Papers and submissions

RLC’s  Inner Sydney Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service (ISTAAS) made submissions to the NSW Department of Planning and Environment regarding the Waterloo Estate (South) Planning Proposal. The submission argues that systemic racism runs through child protection, policing, and the justice...

This report summarises ten years of data on strip searches and drug dog detection in New South Wales, and makes recommendations for change.Because data on strip searches—and the breakdown of drugs found during these searches—is not publicly available, Redfern Legal...

The Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS) welcomes the opportunity to make this submission on the above Issues Paper regarding non-compete and related clauses in employment contracts (Issues Paper). We consent to this submission being published. Any case studies in this...

The Employment Rights Legal Service thanks the Review Panel and the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for the opportunity to provide a submission on the review of the operation of the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay)...

The Employment Rights Legal Service thanks the Modern Slavery Committee and the Parliament of New South Wales for the opportunity to provide a submission to the inquiry into modern slavery risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional...

The Employment Rights Legal Service thanks the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations for the opportunity to provide a submission to potential reforms addressing corporate misuse of the Fair Entitlements Guarantee.

Evaluation of Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS) for Inner City Legal Centre, Kingsford Legal Centre, and Redfern Legal Centre Since its inception in 2021, the Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS) has supported thousands of workers who have been targeted for...

Redfern Legal Centre obtained a list of NSW Police Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and guidelines through freedom of information laws. NSW Police have not made these documents publicly available.

In case you missed it, we hosted a seminar on the new Costs Protection Laws established under the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023. These laws, passed in September 2024The new laws establish an ‘equal access’ costs...

The Human Rights Law Centre and Redfern Legal Centre’s submission to the Victorian Government’s consultation on proposed legislation to restrict the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) in workplace sexual harassment cases.