The access ramps for these buses never work and are either not serviced or drivers are not trained on how to use them. As a person in a wheelchair that relies on buses for transport, I have often had to wait hours often out in the cold for the next bus in the timetable (sometimes multiple buses) because the ramp doesn’t work.

Last week two teenagers, Jennifer and Jack Edwards, were shot dead by their father, John Edwards, a 68-year-old Financial Planner. Mr Edwards was able to join St Mary's Indoor Shooting Centre, he then obtained a firearms licence and permit before legally buying two high-powered firearms, which he used to shoot his children. Mr Edwards was estranged from his wife Olga Edwards and custody proceedings had commenced in the Family Court. As the law currently stands, when a person applies for a firearm licence or permit to acquire additional firearms, the spouse of the applicant does not need to be notified or consulted, even when a family law matter has commenced in the courts and there has been previous history of threats and fear. If the law had required police to notify and consult with Olga Edwards before approving Mr Edwards' application for a firearm, then his firearm application could have been denied. Samantha Lee, Director of GCA states, “Current gun laws fail to adequately protect women and children from gun violence because the law requires an AVO to be in place or a charge for a criminal offence before a firearm may be revoked or suspended. By then, it may be too late to save a life.” “What GCA wants to see happen is a more pro-active approach which gives woman and spouses a voice in the gun licence continuation, application or acquisitions process.” Gun Control Australia (GCA) is calling for the implementation of robust new family law firearm safety checks to better protect families from gun violence. The call comes after the recent horrific shooting of two teenagers in West Pennant Hills by their father who legally obtained several firearms including high-powered handguns. Under the current law, police do not have to notify a spouse when their partner or ex-partner applies for a gun licence or a permit to obtain additional firearms. GCA is calling on all State and Territory Attorney General's to support our proposal for family law firearm safety checks.The checks would be compulsory and required to be undertaken once a proceeding has been lodged in the Family Court. The checks would include: (1) Firearm Licence Review, and (2) Spousal notification for all new applications for a firearm licence and permits to acquire a firearm application Firearm Licence Review The Firearm Licence Review (FLR) would require police to check if any party to the family court proceedings has a gun licence and if so, if there is any concern for the safety for the firearm licence holder, their immediate family or the public. The police would have the power to suspend or revoke a licence or not issue a permit. Spousal notification Spousal notification would require police to notify the spouse/ partner who is a party to family law custody proceedings when the other party has a gun licence or has made an application for a firearm licence or an application to obtain a permit to acquire a licence. The notification would then allow the spouse/partner to object to the continuation of the licence or the application on the grounds of concerns for personal safety to himself, herself or others. Full Scale Review We also call for the commonwealth and state parliaments of Australia to initiate a full-scale review of our nation's gun laws, which have been steadily weakened after decades of pressure by an NRA style gun lobby here in Australia. We need your support to change our gun laws to better protect families from gun violence. This petition is endorsed by Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service NSW Inc. Samantha Lee Director Gun Control Australia https://www.guncontrolaustralia.org/

$10 k is a significant amount of money we can use to provide direct support to the young people we work with. THANK YOU for considering

Here is a link to find out more https://www.1voiceuluru.org/the-statement/ from the Indigenous Leaders who helped develop the Uluru Statement. "In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard. We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future." (Uluru Statement from the Heart -May, 2017) YES we will join you - Australians let's get up and Say Yes to the Uluru Statement from the Heart. Let's use our power to bring about change. As identified by Professor Megan Davis (Radio National, 25.05.18), two issues identified in the Uluru Statement from the Heart are child removal and youth detention. These are two significant issues have worsened since the Bringing Them Home Report (1997) and the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report (1991) commissioned by the Keating Government (1991-1996). It's time for concrete results. Recent statistics show that the Gap between quality of life for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian's is getting wider not smaller. Both of these issues are irrevocably connected to the lack of self-determination for Indigenous peoples. Paul Keating ignited great hope with his acknowledgement of injustice towards Indigenous Australian's and enacted legislation to attempt to redress this injustice. However, successive Australian Governments over the last 20 years have undermined this hope for all Australian's and left us all more diminished than we were 25 years ago. Racially biased Government legislation and policies have further undermined Indigenous pride and reenacted and reinforced the powerlessness of First Nations Intergenerational Trauma. Constitutional change and a Makarrata Commission could redress this national disgrace. While this situation continues unabated Australian culture and pride is greatly diminished. As Stan Grant so aptly stated in a speech earlier this year "Racism is killing the Australian Dream". The only way to revitalise the Australian Dream is to deal with our unfinished business. The only way to revitalise the Australian Dream is to acknowledge that Australia was taken by force, to apologise for this forced acquisition and to redress this wrongdoing by enshrining a First Nations Voice in the Constitution. The only way to revitalise this Dream is to enact a Makarrata process that would allow all Australians to understand our history and assist in moving towards genuine reconciliation. "And, as I say, the starting point might be to recognise that the problem starts with us non-Aboriginal Australians. It begins, I think, with that act of recognition. Recognition that it was we who did the dispossessing. We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the diseases. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the children from their mothers. We practised discrimination and exclusion. It was our ignorance and our prejudice. And our failure to imagine these things being done to us. With some noble exceptions, we failed to make the most basic human response and enter into their hearts and minds. We failed to ask—how would I feel if this were done to me? As a consequence, we failed to see that what we were doing degraded all of us. ... We have to give meaning to‘justice’and‘equity’—and,..., we will only give them meaning when we commit ourselves to achieving concrete results." Redfern Speech: Year of the World’s Indigenous People Delivered in Redfern Park by Prime Minister Paul Keating, 10 December 1992

QLD Lot Owners are bound by laws written in the 19 90s designed to make large profits for developers, Real estate agents, and Management Rights Flippers. Queenslanders who own Lots in Body Corporate Arrangements should be offered the same protections as the Lot Owners from other states.

26 women have been killed by a family member in Australia THIS YEAR. We need to direct our tax paying dollars to this reflect this horrifying fact, not spend money on a statue.....

the only reason for fights at stadiums is alcoholic beverages. i know this because when ever i go to an eagles game the people behind me get wasted and try to fight my dad so we have to go home early. we also have to have the stadium security on speed dial. and its really scary for children who just want to enjoy the game. kids shoulden't fear for their own safety while at an event that is supposed to be family friendly but has been ruined by a bunch of guys who are off their faces with god knows what. like, really?

Our children are Australia's future. NDIS is causing heartbreak and pain to families with children who have disabilities and no treatment. Children living with autism are not being given a proper chance to receive adequate early intervention that can change their future. Children with terminal illness that require overnight or 24 hour support have been left without help. It is a sad indictment on a society if they cannot take care of their most vulnerable children. We choose to speak for these kids and demand the NDIS give them a fair go! We will NOT stand by while the Australian government steals our children's futures! We stand united with parents of children with any disabilities that the NDIA is neglecting.

Homelessness and poverty are leading to a significant decline of quality of life, and over 4 MILLION people in Australia live BELOW the poverty line (according to 2014 statistics). http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/by%20Subject/6523.0~2013-14~Feature%20Article~Wealth%20of%20Low%20Income%20Households%20(Feature%20Article)~30. Homelessness rates in 2016 were 1 in 200. That's 105,237 people - including nearly 18,000 children. https://www.homelessnessaustralia.org.au/fact-sheets We will not tolerate a government that tolerates homelessness and poverty.

It's a false economy to not decently support chronically ill people, since the sickness benefit is so low it actually perpetuates a cycle of poverty, stress and excessive loss of basic human needs, exacerbating a persons ability to heal and recover, which then compounds their illness and leads, to a permanent disability long term.

In any situation where people are deprived of their liberty, they become particularly vulnerable to violations of their human rights. In December 2017 the Australian government ratified what is known as the UN Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT). This measure should in effect increase the transparency of institutions and facilities such as immigration detention centres, juvenile detention facilities and prisons with respect of their compliance with human rights law. THE PROBLEM: There is a systemic culture of human rights abuse existent in the present administration of the onshore immigration detention regime by the Department of Immigration & Border Protection which substantially and consistently contravenes rights and protections outlined in International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) articles including: ICCPR Article 9(1): “Everyone has the right to liberty and security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of his liberty except on such grounds and in accordance with such procedure as are established at law.” ICCPR Article 17: “No one shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence.” ICCPR Article 23: “The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.” RIGHTS BREACHES ARISING FROM DETENTION INCLUDE: Immigration detention, unlike a custodial sentence is indeterminate in length and typically sees a detainee being held for periods of at least 9 months on average. Many have remained in detention for years awaiting finalization of their cases. The number of detainees suffering mental and emotional problems as a direct result of their detention is unacceptably high, and these health concerns extend to include many distraught family members. Detainees are routinely moved from centre to centre with no prior warning to the detainee or his/her family. Detainees are estranged from their families as a result of routine relocations to detention centres inaccessible to family members - this includes remote Christmas Island. Detainees so affected have little opportunity for personal contact with family members, many of whom are Australian citizens with lawful rights of protection from the Australian government and its authorities. Many detainees have provided information to DIBP showing evidence warranting their location in close proximity to family members for reasons of health, welfare and compassionate considerations. These legitimate pleas are routinely ignored by DIBP who cite administrative grounds necessitating the placement of detainees in remote detention centres. Visas of long-term permanent residents have been cancelled in numbers not seen since World War 2. Many have significant ties to Australia and have homes and jobs here. They are denied the right to apply for temporary visas and support themselves financially whilst awaiting outcome on their substantive visa. Instead they are detained indefinitely at substantial taxpayer expense. CONCLUSION This is by no means an exhaustive list of concerns; however it should be enough to demonstrate a grave systemic problem with the administration of the detention regime which has spawned a culture of broadly based contravention of human rights and dignity. These concerns have been known to both the Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman and the Australian Human Rights Commission, who have challenged the Department of Immigration & Border Protection on numerous occasions without success. ACTION: The government claims it is committed to preventing mistreatment and human rights abuses in detention centres. Please sign and share our petition and help us to hold them to that stated commitment. End this injustice once and for all.

There are several reasons why there should be no pay gap: > There is no proof that being a mother, makes a woman less productive on the job. > It is a basic human right to be treated fairly! > Equal Work, Unequal Pay... NOT FAIR!!! > Women deserves equal pay as they work as hard as men.