Submissions

Foundation House has contributed to, and produced, the following statements regarding issues of concern and submissions to inquiries conducted by Commonwealth and State Parliaments and other public bodies:

• Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System (2019)
• Public Statement regarding Medivac Bill (2019)
• FASSTT Submission regarding Australian Citizenship 2018 (2018)
• Statement regarding agreement between Australia and the USA about the resettlement of refugees from PNG and Nauru (2016)
• Statement regarding people transferred by Australia to Papua New Guinea and Nauru (2016)
• Statement regarding the settlement of refugees in Australia (2016)
• Letter to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop supporting the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the Convention Against Torture (2015)
• Submission to the Victorian 10 Year Mental Health Strategy (2015)
• Submission to the Royal Commission into Family Violence (2015)
• Submission relating to Migration Amendment (Maintaining the Good Order of Immigration Detention Facilities) Bill (2015)
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment Bill (Provisions) (2014)
• FASSTT submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission National Inquiry Into Children in Immigration Detention (2014)
• Foundation House and the Association for the Prevention of Torture submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Protection and Other Measures) Bill (2014)
• Foundation House submission to the Reference Group on Welfare Reform’s Interim Report to the Minister for Social Services (“A New System for Better Employment and Social Outcomes”) (2014)
• Submission to IHPA Draft work program the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority (IHPA) Draft Work Program 2014-15 (2014)
• Victoria Police community consultation on Field Contact policy and cross-cultural training (2013)
• Inquiry into the Migration Amendment (Regaining Control Over Australia’s Protection Obligations) Bill (2013)