Access to justice

A fair and effective legal system is fundamental to a just society.

The Justice and Equity Centre advocates for a legal system that everyone in our community can understand and access. We provide oversight of government and legal institutions, to demand transparency and accountability.

Since 1982, we have been a leader in promoting equitable access to justice. Our recent work includes urging reform to Freedom of Information laws to create broader and more timely release of government information, ensuring better access to the Courts through fairer regulation of legal costs in discrimination matters, improving the protection of personal and data privacy, and improving systems for reviewing administrative decisions by government.

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Senior Solicitor Mitchell Skipsey explained why this reform serves the public interest.
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This reform will improve access to justice for people who have endured sexual harassment or discrimination on the basis of their race, sex, disability or other attributes.
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We made a submission to the Victorian Government Department of Treasury consultation on restricting the use of non-disclosure agreements (‘NDAs’) in workplace sexual harassment cases. Our submission welcomes proposed legislative reforms that would ensure NDAs
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We joined other civil society organisations in calling for FOI reforms.
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Leading transparency and civil society organisations have joined with community legal centres in calling for FOI reform.
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Legal organisations, freedom of information (FOI) experts and media groups are urging Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus to publicly clarify the Government’s position on FOI reform. Following a damning Senate Committee report

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