Reports and submissions
2024
March 2024 – State of the Sector survey report 2023–24: A sector in crisis
January 2024 – Community Legal Centres Australia Commonwealth pre-budget submission 2024-25
2023
October 2023 – Submission to the Independent Review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership Agreement
September 2023 – Community Legal Centres Australia submission to the Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework
August 2023 – Community Legal Centres Australia submission to the Independent Review of Commonwealth Disaster Funding
August 2023 – Statement on the worsening rental crisis in Australia
April 2023 – Senate inquiry into the extent and nature of poverty in Australia
February 2023 – Community Legal Centres Australia Submission to the Robodebt Royal Commission
February 2023 –
Submission to the Joint Committee on Law Enforcement inquiry into Australia’s illicit drug problem – challenges and opportunities for law enforcement
2022
2022 – Impacts of COVID-19 on the Community Legal Sector – Paper
2021
2020
July 2020 – Australia’s Human Rights Scorecard: Australia’s 2020 United Nations UPR NGO Coalition Report
2019
2019 – #MeToo: Legal Responses to Sexual Harassment at Work 2019
December 2019 – CLCs Australia Positions on the Global Climate Crisis
March 2019 – Submission to the Review of Coordination and Funding of Financial Counselling Services
2018
November 2018 – Joint NACLC and Financial Counselling Australia Brief – Funding Financial Counselling and Legal Services
October 2018 – Submission to the Indigenous Legal Assistance Program Review 2018
October 2018 – National Submission to the Review of the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services Review 2018
October 2018 – Organisational Submission to the Review of the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services Review 2018
February 2018 – Joint submission to the Religious Freedoms Inquiry
January 2018 – Submission on the Terms of Reference for the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services Review
2017
August 2017 – Submission to Treasury on Proposed DGR Reforms
September 2017 – NACLC submission on the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Discussion Paper, Incarceration Rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
January 2017 – NACLC submission on the consultation on access to retained data in civil proceedings
Selection of older submissions
January 2016 – NACLC submission on same sex marriage exposure draft Bill
August 2016 – Joint NACLC and National Older Persons Legal Services Network submission to ALRC Elder Abuse Issues Paper 47
May 2014 – Joint Submission to the Productivity Commission: Access to Justice Arrangements Inquiry
June 2014 – Supplementary Submission on Law Reform to the Productivity Commission Access to Justice Inquiry
November 2014 – National Human Rights Network Submission to the AHRC on the Rights and Responsibilities Discussion Paper
February 2010 – Submission to the Australian Senate Inquiry into the Welfare Reform and Reinstatement of Racial Discrimination Act Bill 2009
Submissions to the United Nations
2020
July 2020 – Australia’s Human Rights Scorecard: Australia’s 2020 United Nations UPR NGO Coalition Report
2016
August 2016 – NGO coalition submission on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
2015
March 2015 – Joint NGO submission on Aus UPR 2015
2014
2014 – Joint NGO Report on Australia’s Compliance Under the Convention Against Torture
2013
May 2013 – Response to UPR recommendations
2013 – Submission on the Public Consultation on the Human Rights of Older Persons
2012
August 2012 – Joint Australian NGO Submission to UN Human Rights Committee
2010
June 2010 – Australian NGO submission to the UN CERD Committee