RLC in the media

One partner’s bad money habits can cause lasting damage unless early action is taken. Rising cost of living pressures due to higher interest rates are hurting women’s financial progress and increasing the risk of relationship debt.

Organisations across NSW call for the NSW Government's Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022 to be reviewed. 

This criminal offence could end up retraumatising victim survivors and criminalising people who are most in need of protection, say RLC's Gayatri Nair.

The NSW government says it is matter of life and death that coercive control is criminalised this year and it doesn't want concerns from domestic violence advocates to cause delays.

Attorney general says bill, which will create a separate offence, could be ‘difference between life and death’.

Buy Now Pay Later industry regulations needs to be strengthened, domestic violence advocates say.

The complex legislation has the potential to re-traumatise the people it was designed to protect.

A good escape plan can protect individuals from being further abused financially after they break free. Ellen Whinnett and Anthony Keane report for Newscorp

Advocates fear the federal government plan to wind back responsible lending laws will “perpetuate abuse” of domestic violence survivors, potentially locking them into poverty and even physical harm. Matthew Elmas and Josh Butler report for The New Daily

Some emergencies happen quietly as Redfern Legal Centre’s financial abuse solicitor Jasmine Opdam knows all too well.