Resources
Understanding Money Matters: A Credit & Debt Project for culturally and linguistically diverse communities
From August 2009 to June 2010, RLC undertook a community legal education pilot project about credit and debt in the Marrickville LGA targeting the CALD communities in that municipality. The objectives of the project were to: Identify unmet credit and...
Zheng’s Story: International students can be vulnerable to exploitation in housing
Zheng is an international student who rented a property with her friends. They encountered many problems with the person claiming to be the landlord. Watch Zheng’s story to see how her problems were resolved.
Submission: Equality, Capacity and Disability in Commonwealth Laws
RLC addresses in its submission the following topics: anti-discrimination law; general protections provisions of the FW Act; employment law; and particular disability communities.
Discussion Paper: Response to the Financial System Inquiry
RLC’s submission focused upon three key issues of access and equity in the financial system for vulnerable and disadvantaged consumers – financial exclusion, financial hardship and financial literacy. Read RLC’s Discussion Paper in Response to the Financial System Inquiry.
Submission: In Response to the Inquiry into the Impact of Gambling
Read RLC’s submission.
Submission: Debt Recovery in NSW
A recurring hindrance to efficient debt recovery process is the pursuit of ‘unrecoverable’ debts. These are situations where consumers are long-term welfare dependent with low prospects of fulltime employment, increased earning capacity or improved future financial position. In particular,...
Submission: Ensuring Access to Justice for Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era
It is our position that a statutory cause of action for serious invasions of privacy is a necessary and overdue legislative reform that enhances and protects an individual’s right to privacy in the 21st century. Our main...
Submission: Federal Attorney-General’s Consultation about Proposed Amendments to s 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act...
Redfern Legal Centre has a long history of providing legal services to members of the local community who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, or have a culturally and linguistically diverse background. Many of Redfern Legal Centre’s clients have...
Submission: Submission to the Select Committee on Social, Public and Affordable Housing
Our submission is grounded in our experience with tenants in the Sydney area, and will focus primarily on the impact that current and proposed HNSW and LAHC policies have, and could have on socially disadvantaged tenants. RLC’s submission is informed...
Video: International Student Guide to Sharehousing
Are you an international student studying in NSW? This short video steps you through the legal basics of share-housing from moving in, what to do when something goes wrong, to moving out. Redfern Legal Centre’s International Student Service can also...