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Wage theft 'endemic' senate committee finds

A senate inquiry set up in 2019 to look at wage theft after a string of high-profile cases, has concluded that unlawful underpayment of employees in Australia is systemic, sustained and shameful.

4 April 2022

Domestic Violence and Financial Abuse thumbnail - empty wallet

RLC in the media

This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

Chantelle Zentveld, 17, was thrilled when she got an after-school job at the fast-food franchise Subway, but she soon suspected she was being underpaid.

2 April 2022

RLC in the media

Why Does Australia Still Make Laws That Are Detrimental to Aboriginal People?

The gap in inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is depressingly vast in the legal and justice system.

25 March 2022

First Nations Justice - Aboriginal Flag Painted on Wall

RLC in the media

Calls to release NSW Police Safe Driving Policy

RLC's police accountability solicitor appeared on 3CR's Doin' Time program to discuss why NSW Police should urgently release their Safe Driving policy.

7 March 2022

RLC in the media

Legal groups call for independent inquiry into death of Indigenous 16-year-old killed by police car

Indigenous and legal groups are demanding NSW Police release more information about the circumstances of the tragic death of a 16-year-old Indigenous boy, who collided with a police car on the weekend.

25 February 2022

RLC in the media

COVID-19 wrap: unjust laws, vaccine mandates, communications gaps and resources for managing at home

Fines to enforce COVID-19 public health measures during the NSW Delta outbreak between July and October 2021 disproportionately impacted low socioeconomic suburbs and towns.

25 February 2022

RLC in the media

Aboriginal teenager dead - Jai Wright's family calls for independent investigation

The family of a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy who was killed in a crash with an unmarked police car have called for an independent investigation into his death.

22 February 2022

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Call for police to release 'safe driving' policy

NSW Police's Safe Driving policy remains "shrouded in secrecy", despite previous deaths during police pursuits in NSW.

22 February 2022

RLC in the media

Public vengeance against COVID offenders won’t make us any safer

Elyse Methven, UTS Law lecturer and volunteer with RLC's police accountability practice asks will hefty COVID fines make us any safer?

27 December 2021

closeup of money: gold dollar coins and notes

RLC in the media

Revenue NSW takes enforcement action over unpaid Covid 19 fines

Revenue NSW has started enforcement action for over 17,657 unpaid fines.

7 December 2021

RLC in the media

Topics

Wage theft 'endemic' senate committee finds

This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

Why Does Australia Still Make Laws That Are Detrimental to Aboriginal People?

Calls to release NSW Police Safe Driving Policy

Legal groups call for independent inquiry into death of Indigenous 16-year-old killed by police car

COVID-19 wrap: unjust laws, vaccine mandates, communications gaps and resources for managing at home

Aboriginal teenager dead - Jai Wright's family calls for independent investigation

Call for police to release 'safe driving' policy

Public vengeance against COVID offenders won’t make us any safer

Revenue NSW takes enforcement action over unpaid Covid 19 fines

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