by QAI | Mar 3, 2022 | Human Rights Fact sheet
Understand what capacity is, who decides if you have capacity, what happens if you do not have capacity and how you can show you do have capacity. You can read the fact sheet at the links below: Capacity fact sheet (accessible pdf 476 KB) Capacity fact sheet (Word...
by QAI | Mar 3, 2022 | Human Rights Fact sheet
Understand what administration for adults is and how Administration Orders work. You can read the fact sheet at the links below: Administration Orders fact sheet (accessible pdf 601 KB) Administration Orders fact sheet (Word doc 71...
by QAI | Nov 26, 2020 | Human Rights Fact sheet
Key reforms to Queensland’s guardianship laws take effect on Monday 30th November 2020. They strengthen the protection afforded to Queenslanders with impaired decision-making capacity. To help explain these important reforms, QAI has created a fact sheet outlining the...
by QAI | Sep 19, 2019 | Human Rights Fact sheet
QAI prepared the following flowchart to help explain how the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) may be used to challenge a breach of human rights from 1 January 2020. You can read the fact sheet at the links below: PDF version of...
by QAI | Jun 13, 2019 | Human Rights Fact sheet
The Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) (the Act) was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 27 February 2019. QAI has put together this fact sheet to explain the basics of this new legislation. You can read the fact sheet at the links below: PDF version of fact sheet Word...
by Shannon Bell | May 24, 2019 | Human Rights Fact sheet
The introduction of the new right to education in the Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) has generated significant interest. For the first time, the human right of every Queensland child to access education is recognised by law. Many parents, children and educators are...