Papers and submissions

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.

Redfern Legal Centre has a long history of providing assistance, advice and advocacy to the local community, including many clients with problems involving access to energy.

From August 2009 to June 2010, RLC undertook a community legal education pilot project about credit and debt in the Marrickville LGA targeting the CALD communities in that municipality.

RLC's submission focused upon three key issues of access and equity in the financial system for vulnerable and disadvantaged consumers - financial exclusion, financial hardship and financial literacy.

Read RLC's submission.

A recurring hindrance to efficient debt recovery process is the pursuit of ‘unrecoverable’ debts.

The submission sets out the broad view of contributors that, while there is room for improvement, FOS is providing an essential service of a high standard and should be congratulated.

The Redfern Legal Centre identifies economic rights as important in the attainment of a just society.