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The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) has just released the NSW Police Use of Force Manual. Redfern Legal Centre has pushed to have the use of force examined by the LECC and for police documents about the use of force to be released.

Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be targeted. Redfern Legal Centre obtained NSW Police statistics about person searches via access to information laws. 

Revenue NSW has conceded that many COVID-19 fines are invalid. But what does that mean for the rest of the community who may have received or paid fines? 

NSW government suggestions that children as young as 10 could work off COVID fines have been described as “outrageous” and could be in breach of Australia’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child.

RLC and Slater and Gordon Lawyers have issued a class action proceeding for people who have been unlawfully searched by NSW Police at all music festivals in NSW since 22 July 2016.

RLC has filed a case in the Supreme Court of New South Wales representing plaintiffs who seek to challenge the validity of their COVID-19 fines.

Protesters who block access to major roads or infrastructure will face harsh new penalties under legislation passed through the NSW Parliament in April.

Protesters who block access to major roads or other infrastructure risk incarceration or a $22,000 fine.

In December 2021, a coalition of 33 legal organisations signed an open letter calling for an immediate pause on enforcement action of COVID-19 fines.

Over 100 members of the legal, academic and political profession have endorsed an open letter to the NSW Premier, calling to revoke wrongly issued COVID-19 fines.