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Agricultural Chemicals ReviewCampaign to improve assessment and regulation of agricultural chemical use in Tasmania, including submission on proposed spraying regulations. |
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Anti-Poverty Week Lunch Barwon Community Legal Service wanted to promote discussion and action about poverty in Australia and around the world. We marked Anti-Poverty Week 2010 by organising a free community BBQ at our local Salvation Army. People were given the opportunity to record concerns/issues that keep people in poverty and/or sign template letters relating to local issues. These letters were sent to local MPs and the event attracted local media. |
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Banning Canal Estates Campaign to support the proposed introduction of a prohibition on canal estate development in Tasmania |
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Boarders & Lodgers Law Reform A campaign to introduce legislation to cover boarders and lodgers in NSW. The campaign involved submissions to politicians, engaging in policy debate, running test cases at the CTTT (eg on the definition of boarders and lodgers as exclusions to the Residential Tenancy Act 2010, or to have boarders and lodgers covered by the General Division of the CTTT), and the development of a Legal Remedies Kit that highlights the inadequacy of current remedies for boarders and lodgers. |
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Boys, you wanna give me some action? ‘Boys, you wanna give me some action?’: Interventions into Policing of Racialised Communities in Melbourne examined African young peoples’ experience of policing in three regions of Melbourne, including the Western suburbs. It found that ‘community policing’ initiatives do not ameliorate the commonly identified negative impacts of traditional over-policing practices. In fact, the relationships fostered between police and African young people through community policing initiatives were often used for intelligence gathering purposes and were ultimately damaging for the young people involved, leading in some cases to criminal proceedings. |
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Climate Change Act The EDO worked to improve the design of the Climate Change Act before it was introduced in 2010, and then to prevent the State Government winding it back in 2011-12. |
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Climate Change Law The EDO is undertaking a number of activities to ensure climate change laws are effective in tackling climate change and will not lead to negative environmental outcomes. The main laws are the Carbon Farming Initiative legislation, Victorian Climate Change Act and proposed Federal carbon price. Activities include assisting the community and peak environment groups to understand the proposed laws so that they can effectively engage with government on their development, making law reform submissions to government and holding public education forums. |
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Coastal Management Reform Campaign in response to government failure to deliver State Coastal Policy, urging development of a comprehensive coastal management framework |
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Collaborating to enhance access to justice-planning for the future Legal aid commissions, community legal centres and the private legal profession are key members of Australia's access to justice sector. Together, these organisations have made various forms of legal information, advice and assistance available to many Australians. The access to justice sector now faces a range of challenges - some new, some old, some local, some global. This panel discussion on 10 May 2013 brings together policy makers, practitioners and researchers to discuss how those concerned with access to justice can constructively work together to respond to these challenges. Panel members include:
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Compensation for non-economic loss Tenants NSW became aware of the decision of the NSW Court of Appeal in Insight Vacations Pty Ltd v Young that proceedings relating to 'distress and disappointment' are subject to the Civil Liability Act 2002, and formed the view that this may severely limit tenants' proceedings for compensation. Tenants NSW made submissions to the Minister for Fair Trading and the Attorney General seeking an exemption from the Civil Liability Act 2002 for proceedings under the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and the Residential Parks Act 1998. |
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Draft National Human Rights Action Plan Kingsford Legal Centre made a submission to the Attorney-General’s Department on its draft National Human Rights Action Plan. The Plan is the Australian Government’s main response to the National Human Rights Consultation. In addition to commenting on specific actions, we expressed our concern about the lack of broader policy goals and measurable performance indicators in the Plan. We also wrote to the NSW Attorney-General to express our concern about the absence of any actions from NSW within the Plan. |
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Environmental Law Fact Sheets The EDO has prepared a range of fact sheets covering various aspects of environmental law, including: 1. NSW Planning Laws 2. Commonwealth Environmental Laws 3. Pollution 4. Natural Resources 5. Biodiversity 6. Heritage 7. Aboriginal Law 8. Government Accountability 9. Advocacy |
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Environmental Law Workshops The EDO presents a range of community workshops on various aspects of environmental law. The workshops aim to inform the community about particular environmental laws and empower the community to use the law to protect the environment. |
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Experiences of the police complaints system in NSW The survey aims to collect data about experiences with, and perceptions of, the NSW police complaints system, both positive and negative. Responses were collected through an online survey open to advocates working in the community and social sector, as well as lawyers. Responses closed in Dec 2011. The results will be reported in professional law and psychology journals and at scholarly conferences, and will inform recommendations about possible changes to the current system. |
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Failure to Protect Laws Submission Submission to Department of Justice expressing concern at proposed 'failure to protect' laws. |
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Family Violence SubmissionSubmission to Office of Women's Policy, Department of Human Services, to provide comment on the Action Plan Consultation Framework for Addressing Violence Against Women and their Children, Victoria. Source: Peninsula Community Legal Centre |
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Interaction with the Western Australian Criminal Justice System by People Affected by Mental Illness or ImpairmentThe negative consequences and disadvantage people with a mental illness suffer are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the (Mentally Impaired Accused) Act 1996 (WA). This Act creates a paternalistic and archaic regime of exclusion, punishment and discrimination with far reaching consequences for the fundamental rights and freedoms of people affected by mental illness and/or impairment in Western Australia. |
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Introduction agents - consumer protection The project is a law reform and legal policy project to advocate for better protection for consumers in relation to dealings with introductions agents, either by a legislative instrument and the use of standard form contracts, licensing, etc. |
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Is Community A Crime? Is Community A Crime? captured the proceedings from a 2008 public forum on the community impacts of anti terrorism laws and policing. Representatives from the Muslim, Kurdish, Tamil and Somali communities addressed the forum, along with academics and community campaigners. |
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Legal Lingo Bingo This interactive game explores a range of common legal issues through a variation of the traditional bingo format. Players match picture squares to their playing sheet while the facilitator explains each one, giving examples of problems that could arise and services available (see example playing sheet attached). As with the traditional format, a player matching five squares in a row calls ‘Legal Lingo Bingo!’ and wins a small prize. ECLC has run Legal Lingo Bingo at a range of recent CLE sessions including English as a Second Language classes, Indigenous communities, groups of young people and even our Centre AGM. In meeting the needs of various communities, the contents of the playing sheet has been ... |