RLC in the media

NSW Police could face a large compensation bill if a class action lawsuit alleging unlawful searches took place at a popular music festival is successful.

Class action lawyers believe hundreds of young Australians were unlawfully strip-searched at Splendour In The Grass festivals between 2016 and 2019, and are calling for these people to join the case against the New South Wales Police.

Lawyers from Slater and Gordon and Redfern Legal Centre who are launching a class action investigation into potentially unlawful searches by New South Wales Police at Splendour in the Grass have detailed their investigation to NME, saying they aim to file proceedings by next year.

Lawyers have launched a class action investigation into what they believe could be hundreds of “unlawful” strip searches by New South Wales Police of patrons at the Splendour in the Grass Music Festival.

RLC employment lawyer, Sharmilla Bargon discusses sexual harassment at work, calling for a paradigm shift that holds employers, not victims, to account. SBS The Feed reports.

In August, ABC Radio National aired highlights from an online discussion calling for policing and justice reform in Australia, in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. Facilitated by Larissa Behrendt (UTS). Broadcast by Speaking Out, ABC Radio National.

Redfern Legal Centre’s employment Law solicitor Sharmilla Bargon spoke with Sun-Herald about allegations that a luxury hotel chain is exploiting migrant workers on intern visas. Anna Patty reports for The Sun-Herald.

August 9 2017 – RLC Employment and Discrimination Solicitor, Dr Linda Tucker spoke to CHYFM about disability discrimination in the workplace, as part of the podcast series, My Voice, My Ability, My Rights.

A proposal to protect international students from deportation in instances of workplace exploitation and allow them to issue entitlement claims has been submitted to the Australian immigration minister.

On 28 February radio 2SER convened a panel of legal and human rights experts to dissect findings the 18C Inquiry Report, tabled in Parliament on 28 February 2017.