Law Reform Submissions
Access to Justice
Submission to the Inquiry into the Nature and Extent of Poverty
Westjustice, 2023.
Submission to the Yoorrook Justice Commission
Melissa Hardham, CEO, Anoushka Jeronimus, Director of Youth Law Program, and Caitlin Caruana, Director of Policy and Innovation, Westjustice, February 2023
Submission for the Inquiry into Victoria's Justice System
Angus Woodward, Program Manager (Criminal Law and Youth Law Clinics) and Anoushka Jeronimus, Director of Youth Law Program, WEstjustice, September 2021
Submission to the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System
WEstjustice, June 2019.
Submission to the Law Council of Australia's Justice Project
Tarni Perkal, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, October 2017.
Access to Justice Review: A submission to the Department of Justice and Regulation
WEstjustice, February 2016.
Submission to the Productivity Commission Draft Report
Wyndham Legal Service, April 2014.
Submission to the Growth Areas Authority - East Werribee Employment Precinct
Wyndham Legal Service, December 2012.
Consumer Law
Submission to AFCA Rules and Operational Guidelines – Proposed Amendment
Westjustice and Mortgage Stress Victoria, 2023.
Brief on Local Government Hardship Policy Guidelines
Westjustice and Mortgage Stress Victoria, 2023.
Submission to the Inquiry into the Financial Sector Reform Bill 2022
Westjustice, October 2022
Open Letter to Incoming Government to Save Sorry Business
Westjustice et al, May 2022
Joint Submission to the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman – Independent Review
Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Counselling Australia and Westjustice, May 2022
Submission to Julian Leeser MP’s Private Member’s Telecommunications Bill
WEstjustice, November 2021
Joint Pre-State Budget Submission on Lemon Car Reform
WEstjustice, Consumer Action Law Centre, Hume-Riverina Community Legal Centre, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, September 2021
Joint Submission to Australian Communications and Media Authority on Consumer Vulnerability
WEstjustice, Consumer Action Law Centre, Hume-Riverina Community Legal Centre, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, September 2021
Joint Submission to Treasury on Unfair Contract Term Reforms
WEstjustice, Consumer Actional Law Centre, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, Financial Rights Legal Centre, Residents of Retirement Villages Victoria, September 2021
Submission to 2021 Banking Code of Practice Review
WEstjustice, August 2021
WEstjustice, July 2021.
Review of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority - Joint Consumer Submission to The Treasury
WEstjustice et al, April 2021.
Joint Submission: ACMA Compliance Priorities 2021-22 (consultation 02/2021)
Consumer Action Law Centre and WEstjustice, March 2021.
Joint Submission:Deferred sales model for add-on insurance - exemptions by class
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, February 2021.
Joint Submission: Licensing debt management firms: Exposure draft regulations
Consumer Action Law Centre, Consumer Credit Legal Service (WA) Inc, Financial Counselling Australia, Financial Counselling Victoria, Financial Rights Legal Centre, Uniting Communities Consumer Credit Law Centre SA and WEstjustice, February 2021.
WEstjustice, January 2021.
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, November 2020.
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Counselling Australia, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, October 2020.
Consumer Action Law Centre, WEstjustice, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service, Financial Counselling Victoria, Barwon Community Legal Service, Hume Riverina Community Legal Service, and Housing for the Aged Action Group, September 2020.
Joint Submission: Modernising the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman Terms of Reference
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Counselling Australia, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, September 2020.
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, August 2020.
ASIC Consultation Paper 330 – Using the product intervention power: Continuing credit contracts
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, August 2020.
Joint Submission: Reforms to add-on insurance - Proposal Paper (Appendix B)
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Rights Legal Centre, CHOICE, Consumer Credit Legal Service WA, Consumer Credit Law Centre SA, Australian Communications Consumer Action Network and WEstjustice, October 2019.
Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Rights Legal Centre and WEstjustice, August 2019.
Consumer Safeguards Review (Part B) - Reliability Safeguards
Tess Matthews, Lawyer, WEstjustice, January 2019.
Consumer Safeguards Review (Part A) - Consumer Redress and Complaints Handling
WEstjustice and Consumer Action Law Centre, August 2018.
Draft Industry Code: Telecommunications Consumer Protections Code
WEstjustice and Consumer Action Law Centre, August 2018.
Consumer Action Law Centre, National Association of Community Legal Centres, Federation of Community Legal Centres and WEstjustice, April 2018.
Submission on the operation and effectiveness of the 2014 General Insurance Code of Practice
WEstjustice, April 2017.
WEstjustice, April 2017.
Joint Submission to the Australian Consumer Law Review - Unsolicited Sales, December 2016.
Indigenous Consumer Assistance Network, Indigenous Remote Communications Association, WEstjustice, National Welfare Rights Network, Financial Counselling Australia, Redfern Legal Centre, Choice, Financial Rights Legal Centre, Consumers Federation of Australia and Consumer Action Law Centre.
Michelle Chumbley, Advocacy Services Manager, WEstjustice, May 2016.
Submission to the Essential Services Commission Accident Towing Regulation - Draft Report
WEstjustice and Consumer Action Law Centre, October 2015.
Footscray Community Legal Centre, August 2014.
Joint Submission to the Inquiry into the Operation of the Insurance Industry During Disaster Events
Choice, Consumer Action Law Centre, Financial Counselling Australia and Footscray Community Legal Centre, August 2011.
Footscray Community Legal Centre, July 2011.
Employment Law
Submission: Digital Labour Platform Deactivation Code
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director, Joseph Lavelle Wilson, Program Manager, and Jeanette Dusabe, Lawyer, Employment and Equality Law Program WEstjustice, June 2024.
Submission: Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director, Employment and Equality Law Program WEstjustice, June 2024.
Fair Work Commission Modern Awards Work and Care
Joint submission made by WEstjustice Community Legal Centre, South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS), JobWatch Inc. 2024.
Closing Loopholes in Fair Work Legislation
Joint submission made by WEstjustice Community Legal Centre, South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS), JobWatch Inc. 2023.
National Gender Equality Strategy
Westjustice, 2023.
Employee-like forms of work and stronger protections for independent contrators
Joint submission made by WEstjustice Community Legal Centre, South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS), JobWatch Inc. 2023.
Updating The Fair Work Act 2009 to provide stronger protections for workers against discrimination
Joint submission made by WEstjustice Community Legal Centre, South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS), JobWatch Inc. 2023.
Jennifer Jones Legal Director, Employment and Equality Law Program WEstjustice, May 2023.
Submission - Review into an appropriate costs model for Commonwealth anti discrimination laws
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice. April, 2023.
Joint submission made by WEstjustice Community Legal Centre, South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS), JobWatch Inc.
Joint Submission with South-East Monash Legal Service (SMLS), JobWatch, University of Melbourne Students Union (UMSU) Legal Service and WEstjustice
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice; and Ashleigh Newnham, Director Advocacy and Development, SMLS; Gabrielle Marchetti, Principal Lawyer, JobWatch, and Isabelle Butler, Senior Lawyer, UMSU Legal Service, 5 December 2022
Westjustice et al, September 2022
Nilanka Goonetillake, Program Manager, WEstjustice; Gabrielle Marchetti, Principal Lawyer, JobWatch; and Korina Leoncio, Director of Legal Practice Group B, Sout-East Monash Legal Service, July 2022
Nilanka Goonetillake, Program Manager, Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice, March 2022. Our survey response is to be read alongside the joint Power2Prevent Statement.
Submission on the Fair Conduct and Accountability Standards for the On-Demand Workforce
Francesca Lai, Program Manager, Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice, February 2022.
Submission to Fair Work Commission on Implementation of Stop Sexual Harassment Orders
Francesca Lai, Program Manager Cassandra Martin, Senior Lawyer, and Thea Debler-Depold, Lawyer, Employment and Equality Law Program; WEstjustice, November 2021.
Joint Submission with Springvale Monash Legal Service and WEstjustice
Francesca Lai, Employment and Equality Law Program Manager, WEstjustice and Ashleigh Newnham, Strategic and Community Development Manager, SMLS, August 2021.
Joint Submission with Springvale Monash Legal Service, Jobwatch and WEstjustice
Gabrielle Marchetti, Jobwatch, Ashleigh Newnham, SMLS, Cassandra Martin and Francesca Lai, WEstjustice, August 2021.
Submission to the Select Committee on Job Security: Job security in Melbourne's West
WEstjustice Employment and Equality Law Program, March 2021.
Catherine Hemingway, Liz Morgan and Tarni Perkal, WEstjustice Employment Law Program, February 2021.
Further Submission: Report of the Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce
Joint Submission with Springvale Monash Legal Service and Jobwatch
Cathering Hemingway, Tarni Perkal and Liz Morgan, Directors Employment and Discrimination Law Team, October 2020.
Submission to the Senate Select Committee Inquiry into Temporary Migration
Joint Submission with Springvale Monash Legal Service and Jobwatch
Cathering Hemingway, Tarni Perkal and Liz Morgan, Directors Employment and Discrimination Law Team, July 2020.
Liz Morgan, Director, Employment Law Program WEstjustice (joint submission with Migrant Employment Legal Service and Redfern Legal Centre ISS), March 2020.
Tarni Perkal, Director and Employment Practice Manager, WEstjustice, October 2019.
2019 Inquiry into Sustainable Employment for Disadvantaged Jobseekers
Joint submission by WEstjustice and Sprinvale Monash Legal Service, August 2019.
WEstjustice submission to the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
Catherine Hemingway, Policy Director (CALD and Employment), WEstjustice, February 2019.
WEstjustice submission to the Inquiry into the Victorian On-Demand Workforce
Catherine Hemingway, Policy Director (CALD and Employment), WEstjustice, February 2019.
Catherine Hemingway, Policy Director (CALD and Employment), WEstjustice, December 2018.
Catherine Hemingway, Policy Director (CALD and Employment), WEstjustice, September 2018.
WEstjustice submission to the Gender Equality Legislation Public Consultation
Catherine Hemingway, Policy Director (CALD and Employment), WEstjustice, September 2018.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, July 2018.
Tarni Perkal, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, June 2017.
Tarni Perkal, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, April 2017.
Tarni Perkal and Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyers, WEstjustice, April 2017.
Tarni Perkal, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, April 2017.
Tarni Perkal, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, April 2017.
Tarni Perkal, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, April 2017.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, March 2017.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, November 2016.
Labour Hire Industry and Insecure Work: A submission to the Victorian Inquiry
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, November 2015.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, October 2015.
Employment Programs Review: A submission to the Victorian Government
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, October 2015.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, Neng Boi, Community Worker and Denis Nelthorpe, Chief Executive Officer, WEstjustice, September 2015.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, September 2015.
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, Footscray Community Legal Centre, March 2015.
Footscray Community Legal Centre, January 2014.
Family Violence
Submission to the Exposure Draft of the Family Law Amendment Bill 2023
Neshi Sooknandan, Program Manager, Family Violence and Family Law Program and Cleona Feuerring, Legal Director, Family Violence and Family Law Program February 2023
Submission to the Draft National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children 2022-2023
WEstjustice, February 2022
WEstjustice, September 2019.
Family Violence: A submission to the Victorian Royal Commission
Jenni Smith, former Principal Lawyer, Footscray Community Legal Centre, May 2015.
Submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence - School Lawyer Project
Wyndham Legal Service, May 2015.
Submission to the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence
Bringing Justice to Wyndham, May 2015.
Fines
Infringements Working Group, January 2020.
Submission to the Fines Reform Advisory Board consultation
WEstjustice, January 2020.
WEstjustice submission referenced, September 2017.
Inquiry into toll roads in Australia: A submission to the Senate Economics References Committee
WEstjustice, July 2017.
Infringements Working Group, June 2017.
Infringements Working Group, February 2017.
Road Pricing: A submission to Infrastructure Victoria
WEstjustice, February 2017.
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Human Rights
Submission to the National Strategy to Achieve Gender Equality Consultation
Nilanka Goonetillake, Program Manager and Jennifer Jones, Legal Director, Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice, April 2023
Submission on the Review into an Appropriate Costs Model for Commonwealth Anti-Discrimination Laws
Nilanka Goonetillake, Program Manager; Vicki Lamb, Senior Legal Counsel; and Jennifer Jones, Legal Director, Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice, April 2023
Caitlin Caruana, Director, Policy and Innovation, WEstjustice et al, February 2023
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director, Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice, December 2022
Open letter to the Federal Government on Preventing the Exploitation of Migrant Workers
Redfern Community Legal Centre, Westjustice et al, May 2022
Open letter to the Federal Opposition on Preventing the Exploitation of Migrant Workers
Redfern Community Legal Centre, Westjustice et al, May 2022
Submission to the Australian Human Rights Commission – National Anti-Racism Framework
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director Employment and Equality Law Program, WEstjustice, January 2022.
Victoria’s Anti-racism Strategy – legal and justice sector consultation
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director Employment and Equality Law Program and Anoushka Jeronimus, Legal Director, Youth Law Program, WEstjustice, January 2022.
Jennifer Jones, Legal Director Employment and Equality Law Program and Caitlin Caruana, Director Policy and Innovation Program, WEstjustice, December 2021.
Western Suburbs Legal Service, Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre, Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre, Footscray Community Legal Centre and Wyndham Legal Service, April 2014.
Taxi Industry
Submission to Inquiry into the Commercial Passenger Vehicle Industry Act 2017 Reforms
Denis Nelthorpe, CEO, WEstjustice, June 2019.
The report was tabled in Parliament on 26 November 2019 - copy available here.
Denis Nelthorpe, CEO, WEstjustice, May 2017.
Footscray Community Legal Centre and the Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria, May 2014.
Response to the Taxi Industry Inquiry's Draft Report - Customers First: Service, Safety, Choice
Federation of Community Legal Centres and Footscray Community Legal Centre, July 2012.
Submission to the Taxi Industry Inquiry in Response to the Setting the Scene Discussion Paper
Federation of Community Legal Centres and Footscray Community Legal Centre, June 2011.
Tenancy and Housing
Submissions in respect to COVID-19 and public housing
WEstjustice, August 2020.
Submission to the Victorian Government’s Homelessness Inquiry
WEstjustice, January 2020.
Submission on the Proposed Residential Tenancies Regulations 2020
Joseph Nunweek, Senior Lawyer, WEstjustice, December 2019.
Rating System Review: Submission to Local Government Victoria
WEstjustice and Consumer Action Law Centre, November 2019.
Joseph Nunweek, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, September 2016.
James Leckie, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, August 2016.
Joseph Nunweek, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, June 2016.
Disputes Resolution: A submission for the Residential Tenancies Act Review - Fairer, Safer Housing
Joseph Nunweek, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, June 2016.
James Leckie, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, May 2016.
Joseph Nunweek, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, April 2016.
Security of Tenure: A submission for the Residential Tenancies Act Review - Fairer, Safer Housing
James Leckie, Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, December 2015.
Gemma Cafarella, former Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, August 2015.
Submission to the Senate Economics References Committee Inquiry into Affordable Housing
Wyndham Legal Service, Footscray Community Legal Centre, Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre and Western Suburbs Legal Service, March 2014.
Young People
Submission Regarding Victoria's Youth Strategy
Anoushka Jeronimus, Legal Director of the Youth Law Program, Westjustice and Francesca Lai, Program Manager Employment and Equality Law Program, January 2021
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