RLC eBulletin September 2015

Date published

29 September 2015

NSW Government proposes Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme
Prime Minister Turnbull announces $100m for domestic violence

RLC launches health-justice partnership with Sydney Local Health District
NSW Bill could see domestic violence victims evicted from public housing
Online abusive persuasive, yet hard to prosecute
Law reform to target rent-to-buy companies
Update on Millers Point, Rocks, Dawes Point public housing sell-off
Debate over Racial Discrimination Act and section 18C fires back up
RLC loses its International Students solicitor due to funding short-fall

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RLC in the media

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Media releases

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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

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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.

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