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,...
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...
On Wednesday 31st July 2024, ten months after the publication of the Disability Royal Commission’s final report, the Federal and State Governments issued their response to the Disability Royal Commission’s 222 recommendations. QAI’s CEO, Matilda...
As part of our role leading the A Right to Learn campaign, QAI commissioned an analysis of the economic impacts of suspending students with disability from school. Our key findings were: In 2023, Queensland disabled students were denied over 107,000 days of education...
You may have seen The Guardian article “Queensland failed to act on report into ‘devastating’ experiences of people with disability in justice system”. We have received a copy of the report “Insights from people with lived experience of disability in...
We have joined with Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN) to write an open letter to the Queensland Premier, Stephen Miles. The letter urges the Queensland Government to introduce changes to the outdated Anti-Discrimination Act before the election later this...
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