2022 submissions

Legal Aid’s advocacy work doesn’t stop when we leave the court room. We work hard to identify how the legal system is working for our clients, and where it needs to be better. We meet with, and write to, government and parliament, to make sure they know about the issues that impact our clients. You can see our submissions below.

General

• NLA DRC - National Legal Aid submission to Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, November 2022
  
  
• Letter to Commonwealth AG re draft National Principles to Address Coercive Control -  Legal Aid NSW submission to the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022, November 2022
  
  
• Criminalising Coercive Control in NSW – Exposure Draft Bill -  Legal Aid NSW submission to the NSW Department of Communities and Justice, August 2022

Criminal Law

• Fraud and fraud-related offences - Legal Aid NSW submission to the NSW Sentencing Council, November 2022
  
  
• Bail: show cause - firearms offences & criminal associations - Legal Aid NSW submission to the NSW Law Reform Commission, September 2022
  
  
• Raise the age of criminal responsibility - National Raise the Age Campaign submission to the Federal Government, July 2022
  
  
• Draft Crimes Amendment (Prohibition on Display of Nazi Symbols) Bill 2022 – Legal Aid NSW submission to the Department of Communities and Justice, May 2022
  
  
• Draft Children (Detention Centres) Amendment (Warrants) Regulation 2022 – Legal Aid NSW submission to the Department of Communities and Justice, March 2022
  
  
• Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence and Other Measures) Bill 2022 - Legal Aid NSW submission to the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department, February 2022

Civil Law

• Issues affecting prisoners with disability in NSW - Legal Aid NSW submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, December 2022
  
  
• Proposed Guidance Note on using subsection 7.21 of the 2014 Code and paragraph 84 of the 2020 Code - Legal Aid NSW submission to the General Insurance Code Governance Committee, February 2022
  
  
• Consultation Regulation Impact Statement: Improving the effectiveness of the consumer guarantee and supplier indemnification provisions under the Australian Consumer Law - Legal Aid NSW submission to Treasury, February 2022
  
  
• Consultation Paper 350 - Consumer remediation: Further consultation - Legal Aid NSW submission to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission, February 2022
   
• Regulating Buy Now, Pay Later in Australia - National Legal Aid submission to Treasury Consultation, December 2022

Family Law

• Review of domestic violence provisions in the Residential Tenancies Act - Legal Aid NSW submission to the NSW Department of Customer Service, December 2022
  
  
• Letter to Senate Education and Em_ Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic violence Leave) Bill 2022 - Legal Aid NSW submission to the Senate Education and Employment Committees regarding Fair Work Amendment (Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave) Bill 2022, August 2022
  
  
• Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Amendment (Family is Culture Review) Bill 2022 – Legal Aid NSW submission to the Department of Communities and Justice, March 2022