by Sophie Wiggans | Jan 30, 2023 | Campaigns, Media Release
In December 2022, the Queensland Government announced a ten-point plan to “make tough laws even tougher” in response to a perceived increase in violent youth crime. In response, QAI has signed an Open Letter with our allies, urging the Queensland...
by Sophie Wiggans | Jan 6, 2023 | Media Release, News, Paper
The Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) is a unique opportunity to strengthen oversight for all sites of detention in Queensland, particularly disability-specific and...
by Sophie Wiggans | Nov 25, 2022 | Media Release, News
Friday 25 November 2022 While the majority of Queensland school children are coming to the end of another school year, a significant number of students have been denied access to this most basic of human rights. Earlier this year, Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion...
by Shannon Bell | Jun 16, 2022 | Media Release, News
While the Australian Civil Society Delegation is in New York attending the 15th Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the opening statement from Public Hearing 24 on inclusive education has been...
by Sophie Wiggans | Feb 16, 2022 | Media Release, Report, Submission
Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) and The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Limited (ATSILS) are publicly calling upon the Queensland Human Rights Commissioner to conduct an inquiry into the use of school disciplinary absences in...
by Sophie Wiggans | Dec 3, 2021 | Media Release
New Australian Disability Strategy Welcomed By Leading Disability Representative Organisations Alongside Australia’s peak disability representative organisations, QAI supports the new Australian Disability Strategy 2021–2031 which was released today by the Australian...
