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The recent full Federal Court of Australia decision in Richardson v Oracle Corporation Australia Pty Ltd [2014] FCAFC 82 has provided new insight into determinations made by the court regarding general damages, in the area of sexual harassment.

The Fair Work Commission (FWC) released a research report in September 2014 into the accessibility of modern awards documents.

Legal Aid NSW has released three new financial advice films in Auslan for the deaf and hard of hearing community. These new films are a helpful resource covering fines, loans and credit, and home loan stress.

The RLC Credit & Debt service regularly assists vulnerable clients dependent on Centrelink income, or otherwise experiencing financial hardship.

面向留學生的法律援助 10月6日是國際租客日，Redfern法律中心特別提醒廣大留學生，如遇到租房或生活中其他法律問題，可以向其尋求免費的咨詢和幫助。

在异国他乡留学，如果遇到法律纠纷常常让人不知所措，很多学生认为只能选择“自认倒霉”。其实澳大利亚很多城市都设有免费的法律服务，向包括留学生在内的公众开放。这里介绍的是悉尼的Redfern 法律中心。

Redfern Legal Centre is a proud winner of the 2014 NSW International Student Community Engagement Award for its International Student Advice Service.

In inner-city Sydney, a man in his 50s answers an unexpected knock at the front door. It’s the police, carrying a DNA sample kit and some paperwork. A document explains to the man that he has been classified as an untested former offender, empowering the police to collect his DNA.

RLC's Police Powers solicitor, David Porter, spoke with Angela Lavoipierre on ABC Radio National's AM show, on the NSW Police Force's renewed efforts to build an expanded DNA database of NSW former offenders.

Most of the lawyers at a music trivia night might have started practising law when Soundgarden rather than Schoolboy Q were moving the kids, but a music trivia night is for the young at heart, writes Anthony Jucha.