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Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (Q A I) is an independent, community-based systems and legal advocacy organisation for people with disability in Queensland, Australia.

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Emma Phillips at lectern giving presentation

Emma Phillips Gave a Presentation on the Human Rights Act Qld and Disability

March 3, 2020

Emma Phillips, QAI’s Deputy director and Principal Solicitor, gave a presentation on February 7th to the Australian Lawyer’s Alliance called “Righting inhuman wrongs – How the new Human Rights Act 2019 (Qld) can assist clients with disability and mental illness”. You can view the slides from Emma’s presentation here.

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QAI speaks at the 12th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the UN CRPD (updated)

June 13, 2019

See Emma Phillips, QAI senior lawyer and systems advocate, speak at the 12th Session of the Conference of State Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disability. First presentation  – at the Civil Society Forum about the rights of children with disability UN Web TV @26.00min

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Simply how I feel

May 20, 2019

A poem from an NDIS Appeals support client about her experience.

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“Therapeutic rehabilitation” or indefinite warehousing? Shining light on a closed system through an examination of the forensic detention of persons with an intellectual or cognitive disability

October 30, 2015

Identification of people with intellectual disability in the criminal justice system

October 30, 2015

QAI position statement on the Forensic Disability Service

October 10, 2015

Shining light on a closed system through an examination of forensic disability orders for persons with an intellectual or cognitive disability

October 10, 2015

QAI position statement: the use of Restrictive Practices on people with disability

October 1, 2014

Conclusions on the Use of Restrictive Practices for People with an Intellectual or Cognitive Impairment: How to Return Respect and Control to Marginalised People

October 1, 2014

Human Rights and Human Wrongs: A Human Rights Analysis of Queensland Restrictive Practices Legislation

August 24, 2010

Disabled Justice: The Barriers to Justice for Persons with Disability in Queensland

May 15, 2007
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