Queensland’s new Human Rights Act and the right to access health services

• 1 Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
• 2 Queensland Centre for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (QCIDD), University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD
• 3 Health Support Program, Sisters Inside, Brisbane, QLD

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