RLC in the media

RLC's Credit and Debt Solicitor Will Dwyer speaks journalist Barry McKay about tactics employed by organisations seeking to recover debt and strategies that people can use to deal with these types of situations.

RLC's Credit and Debt Solicitor, Will Dwyer, spoke with the Guardian about the risks of consumer leases.

11 August 2016 - Will Dwyer from the Redfern Legal Centre says major financial institutions, telcos, energy providers and debt collectors are required to offer hardship programs if you're going through a tough time.

Sydney’s homeless population is set to benefit after the City of Sydney Council proposed scrapping over 60 alcohol-free areas across the city.

A Sydney college allegedly enrolled a social security recipient in a $28,000 course after convincing her that the hairdressing management diploma — funded under VET Fee-Help loans — was free.

Following revelations that a traumatised recent victim of domestic violence with a new baby was charged $38,000 undertake a diploma level course delivered by a private college, Labor MPs Kim Carr and Sharon Bird have again written the Australian National Audit Office calling for a review of the VET Fee-Help.

The scourge of domestic violence continues to rise in some of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs, with Rose Bay police confirming it received up to two calls on the matter each day.

Women's rights advocates have called for an overhaul of the way the Government deals with domestic violence to stop the rising number of women being killed.

Women's rights advocates want a full overhaul of the way governments deal with domestic violence to stop the large numbers of women being killed. So far this year 34 women have been killed in Australia - including two women in New South Wales who were allegedly killed by their partners in the last week. Activists say governments need to prioritise anti-violence programs and give them the funding they need. They say domestic violence tears at the fabric of society.

Struggling single mum Rebecca Warfield saved money on cheap haircuts at a hairdressing college in Sydney.