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Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be stopped and interrogated.

Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be targeted. Redfern Legal Centre obtained NSW Police statistics about person searches via access to information laws. 

Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

A fight to save the housing block ensues, with protests and a petition started, calling on the government to retain the public housing.

When I was pinged for a nonsensical red light offence and fined $469, it wasn’t about the money, it was about the principle. Well, and the money.

Australia is welcoming back international students in much greater numbers this year. Some predict new enrolments in 2023 could even be higher than the pre-COVID record in 2019.

Revenue NSW says the money will be transferred into government’s unclaimed money fund after three weeks of inaction

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. A 14-year-old Indigenous boy who was hospitalised with head injuries after an encounter with NSW Police officers in September is fighting to have an upcoming hearing examining the officers’ conduct open to the public.

The NSW government’s “law and order” response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant fines on those least able to pay up.

An independent inquiry is underway into allegations of excessive force by New South Wales police during the arrest of an Aboriginal teenager.