Position Paper: Discrimination against victims of family or domestic violence

Redfern Legal Centre strongly supports the development of legislation to protect victims of family and domestic violence under anti-discrimination laws.

Currently, without anti-discrimination services, victims of family and domestic violence face significant barriers in the workplace, access to accommodation and access to goods and services as a result of discriminatory actions taken as a result of their situation. 

Such discrimination puts victims at significant risk of harm and reduces the capacity of individuals to leave abusive situations.

This policy position paper identifies how victims of family and domestic violence experience discrimination and outlines proposed legislative changes to address this.