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An RLC webinar on financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

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Housing organisations welcome the new laws but are bracing for a spike in evictions before the change takes effect

In the federal budget, the government included a surprise announcement that it will ban non-compete clauses for workers earning under $175,000. What will this mean for small businesses as well as low wage employees?

Redfern Legal Centre welcomes the report on the 2024 New South Wales Drug Summit’s recommendation to halt the use of drug detection dogs and strip searches at festivals during the current trial of drug-checking services but says ensure community safety, strip searches and drug detection dogs should be banned permanently.

The NSW Government has conceded that there was “no lawful basis” to strip search a woman at a music festival amidst an ongoing class action

A significant development in the ongoing class action initiated by Slater and Gordon Lawyers and Redfern Legal Centre, the State of New South Wales has now admitted, on the eve of trial, that there was no lawful basis to strip search the representative plaintiff at a music festival.

Business groups oppose them but others think a ban announced in the budget will empower workers and promote competition

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement in the 2025 Federal Budget that it will ban non-compete clauses for workers earning under $175,000.

A report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) confirms serious problems with the deployment of Body-Worn Video (BWV) cameras by NSW Police.