End shackling during childbirth - Childbirth is sacred. But right now, across the country, people in custody can still be shackled while giving birth.

Childbirth is one of the hardest things a person can experience. Shackling people during childbirth is medically dangerous, traumatising, degrading and unnecessary.

Lidia Thorpe has introduced a Bill to Parliament to outlaw this abusive practice and create better standards for how people in custody are treated.

Make a submission to the inquiry about this Bill. https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Shackling_2026

The Senate is holding an inquiry into this Bill, and your voice can help make the case for change.

Anyone can make a submission. You can share your experiences, concerns or reasons for supporting the Bill, and this will inform the report that will be delivered to the Albanese government.

This inquiry is an opportunity for truth-telling. Your story is valuable in ensuring the truth is heard.

It is also possible to make a confidential or anonymous submission.

Submissions close: 14 September

End Strip Searching of Children All children must be treated with dignity. Children should never be strip searched.

But right now, across the country, children are still regularly subjected to violent and degrading strip searches by police and prison authorities. For children who have already experienced violence, sexual abuse or trauma, this invasive practice can be profoundly retraumatising.

That’s why Lidia Thorpe has introduced a Bill to Parliament to outlaw it.

The Crimes Amendment (Prohibiting the Strip Searching of Children) Bill 2026 would ban strip searches of anyone under 18 under any circumstances.

Children must be protected from trauma and abuse, including when they are in custody.

Make a submission to the inquiry about this Bill https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/StripSearching2026

The Senate is holding an inquiry into this Bill, and your voice can help make the case for change.

Anyone can make a submission. You can share your experiences, concerns or reasons for supporting the Bill, and this will inform the report that will be delivered to the Albanese government.

This inquiry is an opportunity for truth-telling. Your story is valuable in ensuring the truth is heard.

It is also possible to make a confidential or anonymous submission.

Submissions close: 14 September 2026