Tenants Queensland used the Queensland Human Rights Act to help a man with mental health issues to avoid eviction.

A woman was at risk of becoming homeless following an eviction order being made against her by a tribunal.

The Queensland Benevolent Society, a charity which supports people with a disability, children, families, older Australians and carers, has used the Queensland Human Rights Act to advocate for their clients.

When escalators at a train station were replaced by steep, inaccessible stairs, one older resident of the community made a human rights complaint.

After an Aboriginal woman with a disability, and her three children, were forced to vacate their social housing, the woman lodged a complaint regarding the length of time taken to arrange modifications to ensure she could shower and access the kitchen safely.

ACT Health applied to the ACT Supreme Court for a declaration that it would be lawful for the hospital treating an elderly man with a long history of schizophrenia not to provide him with nutrition and hydration.

The parents of a man with a disability complained that their son had been deliberately frightened and provoked by his carers.

The ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal decided a person with a cognitive disability, who the Tribunal had previously found to lack capacity under guardianship law, could not automatically be assumed to lack capacity to consent to psychiatric treatment orders.

Zakaria Taha had an intellectual disability. He was issued with numerous fines for different minor offences including riding a bike without a helmet and taking public transport without a ticket.

Patrick had a long-term mental illness and had been an inpatient in a hospital for many years.

A man who was an inpatient at a mental health facility had his phone calls limited by order of his authorised psychiatrist.

A woman became blind in prison. After losing her vision, she couldn’t read books from the prison library. At the time, the library did not have any working audiobooks, so her mother bought some for her.

Paul Slattery had multiple disabilities, including bipolar disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder and an acquired brain injury.

Parents of a woman supported by a disability service provider noticed that their daughter, Shelly, had bruising around her chin.

Will Ingram purchased travel insurance in 2011 for an overseas study trip planned for 2012. In early 2012, he was diagnosed with a depressive illness and cancelled the trip on medical advice.

The parents of a 25-year-old woman with an intellectual disability applied to a tribunal for approval for their daughter to undergo permanent contraception.

Betty and Maria Matsoukatidou (mother and daughter, respectively) were charged by Yarra Ranges Council for failing to secure and demolish their home after an arson attack.

Two people with mental illness were unwilling to undergo electroconvulsive treatment (ECT).

A 70 year-old man had Parkinson’s disease, a cognitive disability and mental illness.

For many years, community legal centres, victim/survivor advocates and the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission have called on the Victorian Government, Victoria Police and the Office of Prosecutions to improve