How to make a submission

When we review a law, we invite people and organisations to tell us what they think about that law. We also ask them to suggest how the law could be improved. 

This is known as making a submission. You don’t have to be a lawyer or an expert to make a submission.

A submission can:

• be as short or as long as you like 
• cover some, or all, of the issues relevant to the review
• outline your experiences with the law that’s under review
• set out your ideas for fixing any problems with the law
• include supporting documents, and
• be kept confidential or anonymous, on request. 

Submissions can be emailed to nsw-lrc@dcj.nsw.gov.au. 

To find out more about our current reviews and submission closing dates, sign up to our newsletter or visit current projects.

Unfortunately, we can’t provide legal advice or investigate complaints. Please contact Law Access NSW if you need legal help.

We want everyone to participate in our reviews. Please email nsw-lrc@dcj.nsw.gov.au if you need to discuss other ways to make a submission. 

We usually publish submissions on our website. Sometimes we refer to them in our consultation papers and reports.

You can ask us to keep your submission confidential. This means it won’t be published on our website. It also means that, if we refer to your submission in our publications, we won’t reveal your name or other details that identify you.

We respect all requests to make submissions confidential or anonymous, unless a law requires us to disclose your information. 

Sometimes we might decide not to publish a particular submission online. We may also remove certain information before publishing a submission. For more information, read our Privacy and Information Management Policy.