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2023
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2021
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Nowhere To Go Report
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Submission to Queensland’s 2021 – 2026 Women’s Strategy
2020
Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, Disability Employment Rights Issues Paper Response
Snap Forward Feminist Policy Network Submission to the Select Committee on COVID-19
Feminist declaration on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women
Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into Family, Domestic and Sexual Violence
Submission to the Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs Inquiry into Homelessness in Australia
Submission to the DFAT Inquiry Pacific Women and Girls
2019
Submission to the Sex Industry Bill 2019 (Northern Territory)
Letter of Support for Submissions to the Senate Inquiry into Newstart and related payments
Letter of Support for Statutes Amendment (Decriminalisation of Sex Work) Bill 2018 (South Australia)
Submission to the South Australian Government Housing & Homelessness Strategy
Submission to the Western Australian Government’s Women’s Plan
Submission to the Northern Territory Government’s Gender Equality Framework
Submission to the South Australian Law Reform Institute (SALRI) Consultation into South Australian Abortion Law
Submission to the National Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in Australian Workplaces
2018
Submission to the Victorian Gender Equality Bill
2017
YWCA Adelaide – Statutes Amendment (Decriminalisation of Sex Work) Bill 2015
YWCA Adelaide – Omnibus Budget Savings Bill 2017
YWCA Adelaide – Submission to the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care Reform) Bill 2017
2016
YWCA Adelaide – Submission to the South Australian Government’s Domestic Violence Discussion Paper
YWCA Adelaide – Submission on the ‘Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016’
2015
YWCA Adelaide – Submission to the Criminal Code Amendment (Private Sexual Material) Bill 2015
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