Aboriginal man takes public housing eviction to Human Rights Commission alleging racism

Federal court order prevents West Australian man and his family from being evicted while his complaint is being heard

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An Aboriginal man who alleges his eviction from public housing in Western Australia is racial discrimination has been granted an injunction in the federal court, allowing him to stay at the property while he takes his complaint to the Australian Human Rights Commission.

John Abraham, a Noongar man, made a complaint to the Human Rights Commission against the WA Housing Authority in August after he received a without grounds" termination notice, commonly called a no-grounds eviction notice. It requested he leave the public housing property he has lived in since 2020, the court heard on Friday.