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A Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) Inquiry into workplaces along Australia’s Harvest Trail has found widespread non-compliance, with inspectors recovering more than $1 million in unpaid wages for over 2,500 workers.

Public housing tenants are standing firm as public housing redevelopment in Waterloo and Redfern threaten their homes. Authors Pratichi Chatterjee, Alistair Sisson, Jenna Condie and Laura Wynne report for The Conversation.

Nicole Kennedy and Kimberley McKenzie from RLC’s Tenancy & Housing practice explore the prevailing issues of the Residential Tenancies Amendment (Social Housing) Bill in an article in the lastest edition of Around the House, from Shelter NSW.

Redfern Legal Centre's Police Powers solicitor, Samantha Lee speaks to David Murray from The Australian about NSW's policies on police pursuits.

Have you been underpaid at work? Are you being unfairly treated by your boss? Do you want to know more about your employment rights?

Two groundbreaking new Australian films screened recently in Sydney exploring the impact of public housing redevelopment on the future of our city.

The head of RLC's Police Powers practice, Sam Lee, discusses concerns around the sharp increase in police strip searches in NSW, describing a degrading incident involving a young woman strip-searched at a music festival. Hagar Cohen reports for The World Today

RLC is a member of the NSW Community Legal Centres Care & Protection Network Committee contributing to the Committee’s extensive review of the wholesale amendment agenda of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 (NSW).

In November, RLC took part in the 2018 International Education Providers Forum at Sydney Town Hall.

The use of police strip searches in NSW has doubled between 2016- 2017, with increased complaints prompting an investigation by the state's police conduct watchdog, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (the LECC), into whether NSW Police are abusing their strip searching powers. Hagar Cohen reports for The World Today