News and Events

Redfern Legal Centre has an exciting opportunity for a First Nations graduate financial counsellor to join Redfern Legal Centre’s integrated and multidisciplinary Financial Abuse Service (FAS).

A webinar: For public and private tenants who experience domestic violence, there are special provisions in NSW tenancy law.

Almost half of strip-searches conducted by NSW police are in western Sydney as a coalition of justice and health organisations urges the state government to outlaw such searches of young people due to their traumatic impact.

A panel of experts and individuals with lived experience examine the complexities and challenges of responding to mental health emergencies, as well as alternatives to routinely sending police to engage with people in crisis.

Years of advocacy, community organising, and relentless efforts by renters, housing advocates, and the NSW network of local Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Services paved the way for the passing of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2024.

Since 2016, NSW Police have conducted an average of over 100 strip searches per year at train stations.

Recordings and resources for webinars on fines and penalty notices in NSW.

Today the NSW Supreme Court published its reasons in a test case about COVID-19 fines. The decision clarifies the requirements necessary for a fine to be valid, and calls into disrepute all the remaining 29,017 COVID-19 fines that have not been withdrawn.

First Nations people in New South Wales are subject to 45 per cent of all "uses of force" by NSW police despite making up only 3.44 per cent of the population, a new accountability dashboard has revealed.

This online information session provides a comprehensive overview of the termination process for tenants in both the private market and social/public housing.