Papers and submissions

Submissions authored by RLC’s Financial Abuse Service: Submission to the Attorney General’s Department’s consultation on a bankruptcy Minimal Asset Procedure (August 2024)

Redfern Legal Centre's Submission to the 2024 Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarceration System.

Submission to Inquiry into the Impact of the regulatory framework for cannabis in New South Wales

Submission to Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety, Parliament of New South Wales, Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural Communities

Our submission is informed by the experiences of our clients, the majority of whom are people who have had contact with the New South Wales Police Force and the criminal justice system. Some of our clients have been affected by the Roads and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (NSW), which commenced on 1 April 2022.

Submission to Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into the challenges and opportunities within the Australian live music industry.

Submission to the Legislative Council inquiry into the equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient and community mental health care in New South Wales.

Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumer Action Law Centre and RLC have made joint submissions on further changes needed to protect the medically and financially vulnerable.

RLC’s policy submission in response to the Interim Report to the Australian Government strongly supports the enshrinement of a First Nations Voice in the Australian Constitution. 

In November, RLC provided responses to the proposed suite of changes to Australia’s consumer credit framework contained in the National Consumer Credit Protection Act 2009 (Cth).