RLC in the media

Community legal centres providing urgent legal help to some of the community's most vulnerable are being forced to cease face-to-face services as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nicola Berkovic reports for the Australian

Racial profiling is the “disproportionate” and “unreasonable” use of police powers against racial minorities and indigenous people. Rajish Aryal reports for SBS

NSW police have revealed that all but one strip search lead to the discovery of illicit drugs at an underage music festival in Sydney on the weekend. Angelica Snowden reports for The Australian

One in 10 children at a Sydney under-age music festival faced random drug testing that has been labelled by legal experts “potentially unlawful” and an infringement on civil liberties. Andrew Taylor reports for The Sydney Morning Herald

NSW police is running a quota system in relation to personal searches, as well as other police procedures. Paul Gregoire reports for Sydney Criminal Lawyers

NSW Police have disproportionately targeted Indigenous children with a secretive blacklist since the year 2000, a two-year investigation has found. Zac Crellin reports for Pedestrian

The NSW Police Force has defended setting personal search targets after it was revealed 238, 000 personal searches, including strip searches, were conducted in 2018-19. Evan Young reports for SBS News

NSW Police aimed to conduct almost a quarter of a million personal searches last financial year as part of a quota driven system. Angus Thompson and Pallavi Singhal report for The Sydney Morning Herald

Under freedom of information laws, it has been revealed that NSW Police are required to meet a personal search ‘quota’. Claire Adema reports for Happy Mag

New LECC report casts doubt on practices such as asking people to squat or move their genitals during strip-searches Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian Australia