Human Rights
CURRENT CASE: The Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) community's fight for housing rights
The Eastern Arrernte community of Ltyentye Apurte (Santa Teresa) in the NT has been fighting for decent housing since 2015. With the support of the Grata community, they took on the NT government -...
CURRENT CASE: Clean water for the remote First Nations community of Laramba
Families from Laramba are taking on the NT government over uranium-contaminated drinking water and the appalling condition of their homes.
CURRENT CASE: Excessive force against refugees
Yasir* is bravely challenging Border Force for the harmful use of restraints which has been condemned by medical professionals and human rights experts.
PAST CASE: Hannah and Catherine’s fight to protect kids on the Autism Spectrum at school
It takes a village to raise a child and it takes an even bigger village to make a change like this. The Grata village kicked in to support Catherine and her mum secure the...
PAST CASE: Supporting people locked in refugee detention during COVID-19
The Grata Community chipped in so that Mahmoud* could start legal proceedings against Home Affairs Minister Dutton about his duty of care to protect people in detention from the COVID-19 pandemic. The proceedings meant...
PAST CASE: Adrian Burragubba's Adani Appeal
Adrian Burragubba and members of the Wangan & Jagalingou people (W&J), the Traditional Owners of the land in Queensland’s Galilee Basin have been fighting to protect their land from the Adani Carmichael mine. When...
PAST CASE: Graeme and Nadia take on CommBank for disability discrimination
In 2018 disability advocates, Graeme and Nadia, bravely challenged CommBank’s inaccessible EFTPOS technology in court. With the backing of Grata Fund and the expert team at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre they forced CommBank...
PAST CASE: Doctors4Refugees challenge 'gag laws' about conditions in offshore detention
In 2015 the Australian Government introduced gag laws that penalised Australian doctors with up to two years in jail for speaking out about horrific conditions faced by 1,262 men, women and children in offshore...