Tag: Health Justice
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In DMA18, refugees who were detained in offshore detention secured a major legal victory in the High Court of Australia against the Minister for Home Affairs.
On 3 May 2018, Mr Yeeda, a 19-year-old Aboriginal man, died at the West Kimberly Regional Prison whilst serving a 14-month custodial term of imprisonment.
We take a look at the impact of discrimination in Australia’s hospitals and medical centres - and how we can secure health justice.
The family of Ricky “Dougie” Hampson has announced that the NSW Coroner will investigate the death of their beloved son.
Mr Yeeda, was a 19 year-old First Nations man who died of rheumatic heart disease (RHD) at the West Kimberley Regional Prison.
No one should have to prove that they deserve to receive life-saving medical treatment. DWD18 had to take the Minister for Home Affairs to court to stay alive.
In spite of evidence that DCQ18 urgently needed to terminate her pregnancy, she was unable to do so without taking the Minister for Home Affairs to Court.
In EWR18 v Minister for Home Affairs, the Federal Court considered whether refugees living on Nauru fall within their jurisdiction, and whether to grant an injunction.
The National Justice Project has authored a submission to the NSW parliamentary inquiry into regional, rural and remote healthcare.
Case name: FRX17 as litigation representative for FRM17 v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2018] FCA 63 Case summary: During her detention on Nauru between 2013 and 2018, a young girl (the Applicant) faced serious mental health deterioration, including