Papers and submissions

In the year of 2011-2012, 6.1% of Redfern Legal Centre’s clients identified as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 30.6% were of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.  Our clients bring to us their life experience of discrimination and vilification. Racial...

Redfern Legal Centre has been working with and advocating for tenants at risk of homelessness for over 20 years.  Over that time we have assisted a large number of tenants who have fallen into arrears to successfully negotiate repayment plans...

Redfern Legal Centre supports the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 and provided commends in relation to aspects which are relevant to the experience of our clients. RLC has a particular focus on human rights and social justice, and this submission...

Redfern Legal Centre has been campaigning for legislative protection for boarders and lodgers and other marginal renters for more than 20 years. Our submission is informed by our long history of assisting people who are not covered by the provisions...

In the year of 2011-2012, 6.1% of Redfern Legal Centre’s clients identified as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 30.6% were of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.  Our clients bring to us their life experience of discrimination and vilification. Racial...

RLC’s submission is based on The Civil Society Report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  The aim of our joint submission (compiled on behalf of a cooperative body of Disability Representative, Advocacy, Legal and Human Rights...

RLC and the Australian Human Rights Centre welcome the consolidation of federal human rights and discrimination laws into a single Act, with greater consistency and simplicity.  We support the passage of the Bill, while submitting that some further improvements can be...

The Redfern Legal Centre identifies economic rights as important in the attainment of a just society. For this reason, RLC has continued to emphasise casework delivery to people in relation to banking, credit and debt problems.  Credit is an area...

RLC and Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (Sydney WDVCAS) made a submission to the Legislative Council Select Committee Inquiry into the partial defence of provocation.  The submission recommended that the partial defence of provocation be abolished and the law of self-defence be reformed...

Redfern Legal Centre has been campaigning for legislative protection for boarders and lodgers and other marginal renters for more than 20 years. In 2010 we published the Boarders and Lodgers Legal Information Kit, an essential guide to help navigate through...