Law reform
RLC works to make positive changes to the law and the legal system in each of our specialised areas of practice. Our law reform work is informed by our clients’ experience of the legal system, and follows priorities set out in our 2020-2025 Strategic Plan.
Learn more about current law reform priorities and submissions undertaken by RLC.
Current focus areas
Recent law reform submissions
A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.
A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.
A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.
A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.
A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.
A pioneering national study has shed light on the hidden toll of coerced business debt, revealing how business structures are weaponised to perpetrate financial abuse, resulting in long-term economic hardship.
Law reform news
Media Release: The NSW Supreme Court Confirms the “Bare Minimum” Test for COVID Fines.
Today the NSW Supreme Court published its reasons in a test case about COVID-19 fines. The decision clarifies the requirements necessary for a fine to...
Media alert: Forum in NSW Parliament will host families and experts calling for improved emergency...
The National Justice Project (NJP), Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) are hosting an expert forum,...
Media Release: Over-Policing Thwarts Music Festivals
Another music festival cancellation shows the effect of over-policing on the music festival industry. Announcing yesterday the cancellation of the Rock in Rio festival, organisers...
NSW police strip searched 1,546 children in seven years
Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has released a new report that reveals over a thousand children (aged 10-17 years) have been strip searched by NSW Police...