Papers and submissions

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.

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.

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

RLC addresses in its submission the following topics: anti-discrimination law; general protections provisions of the FW Act; employment law; and particular disability communities.

Redfern Legal Centre has a long history of providing legal services to members of the local community who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, or have a culturally and linguistically diverse background.

In this submission, we describe the prevalence and the impact of racial vilification, using a number of case examples. We recommend the retention of the existing s 18C.

Redfern Legal Centre supports the Fair Work Amendment Bill 2013 and provided commends in relation to aspects which are relevant to the experience of our clients.

In the year of 2011-2012, 6.1% of Redfern Legal Centre's clients identified as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and 30.6% were of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

RLC's submission is based on The Civil Society Report on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).