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RLC strongly supports the reform of this procedure and functions of the State Debt Recovery Office to engage with vulnerable people in a way more helpful to the public interest.

RLC has a particular interest in debt and credit matters and in this regard, we have long been aware of the important role for representative proceedings and the significant place of 'cy pres' orders in achieving just outcomes.

Utility debts have always been a significant proportion of the matters presenting to the Centre.

The RLC opposes any increase in the sentencing jurisdiction of the Local Court.

This is a submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission and NSW Law Reform Commission Family Violence Inquiry by the Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service (WDVCAS).

We continue to support the Commonwealth legislation to regulate all credit and mortgages, and continue to believe that State Courts and Tribunals should retain some power to hear minor credit and mortgage matters in their own jurisdictions.

One of our goals at RLC is to identify the inequalities in laws, the legal system, administrative practice and society as a whole that affect RLC's clients and disadvantaged people generally, and work to remove those inequalities.

This submission was made on behalf of Redfern Legal Centre's Credit and Debt Service.

This submission was addressed to SCOCA Australian Consumer Law Consultation Competition and Consumer Policy Division Treasury.

Redfern Legal Centre has a long-standing and close engagement with various communities affected by child abuse in the Redfern and South Sydney area.