In well-developed, democratic countries such as our own, we have long won the battle of establishing formal political and legal equality for all. However, as Greg Mackay points out, the struggle of making this equality an everyday reality for many people in our society is far from over. His article refers to the report No vagrancy: an examination of the impact of the criminal justice system on people living in poverty in Queensland by Tamara Walsh from the University of Queenland. A link to this report is below.