Systemic Change
As part of its practice, KCLS tackles systemic problems affecting our clients. We work towards change by amplifying local voices and identifying policies that disadvantage our clients and the wider community.
KCLS draws upon all facets of our services to tackle systemic problems in legal policy that affect our clients.
Advocacy Reports
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The extreme heat in the Kimberley is felt more by public housing tenants who face many barriers to coping with heat. Tenants struggle to keep temperatures down in poor quality housing, are under financial pressure as they try to afford air conditioners and power bills and they feel the impacts of heat stress on daily health and wellbeing.
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The “No More Humbug” research report identified the extent of Financial Elder Abuse in the Kimberley. An outcome of the report has been the development of resources that aim to reduce Aboriginal Financial Elder Abuse in the Kimberley and other Aboriginal Communities in remote regions.
Based on extensive interviews across the Kimberley, this work highlights the causes and prevalence of elder financial abuse, and what can be done to change things for our families and communities.
Submissions
We provide written submissions to parliamentary inquiries and other State and Federal Government consultation processes. See below for some of our most recent submissions.
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Submission outlining challenges for Kimberley residents in the current rental crisis.
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Submission focusing on the difficulty our clients have obtaining and enforcing Family Violence Restraining Orders in remote communities.
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Submission to the Treasury regarding regulation of Buy Now Pay Later products which are adding to cycles of financial disadvantage.
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Submission raising issues on the compounding factors that can increase the complexity of tenancy issues faced by victim-survivors within the Kimberley region.
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Submission about access to adequate, affordable and habitable housing for Indigenoud people in the Kimberley region and its connection to the principles of UNDRIP.
Historic submissions can be found here.