by QAI | Dec 5, 2024 | News, Past Events
Date: Thursday 12 December 2024Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pmLocation: Gambaro Room at Common Ground, 15 Hope St, South Brisbane (Meanjin) OR online (those who select an “attend online” ticket will be emailed the Zoom link on the morning of the event) Event...
by QAI | Dec 2, 2024 | Submission
QAI unequivocally rejects the Making Queensland Safer Bill 2024. This Bill will disproportionately and negatively impact children and young people with disability who are already significantly overrepresented in the criminal justice system. The changes proposed by...
by QAI | Oct 10, 2024 | News, Submission
In September 2024, the Federal Senate agreed to establish a National inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system. The inquiry has been referred to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee. QAI made a submission to the inquiry,...
by QAI | Aug 23, 2024 | Submission
QAI and QIDAN (the Queensland Independent Disability Advocacy Network) made a joint submission to the Department of Social Servicest regarding the draft list of NDIS Supports. The list of items participants cannot use their funding for is overly prescriptive, will...
by QAI | Aug 22, 2024 | Campaigns, Media Release, News, Paper, QAI in the Media, Report
Position statement Queensland’s Forensic Disability Service (FDS) is meant to provide skills training and other programs to people under forensic orders so that they can live back in the community. However, some residents are held indefinitely and are kept in cruel...
