Papers and submissions

A coalition of concerned community legal centres and civil society organisations have called on governments to make pre-election commitments to end the exploitation of migrant workers. 

RLC and Kingsford Legal Centre and have jointly made submissions to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security.

RLC's submission makes 16 recommendations in response to concerns identified during the 2016 Inquiry, and provides client case studies that further highlight our concerns.

RLC has made submissions to the recent Senate Inquiry into consumer credit reforms. 

RLC's submission highlights our concerns about the effectiveness of the current processes identified in the Strategy in supporting the prevention of homelessness

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.

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.

A comprehensive report on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces.

In this submission, Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) addresses a Bill to allow Centrelink to make deductions from a tenant’s welfare payment to satisfy debts claimed by the social housing provider.

This submission, written by RLC’s discrimination solicitor Dr Linda Tucker, draws on RLC's earlier submissions in addressing the terms of this Inquiry.¹ We also thank Ting Lim, a solicitor and volunteer on RLC’s discrimination advice night.