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Proposed domestic violence disclosure scheme in NSW

NSW is currently considering the implementation of a Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme, modelled on ‘Clare’s Law’, which was recently introduced in the UK.

11 June 2015

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Integrated response to domestic violence urgently needed across NSW 

New South Wales has radically changed the way it responds to domestic violence through the introduction of It Stops Here: Safer Pathway Local Coordination Points (LCPs).

11 June 2015

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Jenny Leong MP on Redfern Legal Centre

Ms Jenny Leong MP, Newtown: "On Thursday 21 May 2015 I met with the Redfern Legal Centre, the oldest legal centre in New South Wales offering essential legal services in our local community and across New South Wales."

27 May 2015

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#SaveRLC : RLC in Funding Crisis

Redfern Legal Centre is currently in funding crisis.

11 May 2015

Media releases

Media Release: Community Legal Centres risk closures due to cuts

Community Legal Centres in NSW today held a crisis meeting to discuss how to stop their centres across New South Wales from closing on July 1 this year.

25 March 2015

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Media Release: Senate Report recommends reversal of funding cuts to legal services and frontline domestic violence service providers

20 March 2015

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International student workplace exploitation widespread

Recent media coverage has exposed international student exploitation in the workplace, particularly in casual jobs in the hospitality and cleaning industries.

26 February 2015

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VET providers exploiting vulnerable consumers

Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers are targeting vulnerable and disadvantaged people with unscrupulous marketing practices by enrolling students into courses they cannot possibly complete or afford.

26 February 2015

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Disability discrimination in employment

Figures released in January, regarding the number of people with a disability working for the Australian Public Service (APS), shone a spotlight on rates of inclusion of people with disability in employment.

26 February 2015

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Freedom of speech, right?

Employees should be wary of potential recriminations for after-hours social media misconduct, warned Kathryn Dent, an employment and industrial law specialist, in a recent interview with Australasian Lawyer.

26 February 2015

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Proposed domestic violence disclosure scheme in NSW

Integrated response to domestic violence urgently needed across NSW

Jenny Leong MP on Redfern Legal Centre

#SaveRLC : RLC in Funding Crisis

Media Release: Community Legal Centres risk closures due to cuts

Media Release: Senate Report recommends reversal of funding cuts to legal services and frontline domestic violence service providers

International student workplace exploitation widespread

VET providers exploiting vulnerable consumers

Disability discrimination in employment

Freedom of speech, right?

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