Public Interest Law Clearing House - Casework

Casework

Significant referrals made through PILCH and its associated projects include:

• Evelyn Rannstrom's discrimination claim against the Dandenong Ranges Junior Football League and the Australian Football League;
• Neville Austin's claim for compensation against the Victorian government, the first case in which a member of the stolen generation has sought compensation from the government since Kevin Rudd's apology;
• Vicky Roach's challenge to the constitutionality of a law preventing all prisoners from voting in federal elections;
• the Islamic Council of Victoria's case against Catch the Fire Ministries, the first complaint made under Victoria's Racial and Religious Tolerance Act 2001 (Vic); and
• Ralph Hahnheuser's defence of a civil suit brought against him by a live export company for damages, following his protest action.