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2026

Submission to the inquiry into the Care and Protection of Children Legislation Amendment (Every Child Matters) Bill 2026 – May 2026

Submission to the Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into anti LGBTIQA+ hate crimes in Victoria – May 2026

Submission to the Victorian Parliament’s Inquiry into Voting Centre Accessibility – February 2026

2025

Submission to Australian Attorney General’s Department Review of the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 – November 2025

CIJ and VFC submission to Australian Attorney General’s Department Review of the DDA 1992 – November 2025

2024

Nuance in the numbers – CIJ, CFRE, MCM & Youthlaw – June 2024

Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission Inquiry into Justice Responses to Sexual Violence # 2 –”Build it out or burn it down”  – June 2024

Submission to SA_Sentencing OHS Offences – June 2024

Australian Law Reform Commission:: Justice Response to Sexual Violence– May 2024

Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission into serious road crime – April 2024

2023

Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture – November 2023

Submission on the Spent Convictions Act (2021) Review  – September 2023

Submission to the National Children’s Commissioner – September 2023

Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission’s Review of Serious Road Crime – February 2023

2022

Submission to Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into Children Affected by Parental Incarceration – May 2022

Nuther-mooyoop (submission) to the Yoorrook Justice Commission on Systemic Injustice in the Criminal Justice System – December 2022

Submission to the Sentencing Advisory Council’s Consultation Paper ‘Reforming Sentence Deferrals in Victoria’ – December 2022

2021

Submission to the Cultural Review of the Adult Custodial Corrections System – November 2021

Submission to the Review of the Victorian Disability Act 2006 – October 2021

Response to Issues Paper – Victims experience of summary criminal proceedings – Part 1 – September 2021

Response to Issues Paper – Victims experiences of summary criminal proceedings – Part 2 – September 2021

Submission to the Victorian Ministerial Taskforce on Workplace Harassment – August 2021

Submission to Legal and Social Issues Committee Inquiry into Victoria’s Criminal Justice System – August 2021

Submission to the ‘Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability’ – NDIS interface with criminal justice – July 2021

Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s Inquiry into Improving the Response of the Justice System to Sexual Offences – January 2021

2020

Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – text only – July 2020

Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability – with annexures – July 2020

Submission to the Inquiry into Homelessness in Victoria – April 2020

Submission to the Council of Attorneys-General on the Review of Age of Criminal Responsibility – Feb 2020

Submission to Crime Statistics Agency on the draft measure of crime harm – Feb 2020

2018

Submission to the Queensland Parliament’s inquiry into the Human Rights Bill 2018 – November 2018

Submission to the Sentencing Advisory Council’s inquiry into Restitution & Compensation Orders – October 2018

Submission to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s review of the family law system – June 2018

2017

Submission to Victorian Law Reform Commission –Review of the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 1996 – November 2017

Submission to Coronial Council Appeals Review – May 2017

Submission to Sentencing Advisory Council’s review of Swift, Certain and Fair Sentencing of family violence offenders – March 2017

2016

Submission to the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory – November 2016

2015

Submission to Victorian Law Reform Commission Review: The role of victims in the criminal trial process – September 2015

Submission to Family Violence Royal Commission – May 2015