RLC in the media

LECC announced that the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has laid charges against police officer over the fraud allegations involving fabricating evidence

RLC has lodged a complaint with the LECC following a police interaction with a 14-year-old First Nations boy.

First Nations people in Dubbo were subjected to the highest number of police strip searches in NSW over two year period.

Redfern Legal Centre says $20,000 in fines issued is ‘unjust’ and ‘sets children up for failure’

The mid-1990s Royal Commission into the NSW Police Service uncovered evidence of entrenched corruption, which included state law enforcement officers selling heroin out the back of police stations. But, according to RLC senior police accountability solicitor Samantha Lee, it might be time for another investigation into the NSW Police Force. 

The proceedings will cover all music festival attendees, who’ve registered and been subjected to a suspect strip search at events held in this state since July 2016.

Australian Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay argues for a review of the human rights impacts of Australia’s COVID-19 response

COVID fines issued to children could breach Australia’s obligations under international law, says UNSW Law academic.

More than 3800 children aged between 10-17 were issued fines of up to $5000 for breaching COVID-19 restrictions.

As NSW continues to emerge from the pandemic, and the Government focuses on a return to “business as usual”, thousands of people across the state are still saddled with debt from fines.