People could be stopped and searched at any time and for no reason for up to six months in designated areas of Victoria under expanded police search powers passed by the Allan Government today, says the Human Rights Law Centre. 

The Allan Government has proposed reviving the worst of dangerous and discriminatory bail laws which will harm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and generations of Victorian children.

Bougainville community leaders are calling for a seat at the table in discussions about the potential remediation of the environmental devastation caused by Rio Tinto’s former Panguna mine, scheduled to begin in Port Moresby today. 

Civil society groups have condemned the ongoing imprisonment of David McBride and called for urgent whistleblower protection reform, as the Afghan Files whistleblower’s appeal begins today in the ACT Court of Appeal.

The Albanese Government has agreed to delay the deportation of a man to Nauru after he commenced legal proceedings on Friday. He is represented by the Human Rights Law Centre.

Legal proceedings have today been filed for a man scheduled to be deported to Nauru on Monday, in the first exercise of the Albanese Government’s new third country deportation powers. The man is represented by the Human Rights Law Centre.

The Human Rights Law Centre has slammed the Minns Government for ramming laws through Parliament that give police sweeping new powers, could criminalise a wide range of activities near places of worship, including peaceful protests, and introduce a new criminal offence for inciting racial hatred.

The Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the Allan Government’s expansion of groups who will be protected by anti-vilification laws, including LGBTIQA+ and disability communities.

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for stronger safeguards for the right to privacy and wide-ranging surveillance laws to be wound back.

A national, enforceable right to housing could help solve the housing crisis and provide safety, dignity and security to every person in Australia, according to a new report by the Human Rights Law Centre and and UTS Faculty of Law.

The Minns Government’s rushed laws will not address the rise of racial violence or far-right extremism in NSW.

Whistleblowers, transparency advocates and human rights groups have welcomed a push for an independent Whistleblower Protection Authority, with a landmark piece of legislation introduced to Federal Parliament today.