Papers and submissions

RLC is calling for urgent measures to avoid a humanitarian crisis by addressing the serious vulnerabilities within this community, which are being magnified by the current health crisis. RLC’s International Student Legal Service NSW (ISLS) is seeing an increase in...

RLC first made submissions to the Religious Freedom Bills consultation on 2 October 2019, detailing a number of our concerns. On 31 January 2020, we made further submissions on the second exposure draft of the Bills. RLC’s position While RLC supports...

On 2 October 2019, RLC made a submission to the Attorney-General on the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019. Background In late August 2019, the Australian...

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling for immediate amendments to NSW strip-search laws as research reveals an almost twentyfold increase in strip searches in almost 12 years. The Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police report, commissioned by RLC, and prepared...

Kingsford Legal Centre, Redfern Legal Centre, Women’s Legal Service NSW and the National Association of Community Legal Centres have released a comprehensive report on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates 1 in...

A Health Justice Partnership in Inner-city Sydney: Attendance patterns and client perceptions. A report prepared by Carolyn Day PhD and Maja Moensted PhD. Affiliation: Addiction Medicine, The University of Sydney Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The  University...

RLC focuses on the impact of current evidentiary requirements for the early release of superannuation benefits on victims of family and domestic violence. In this submission, RLC focuses on the impact of current evidentiary requirements for the early release of...

In this submission, RLC focuses on the impact of irresponsible lending practices on consumers in response to the ASIC Consultation Paper on Credit Cards and Responsible Lending Assessments. In July 2018, ASIC released a consultation paper regarding their proposal for an amended...

RLC’s Inner Sydney Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Service (ISTAAS) provides responses to the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and Amendment (Review) Bill 2018. Our position paper examines the impact of current and proposed legislation under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 on residents of NSW; specifically...

In this submission, RLC focuses on the impact of irresponsible lending practices on consumers in response to the ASIC Consultation Paper on Credit Cards and Responsible Lending Assessments. In July 2018, ASIC released a consultation paper regarding their proposal for an amended...