homelessness
Comments on the Ten-Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform
In January 2012, the Federal Government released the draft Ten-Year Roadmap for National Mental Health Reform.
Investing in the community
This submission by PIAC identifies the need for adequate funding to the non-government sector to manage effective partnerships with the private sector in delivering pro bono legal services
Comments on the NSW Sentencing Council Suspended Sentences Consultation Paper
This submission is made by the Homeless Persons’ Legal Service in response to the Consultation Paper prepared by the NSW Sentencing Council.
Quality - ensuring rights, respect and dignity for homeless people
This submission is made by the Homeless Persons’ Legal Service in response to the Options Paper prepared by the Homelessness Working Group of the Housing Ministers’ Conference released in February
Australian Law Reform Commission - Family violence and Commonwealth laws
Studies in Australia and internationally have consistently documented that people experiencing homelessness report a horrendous and disproportionate level of victimisation, including repeated exper
Penalty notices: still not such a fine thing for vulnerable people
On 13 January 2011 HPLS met with the NSW Law Reform Commission to discuss its submission to the Commission’s inquiry into the penalty notice system. These discussions were followed by HPLS’s
