocacy at the Justice and Equity Centre joins 2SER Breakfast Read More
How the Commonwealth Government Can Protect Children
Jonathan Hall Spence, Principal Solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre joined 2SER Breakfast to discuss why the Commonwealth Government can and should step in to make sure children’s rights are protected. Read More
Debt into Homelessness? The Justice and Equity Centre on 2SER Breakfast
Rachael Barwick, Senior Solicitor at the Justice and Equity Centre’s Homeless Person’s Legal Service, joined 2SER Breakfast to discuss the link between social housing debt and homelessness. Read More