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The National Justice Project (NJP) is a not for profit legal service established to promote human rights, social justice and to fight against disadvantage and discrimination in Australia through strategic legal action, effective advocacy and communication. The Project includes academics, legal practitioners and advocates from a wide range of ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 August 2024. Concept in political philosophy For the early-20th-century periodical, see Social Justice (periodical). For the academic journal established in 1974, see Social Justice (journal). Social justice is justice in relation to the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a ...
The Australian Human Rights Commission is the national human rights institution of Australia, established in 1986 as the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC) and renamed in 2008. It is a statutory body funded by, but operating independently of, the Australian Government. It is responsible for investigating alleged infringements ...
Key people. Hang Vo (President) Violet Roumeliotis (Vice President) Cassandra Goldie (CEO) Website. acoss.org.au. The Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) is an Australian organisation that advocates for action to reduce poverty and inequality, and is the peak body for the community services sector in Australia. It was formed in 1956.
In South Australia, the domestic violence is defined and regulated by the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009, which replaced the Domestic Violence Act 1994. [83] Under the Act, the meaning of abuse either domestic or non‑domestic, includes physical, sexual, emotional, psychological or economic abuse.
The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) is the professional representative body of social workers in Australia. It was formed in 1946 at the federal level, although a number of state branches had formed prior to this. The AASW created a code of ethics that governs the conduct of social workers and promotes the interests of social ...
Agency ID. NAA CA 5. The Attorney-General's Department, also known as the Department of the Attorney-General or AG's Department, is the national law enforcement and justice department of the Australian Government. The attorney-general's department is responsible for the enforcement and compliance of federal law, the administration of justice ...
The organisation also launched the Grandmothers Justice Program in Central Australia, working in remote communities along the Plenty Highway to support the mothers and grandmothers whose young people are engaged in the youth justice system. [21] In 2018, Jesuit Social Services established the Ecological Justice Hub, in Brunswick. The Hub is a ...