Indigenous issues

policy archive

2024

Letter to Members of the Legislative Council - Bail and Crimes Amendment Bill 2…
Letter to NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure - Discussion p…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - 2024 National Pro Bono Target Review - 16 …

2023

Letter to Law Council of Australia - Independent Review of the National Legal A…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Review of the National Agreement on Closin…
Letter to Department of Customer Service – Improving NSW rental laws consultat…
Letter to Minister for Agriculture - Commencement of Schedule 1 of the Fisherie…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Inquiry into the Aboriginal and Torres Str…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Privacy Act Review Report - 20 March 2023

2022

Letter to Department of Customer Service - Statutory review of the domestic vio…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Inquiry into missing and murdered First Na…
Letter to the Inquiry into the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage (Culture is Identit…
Letter to Department of Communities and Justice - Family is culture legislative…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Inquiry into the domestic application of t…
Letter to Department of Communities and Justice - Evaluation of the Walama List…

2021

Letter to Law Council of Australia - Proposed model definition of family violen…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Operationalising the National Strategic F…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Draft National Plan to Reduce Violence aga…
Letter to Select Committee - Inquiry into the coronial jurisdiction in NSW - 25…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Family Law Amendment (Federal Family Viol…

2020

Letter to NSW Parliament’s Joint Committee on Children and Young People - Inqui…
Letter to Law Council of Australia – Consumer credit reforms – 23 November 2020
Letter to Select Committee - Inquiry into the High Level of First Nations Peopl…
Letter to Crown Land Commissioner - Draft State Strategic Plan for Crown Land -…
Letter to Select Committee – Inquiry into high levels of First Nations people i…
Letter to Productivity Commission - Draft Indigenous Evaluation Strategy - 7 Au…

2019

Letter to Aboriginal Housing Office - Draft Strategic Framework for Aboriginal…
Letter to the NSW Premier - Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project - 9 January …
Letter to FACS - Guardianship Taskforce - 6 February 2019
Letter to SGAC - Unfinished Business – implementing report recommendations - 2…
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Productivity Commission Inquiry into Menta…
Letter to NSW Sentencing Council - Repeat traffic offenders - 2 April 2019

2018

Letter to Law Council of Australia - Review of the early release of superannuat…
Letter to NSW Law Reform Commission - Review of the Guardianship Act 1987 - Dra…
Submission - Inquiry into the adequacy of youth diversionary programs in NSW
Letter to NSW Attorney General - Walama Court Proposal
Letter to Law Council of Australia - Closing the Gap Refresh Public Discussion…
Letter to Legal Aid NSW - Legal Aid NSW review of fees

2017

Consultation draft terms of reference - Australian Law Reform Commission inquir…
Australian Law Reform Commission Elder Abuse Discussion Paper
Indigenous incarceration rates and justice targets
Parliamentary inquiry into a better family law system to support and protect th…
Exposure draft Aboriginal Languages Bill 2017
Inquiry into the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 20…

2016

Inquiry into the Legislative Council committee system
Consultation paper Institutional responses to child sexual abuse in out of home…
National framework to improve accessibility to Australian courts
Australian National Standards for Working with Interpreters in Courts and Tribu…
Inquiry into Crown Land
Inquiry into child protection

2015

Commonwealth Legal Assistance Funding
Australia's draft CERD and ICESCR Reports
Proposed measures relating to crime and anti social behaviour in public housing
Commonwealth legal assistance funding community legal centres
Funding for the ALS NSW ACT Custody Notification Service
NSW Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme Discussion Paper

2014

Child Protection Legislation Amendment Bill 2013
Review of the use of the consorting provisions by the NSW police force
Ombudsman's Review of the use of the consorting provisions by the NSW Police Fo…
Funding Cuts to NSW Court System
Exposure draft Freedom of Speech (Repeal of S.18C) Bill 2014
Victims Rights and Support Act 2013

2013

Senate Committee Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment Bill 2012
Child Protection Legislative Reform Proposals Discussion Paper
Letter to Attorneys General re support of ALS 24 hr legal advice phone line
Legal parentage of children under the Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)
Royal Commission Issues Paper 1 - Working with Children Check
Just Terms Compensation Legislation Review - Consultation Paper

2012

Tax treatment of native title benefits Income tax exemption
Exposure Draft Proposed amendments to the Native Title Act 1993
Exposure draft of the Human Rights and Anti Discrimination Bill 2012
Guardian ad Litem Panel Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples