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Grata builds a fairer world by harnessing the power of high impact strategic litigation to create structural change. Democracy works when people can exercise their right to have a voice, including in court, where facts prevail over spin.

Australians are regularly blocked from exercising this basic democratic right because of insurmountable financial barriers to groundbreaking litigation, making it almost impossible to hold powerful governments and corporate leaders accountable.

Grata breaks down these barriers in three keys areas: climate justice, human rights, and democratic freedoms. 

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Rights

Human
Rights

Climate
Justice

Climate
Justice

Democracy
and
Freedoms

Democracy
and
Freedoms

OUR COMMUNITY SUPPORTS PEOPLE TO ACCESS THE COURTS

HOW WE MAKE IT HAPPEN

We use a movement lawyering approach, an innovative model of collaborative justice which grew out of the US civil rights movement to build the power of the people, not the power of the law.     

We work alongside affected communities, taking direction from them and centring their voices to build integrated litigation and campaign strategies that tackle injustice.  

We collaborate with legal experts and advocacy partners on strategic public interest cases, remaining accountable to the people and communities we work with.

We have a proven track record of prioritising cases with the potential to break gridlocks and create systemic change with significant sustainable impact for communities.

We collaborate
WE COLLABORATE

WE COLLABORATE

We unite grassroots community movements, bold lawyers, brave champions and civil society organisations who want to challenge unfairness in the courts.
We pinpoint
WE PINPOINT

WE PINPOINT

We work with affected people and communities to pinpoint, support and design cases that can protect or advance groundbreaking rights and freedoms.
We Fund
WE FUND

WE FUND

Our community chips in to fund expensive litigation costs and remove barriers to the power of the court.

LATEST.

MEDIA RELEASE: Full Federal Court finds that Roxanne Tickle was directly discriminated against, affirms the right of trans women to live free from discrimination

May 15, 2026

15 May 2026 

CURRENT CASE: The Papunya community’s fight for safe housing in the face of extreme heat

April 22, 2026

Residents in the remote Aboriginal community of Papunya in the NT have brought a landmark legal case against the NT Government for failing to provide safe housing in the face of extreme temperatures caused by the climate crisis. This is the first case in...

CURRENT CASE: Electoral expenditure

March 24, 2026

Anyone who wants to represent their community in the Parliament ought to be able to run for election on a level playing field. But last year, the major parties joined forces in a dirty deal to amend our electoral laws to tilt the playing...

Dharug Nation

We acknowledge the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples of the Dharug Nation who are Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which we live and work. We pay our respects to all First Peoples of this land, their Elders and their Ancestors and celebrate the enduring connections of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to culture and Country.