The High Court Ruling Continued + People With Disability Australia

Monday, 18 December 2023 - 4:00pm to 5:00pm

*Content Warning: This episode of Doin' Time may contain audio images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have died, and discussion of Deaths in Custody. 


Pamela Curr is the campaign coordinator at the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, and a tireless social justice advocate who works with the refugee advocacy movement to expose the harsh conditions in detention centres and assist men, women and children to adjust to a new life outside detention. She joins Marisa on the program to talk about the positive step forward taken by the Australian High Court to rule indefinite immigration detention unlawful. 

The second guest Nicole Lee, the President and Board Director of People With Disability Australia (PWDA). Nicole joins Marisa to discuss the final report of the Royal Commision into violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disbaility. The report included 220 reccomendations as to how to improve laws, policies, structures, and practises to ensure a more inclusive and just society that supports the independence of people with disability, and their right to live free from violence, abuse, neglect, and exploitation. 

Doin Time 4-5pm Mondays
Monday 4:00pm to 5:00pm
An open forum, presenting information and discussion around issues faced by prisoners in the criminal justice system and migration detention centres.

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Marisa

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