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Redfern Legal Centre has been working with and advocating for tenants at risk of homelessness for over 20 years.

Redfern Legal Centre has been campaigning for legislative protection for boarders and lodgers and other marginal renters for more than 20 years.

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).

RLC and the Australian Human Rights Centre welcome the consolidation of federal human rights and discrimination laws into a single Act, with greater consistency and simplicity.

Redfern Legal Centre has been campaigning for legislative protection for boarders and lodgers and other marginal renters for more than 20 years.

Comments on the Federal Government’s draft Homelessness Bill 2012

In RLC's view the exposure draft National Human Rights Action Plan mostly lists existing and proposed Commonwealth and Victorian programs, rather than a plan to strengthen Australian human rights protections in a systemic way.

RLC made a submission with the National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) in response to the Attorney-General Department's Consolidation of Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination Laws Discussion Paper.