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RLC strongly supports the reform of this procedure and functions of the State Debt Recovery Office to engage with vulnerable people in a way more helpful to the public interest.  Our submission: agrees with the argument for a...

RLC has a particular interest in debt and credit matters and in this regard, we have long been aware of the important role for representative proceedings and the significant place of ‘cy pres’ orders in achieving just outcomes.  Our view...

RLC’s annual report provides an overview of our work, our advocacy and our financial position for the fiscal year.

Utility debts have always been a significant proportion of the matters presenting to the Centre. Since the introduction of competition in the telecommunication industry and the proliferation of products in the marketplace, a new range of problems has emerged regarding...

The RLC opposes any increase in the sentencing jurisdiction of the Local Court.  RLC provides representation to people in court who have been charged with criminal offences in selected matters only and generally refers clients to other bodies. These other bodies may include the...

This is a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission and NSW Law Reform Commission Family Violence Inquiry by the Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS). The Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (SWDVCAS) is well placed...

RLC’s annual report provides an overview of our work, our advocacy and our financial position for the fiscal year.

We continue to support the Commonwealth legislation to regulate all credit and mortgages, and continue to believe that State Courts and Tribunals should retain some power to hear minor credit and mortgage matters in their own jurisdictions. RLC submitted that...

One of our goals at RLC is to identify the inequalities in laws, the legal system, administrative practice and society as a whole that affect RLC’s clients and disadvantaged people generally, and work to remove those inequalities. RLC submitted that a...

This submission was made on behalf of Redfern Legal Centre’s Credit and Debt Service. We congratulated the Australian Government for moving so quickly to address consumer protection issues in relation to credit products and services. Our views in summary We...