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With Community Legal Centres to lose 25% of Commonwealth funding from 2017, VICE Australia spends a day and night at Redfern Legal Centre to investigate the 'human cost' of these budget cuts.

'Private Vocational Education and Training (VET) providers are taking an increasing share of public funding, and leaving the government to cover the costs.'

RLC's solicitor Lindsay Ash writes in the New Matilda that it is imperative that changes are made to the proposed Anti-Social Housing Bill to protect vulnerable tenants across NSW, to ensure innocents tenants are not made homeless. New Matilda - 14 October 2015 Lindsay Ash

Safer Pathway is changing the way we prevent domestic violence in NSW – don’t miss our first webinar on the reforms on November 12.

The Hon Fred Nile, Reverend. 14 October 2015 Read it on Hansard

RLC solicitor Natalie Bradshaw spoke to the Daily Telegraph about the government's proposed Anti-Social Housing Bill and what it means for social housing tenants. 30 September 2015 - Daily Telegraph ​James Gorman

NSW Government proposes Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme Prime Minister Turnbull announces $100m for domestic violence

Redfern Legal Centre has established an Indigenous Health-Justice Partnership with Sydney Local Health District, to provide legal services to Indigenous patients based at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

In early 2014, the NSW Government announced plans to sell off its public housing stock in Millers Point, Dawes Point and the Rocks, and relocate those tenants out of the area.

On 5 August 2015 the Government introduced into Parliament the Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment (Public Housing – Antisocial Behaviour) Bill 2015.