by QAI | Mar 25, 2025 | Media Release, News
Media Release For immediate release 25/03/2025 This morning a group of disability advocacy organisations called on Queensland’s LNP Government to scrap their plan to delay implementation of long-awaited reforms to our Anti-Discrimination Act. This comes after...
by QAI | Mar 3, 2025 | News
With Cyclone Alfred approaching the coast of Queensland, we wanted to gather some resources that cover the rights of people with disability during natural disasters, and can help with being prepared for when a disaster hits. Natural Disasters, disability and the law...
by QAI | Feb 6, 2025 | News, Past Events
Date: Thursday 20 February 2025Time: 6pm – 7pmLocation: Online via Zoom Event Details In November 2023, the A Right to Learn campaign commissioned research on the economic impacts of disproportionate school disciplinary absences on students with disabilities. It...
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 | 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 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...
