Get to know the Arts Law Centre: 12 April 2011

Written by belinda on April 29, 2011 – 4:40 pm -

The Arts Law Centre of Australia is a community legal centre that provides free/low-cost legal advice to people in the arts, or people who work for an arts organisation.  In the studio tonight is Serena Armstrong, a lawyer who has been involved with the Arts Law Centre of Australia for over seven years.  Serena will be speaking with us about the work of the Centre including its education and law reform activities.  She will also speak about the Centre’s “Artists in the Black” service for the Indigenous arts community.

 
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Not seen, Not Heard- Violence against people with a disability: February 15 2011

Written by belinda on March 6, 2011 – 6:44 pm -

The legal system is notoriously difficult to navigate.  These difficulties are exacerbated when you are rendered voiceless by the legal system due to your disability or mental illness.
Tonight on Done By Law, we will be speaking with the Public Advocate, Colleen Pearce, about the recent report released by her office detailing 86 cases of violence against people with cognitive disabilities or mental illness.  The violence was perpetrated by parents, partners of parents, intimate partners, staff at their accommodation and strangers.  The report highlights the difficulities in substantiating abuse against people with disabilities.
 
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DBL: Discrimination on basis of sexuality in Victoria, Australia: 13 October 2009

Written by camilla on October 13, 2009 – 1:20 am -

Tonight on done by law we are joined by Hayley Conway from the Victorian Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby to discuss how the ‘right to religious freedom’ is used trump justice and equal rights. While Victoria’s Equal Opportunity Act makes it unlawful to discriminate against a person because of a particular attribute – including race, disability, age, physical features, political belief or activity, breastfeeding, sexuality, gender and marital status - Victoria has more exemptions to its equal opportunity law than any other state in Australia.

 
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Sorry Day 26 May 2009

Written by marian on May 26, 2009 – 6:31 pm -

Join us tonight on Done By Law for a special Sorry Day edition of the program where we examine, with Professor Larissa Behrendt, how well Australia has responded to the 54 recommendations of the Bringing Them Home Report.

 
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