Papers and submissions

RLC’s submission to the Department of Education’s “Redesigning VET FEE HELP” process called on the Government to establish a Vocational Education and Training Ombudsman.

Redfern Legal Centre made a submission to the Australian Consumer Law Review

RLC wrote a submission for the Federal Treasury's Review of Small Amount Credit Contract Laws and Comparable Consumer Leases ('SACC Review') in October.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the NSW Government’s report, Racial Vilification Law in New South Wales.

Our submission to this inquiry - Willing to Work - emphasises the ongoing difficulties faced at an institutional and systemic level for people with disability and older people to engage productively in the workforce.

RLC’s submission calls for better consumer protections in the regulations governing pay day lending and consumer lease services.

RLC is acutely concerned with the impact of financial abuse on vulnerable women, having directly observed its demoralising effect upon vulnerable and traumatised women.

RLC's submission highlights limited funding available to legal service providers and over-policing leading to an overrepresentation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals within the criminal justice system.

RLC’s submission focuses upon the impact of unscrupulous marketing and promotional practices on vulnerable and disadvantaged consumers.

In this submission, we emphasise the prevalence of pregnancy discrimination in the workplace, provide some case examples, and discuss parental leave.