Submissions

The Centre for Just Places engages in advocacy to address place-based inequities and injustice in Australia. We bring a social and ecological lens, inviting discussion on what action can be taken by governments, individuals, organisations and the community services sector within Australia to build a socially and ecologically just society. Read more about our calls to action.

Submission to the inquiry into energy, food and water security in Northern Australia
- 12 June 2025
The Climate Justice Alliance of the Northern Territory (CJA NT) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia’s Inquiry into Energy, Food and Water Security.
Submission to the Victorian Climate Change strategy
- 28 April 2025
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to help shape the development of the Victorian government’s second Climate Change Strategy.
Northern Territory Election Platform
- 19 July 2024
Our vision for the NT - ‘a fairer, more equal and sustainable future for all Territorians’. We believe Government should be partnering with community to achieve these priorities to help ensure a fairer, more equal and sustainable future for all Territorians. For a long time, a range of systems have worked against people facing generational…
Submission to Victoria’s proposed Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses
- 15 July 2024
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Victorian Government’s proposed Minimum Standards for Rental Properties and Rooming Houses, or the Residential Tenancies and Residential Tenancies (Rooming House Standards) Amendment (Minimum Energy Efficiency and Safety Standards) Regulations 2024.
National Adaptation Issues Paper
- 15 April 2024
Jesuit Social Services welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Climate Adaptation Plan in Australia – National Adaptation Plan Issues Paper, led by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.
Submission to the Inquiry into the Protections within the Victorian Planning Framework
- 11 April 2024
Our submission is based on our decades of experience working with people who are experiencing or have experienced homelessness, housing instability and housing stress, inappropriate or unsafe housing, as well as other forms of disadvantage. Through our work, we also witness how these populations are often most affected by ecological risks and threats, and least…
Submission to the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023
- 11 December 2023
Jesuit Social Services welcomed the opportunity to respond to the Climate Change Amendment (Duty of Care and Intergenerational Climate Equity) Bill 2023.
Submission in response to the Department of Social Services’ Issues Paper – A stronger, more diverse and independent community sector
- 22 November 2023
Jesuit Social Services was pleased to contribute a submission in response to the Department of Social Services’ Issues Paper on the Federal Government’s election commitment for “a stronger, more diverse and independent community sector”. Our submission argues reform is needed to change the way Government works with and funds community services organisations.
Community sector organisations call on incoming government to resource sector climate adaptation
- 20 October 2022
In the lead up to the 2022 Victorian election the Victorian Resilience Community of Practice, coordinated by the Centre, put forward a state election platform calling for strong climate action and urging the incoming Victorian Government to resource a range of measures to strengthen place-based climate adaptation and resilience.
Submission to Victoria’s emission reduction target for 2035
- 24 June 2022
Jesuit Social Services welcomed the opportunity to contribute to consultation on Victoria’s emissions reduction target for 2035. We note the importance of this consultation given that climate change is having unprecedented impacts on people and nature across every region of the globe, including Victoria.