Community legal sector statement on the NDIS Bill
You don’t secure a safety net by cutting holes in it.You don’t rush life-threatening decisions. All people deserve autonomy, safety, and fair access to community life. The Federal Government’s NDIS Bill will give effect to changes that would deny these rights to many people with disability and rip gaping new holes in our essential safety […]
National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Network submission to the inquiry into racism, hate and violence
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Network made a submission to the Inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. The submission explains that racism targeted at First Nations people is not just one-off incidents of racist individuals using violence, discrimination, or harmful words. Racism is structural: […]
Australia must step up and keep kids safe
As Australia’s appearance before the United Nations Human Rights Council for its Universal Periodic Review draws near, Candice Hughes, Principal Solicitor at YFS Legal, shares some reflections on her work with children impacted by the child detention system, and the Australian Government’s obligations to keep kids safe. On 26 January 2026, Australia will again stand […]
Vision for Justice
Vision for Justice September 2025 Community Legal Centres Australia’s Vision for Justice sets out the common systemic barriers our sector sees preventing the people and communities we work with from accessing justice. Against these barriers, we set out our vision for how things could look if governments and communities worked together to remove them. The […]
Australia’s human rights record under scrutiny through 2025–26 UN Universal Periodic Review
Australia’s Universal Periodic Review 2025-26 Australia’s human rights record will face scrutiny in January 2026 when the Australian Government appears before the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva for its major human rights review, called the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR provides an opportunity for Australian civil society organisations to influence the Australian […]
Australia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review: Joint NGO Report on behalf of the Australian NGO Coalition
Submission to the Fair Work Commission’s gender undervaluation priority awards review
First Nations Justice Network submission to the Senate Inquiry into Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities
First Nations Justice Network submission to the Senate Inquiry into Measuring Outcomes for First Nations Communities
Download submission pdf About the submission This submission gifts to the inquiry the voices and stories of members of the National Community Legal Sector First Nations Justice Network. Network membership is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers from the national community legal sector movement. Members of the network have created this submission collaboratively […]