This month’s theme – homelessness – is one that affects all communities. One of the most common causes of homelessness in Australia is domestic and family ... Read More
As the only Australian State with human rights legislation, Victoria is in a strong position to assess the question of whether formal protection of human ... Read More
Background The Federal Government’s White Paper on Homelessness, The Road Home: A National Approach to Reducing Homelessness (White Paper), proposed the introduction of new legislation ... Read More
Relative to international standards, Australia’s economic and political freedoms rank highly. Our standard of living is generally satisfactory. A nation of just 22 million people ... Read More
The idea of “home” hosts many metaphors. Home is our “haven”, “sanctuary”, “nest”, “refuge” and “escape”. Home is our “domain”, “habitat”, “kingdom” and “abode”. At ... Read More
Patrick is a 58 year old man who has been an involuntary in-patient in a psychiatric hospital for over seven years. He has received psychiatric ... Read More
It was terribly cold and nearly dark on the last evening of the old year, and the snow was falling fast. In the cold and ... Read More
The problem of elder abuse has come to be more clearly known through the efforts of many over the last 10 to 15 years. The ... Read More
29 July 2011 This week, the ACT Attorney-General, Mr Simon Corbell, launched community consultation and called for submissions on the question of whether the protection ... Read More
Each week, teams of lawyers around the country visit soup kitchens, crisis shelters and other welfare agencies to provide advice and assistance to some of ... Read More