Papers and submissions

Comments on the Federal Government’s draft Homelessness Bill 2012 RLC welcomes the introduction of an exposure draft bill that identifies the need to address homelessness in Australia through legislative reform. From the experience of RLC specialist tenancy workers, RLC has...

RLC’s submission took into account that any discussion about improving Australia’s law and justice framework relating to contracts will require careful consideration to any detail, and hence further consultation.  Many of our specialist areas involve an application of contract law, especially credit and debit...

RLC made a submission to the April 2012 Treasury Discussion Paper ‘Strategies for reducing reliance on high-cost, short-term, small amount lending’.  RLC identifies economic rights as important in the attainment of a just society and we have long recognised  that...

In RLC’s view the exposure draft National Human Rights Action Plan mostly lists existing and proposed Commonwealth and Victorian programs, rather than a plan to strengthen Australian human rights protections in a systemic way. The RLC agrees welcomes the commitment to improving...

RLC made a submission with the National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) in response to the Attorney-General Department’s Consolidation of Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination Laws Discussion Paper. The submission made recommendations in relation to each of the 30 questions posed in the Discussion...

On 16 December 2011 Phoenix van Dyke from our Inner Sydney Tenants Advice and Advocacy Service and Natalie Ross from our general legal service appeared before the Standing Committee on Law and Justice to give evidence for the Inquiry. RLC’s tenancy...

RLC values the work done by Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) in addressing the systemic issues underlying our clients’ individual issues. RLC has had many clients with problems involving telecommunications, from matters of simple over-commitment through t matters involving...

The government sought comments on the Bill, which proposes to amend the Credit Law as they affect a number of areas including hardship provisions, reverse mortgages, consumer leases and small amount credit cards. This submission incorporated our previous submission to...

In this submission we argued that the introduction of laws to cover people that fall outside of the Residential Tenancy Act 2012 (NSW), while benefiting many residents on NSW, would be of great benefit to international students.  In our long...

RLC has a priority access policy for ATSI clients. In 2010, we provided legal services to some 3000 individuals from Redfern and surrounding areas, approximately 200 of whom identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.  Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy...