RLC eBulletin June 2016

Date published

30 June 2016

New police powers legislation impact NSW citizen's rights
RLC speaks up for public housing tenants in parliamentary inquiry

Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence report finalised
Reform needed to protect older Australians
Taking out the trash: useless 'junk policy' insurance
International students' rights threatened by sham contracts
Submission: Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 - Addendum
Submission: Domestic Violence & Gender Equality
Submission: Review of Australian Consumer Law

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RLC in the media

Strip-search lawsuit to go ahead after court bid dismissed

The NSW government has been dealt a fresh blow as it faces allegations it conducted “unlawful” strip searches at popular music festivals.

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Media releases

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Today, the second COVID Fine case brought by Redfern Legal Centre was back in the Supreme Court.

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RLC in the media

Data shows NSW police use force against First Nations people at “vastly disproportionate rate”

New South Wales police used force toward Aboriginal people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people, new data has shown.

1 August 2023

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Media releases

First Nations People Bear the Brunt of NSW Police Use of Force

Police in New South Wales are using force against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people.

31 July 2023

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