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Appealing an NDIS Internal Review Decision
Don’t agree with your NDIS Internal Review decision? What are the next steps? 1. Lodge appeal If you would like to appeal the decision, you need to apply to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. The application to the Tribunal must be done within 28 days of the...
Announcing Our Name Change
After 34 years of being known as Queensland Advocacy Incorporated, at last year's Annual General Meeting our Management Committee and members voted to change our name to Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion. We know many are familiar with us by the acronym QAI, which is...
COVID-19, Disability and the Law Resource
With the help of law firm Minter Ellison, we have put together this resource to help people with disability understand their legal rights in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. You can view the booklet via the link below. PDF version
Review of Administration & Guardianship Orders
Understand the review process for a Guardianship and Administration Orders made by QCAT. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Restrictive Practices
Understand what restrictive practices are and when they are used. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Review of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld)
Advocating for the right for all people with disability to live a life free from violence, abuse, neglect, exploitation and discrimination is core to QAI’s work. QAI welcomed the opportunity to provide a submission to the Queensland Human Rights Commission (QHRC) as...
Public Trustee Complaint
Understand what the process is for making a complaint about the Public Trustee and what the options are if you are unhappy with the outcome of a complaint. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Human Rights Complaint
Understand what human rights are, which ones are protected in Queensland, who you can make a complaint against and what making a complaint can achieve. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Guardianship
Understand what a guardianship order for is and how it works. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Guardianship for Restrictive Practices
Understand what guardianship for restrictive practices is and how it works. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Capacity
Understand what capacity is, who decides if you have capacity, what happens if you do not have capacity and how you can prove you do have capacity. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
Administration
Understand what administration for adults is and how it works. You can read the fact sheet at the link below: PDF fact sheet Word fact sheet
QAI and ATSILS call for inquiry into school disciplinary absences
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...
Queensland’s restrictive practices laws
QAI considers the use of restrictive practices to infringe the fundamental human rights of people with disability. Restrictive practices are used as a form of behaviour control, applied to individuals considered to be exhibiting ‘behaviours of concern’. There are...
Open letter calling for urgent action on Covid-19
QAI stands with our allies in calling for urgent action to prioritise access for Queenslanders with disability to vital health and safety measures during this critical time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Together with Queenslanders with Disability Network (QDN), Health...
QAI is calling for Expressions of Interest to attend the United Nations!
Are you a young person with disability with a message for the United Nations? QAI is seeking Expressions of Interest from emerging young leaders with disability interested in attending the 15th Conference of States Parties (CoSP) to the Convention on the Rights of...
Religious Discrimination Bill 2021
QAI made a submission on the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs. QAI is deeply concerned about the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021...
Institutional Economic Neglect
In July 2021, QAI provided a submission on the Purpose, Intent and Adequacy of the Disability Support Pension to the Senate Community Affairs Reference Committee inquiry. In December 2021, QAI provided this submission to the Disability Royal Commission as evidence of...
Is it just my child? The use of School Disciplinary Absences in Queensland State Schools
Over the years, QAI has developed significant concern regarding the extent to which some students, particularly students with disability, receive School Disciplinary Absences (SDAs). SDAs include suspension, exclusion and the cancellation of enrolment following...
The Queensland Narrating Service – who were they and why did they close?
In July 2021, QAI was saddened to observe the closure of the Queensland Narrating Service (QNS). The QNS was a not-for-profit organisation based in Brisbane, Australia. It was established in 1967 to create audio books for people with print disabilities. It operated...
QAI concerned regarding proposed Religious Discrimination Bill 2021
As we celebrate Human Rights Week 2021, QAI is deeply concerned about the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 currently before Parliament and its potential consequences for people with disability and other minority groups. The Bill’s purpose is to prohibit...
QAI supports new National Disability Strategy
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...
Public Trustee – Advisory and Monitoring Board
QAI made a submission to the Community Support and Services Committee regarding the Public Trustee (Advisory and Monitoring Board) Amendment Bill 2021. QAI supports the establishment of the Board and its intended functions to monitor and review the performance of the...
Inspector of Detention Services Bill 2021
QAI made a submission to the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee on the Inspector of Detention Services Bill 2021. People with disability are over-represented in all sites of detention and are at greater risk of experiencing torture and ill-treatment in these settings....
Systems Advocate
About us Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) is an independent advocacy organisation whose mission is to advocate for the protection and advancement of the needs, rights and lives of people with disability in Queensland. We do this by engaging in systemic advocacy...
Human Rights Solicitor
About us Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) is an independent advocacy organisation whose mission is to advocate for the protection and advancement of the needs, rights and lives of people with disability in Queensland. We do this by engaging in systemic advocacy...
Reviewing the Anti-Discrimination Act
Queensland’s Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 (Qld) is under review to ensure it is keeping up to date with the changing needs of society. Our CEO, Matilda Alexander, and Deputy CEO & Principal Solicitor, Emma Phillips, joined an alliance of Queensland lawyers and...
Information and Referral Officer
About us Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) is an independent advocacy organisation whose mission is to advocate for the protection and advancement of the needs, rights and lives of people with disability in Queensland. We do this by engaging in systemic advocacy...
Human Rights Advocate (Education & Youth)
About us Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) is an independent advocacy organisation whose mission is to advocate for the protection and advancement of the needs, rights and lives of people with disability in Queensland. We do this by engaging in systemic advocacy...
Youth Advocate
About us Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI) is an independent advocacy organisation whose mission is to advocate for the protection and advancement of the needs, rights and lives of people with disability in Queensland. We do this by engaging in systemic advocacy...