This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Stop Discrimination of Ex-offenders in the Workplace
Review the Practices Regarding the Reporting of Non-Violent Crimes in the Media
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Every non-violent person should have a right to earn a living, feed their families, work towards a better future and contribute to the society in which they live. This is the ideal under which the rehabilitation of offenders’ act 1974 was built. However, in the google ages we must reassess the capability with which this law can protect ex-offenders from discrimination. Ultimately by printing full names, addresses and details of offences in the media.
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