Belinda Kochanowska
For using the law to support people with disability, often reversing decisions that forced people into shared housing.
About this finalist
- Year: 2025
- Level: Finalist
- Award category: Law Award
About the 2025 nomination
Belinda is a human rights lawyer and founder of Intrepidus Law, a disability rights law firm. She uses the law to achieve life changing support for people with disability, often reversing decisions that force people into shared housing.
Her 2024 testimony before the senate inquiry on the NDIS Amendment Bill highlighted the impact of reforms on women with disability and unpaid carers, and a lack of procedural fairness and appeal rights.
Belinda restores dignity, autonomy and freedom from degrading treatment for her clients.
About the Human Rights Awards
The Australian Human Rights Awards is an inspirational showcase of the best in all of us. The Awards honour and celebrate diverse human rights heroes and significant achievements in protecting and promoting human rights in Australia.