News and Events

RLC's Financial Abuse Service NSW has produced a series of factsheets on family law for people separating from their partner or spouse.

RLC and Kingsford Legal Centre have jointly made submissions to the Senate Select Committee on Job Security, calling for reforms to increase access to secure employment, and ensure that all workers receive strong legal protections.

This month, the government announced it would adopt "wholly, in part, or in principle," the 55 recommendations set out in the Human Right Commission Respect@Work report investigating sexual harassment at work.

A good escape plan can protect individuals from being further abused financially after they break free. Ellen Whinnett and Anthony Keane report for Newscorp

EARG members appeared before the Senate Economics Legislation Committee to discuss the impact of responsible lending reforms for financial abuse victim-survivors

A free interactive Lord Mayor's Welcome Event for international students in NSW, presented by Redfern Legal Centre.

Advocates fear the federal government plan to wind back responsible lending laws will “perpetuate abuse” of domestic violence survivors, potentially locking them into poverty and even physical harm. Matthew Elmas and Josh Butler report for The New Daily

In March 2021, members of the Economic Reference Group NSW (EARG NSW), appeared before a NSW Parliamentary inquiry into coercive control.

RLC employment lawyer, Sharmilla Bargon discusses sexual harassment at work, calling for a paradigm shift that holds employers, not victims, to account. SBS The Feed reports.

Registrations are now open for the ANROWS National Research Conference on Violence against Women and their Children.