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Check-In for legal advice: RLC announces new web app for international students

Now there's a new way international students can access RLC's International Student Legal Service NSW.

28 October 2019

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My Legal Mate: Leading the way on international student wellbeing

Macquarie University has become the first tertiary institution to sign up for My Legal Mate, an innovative new mobile app offering on-the-go legal advice to international students in NSW.

28 October 2019

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Your Body, Your Choice honoured at 2019 NSW International Students Awards

Your Body, Your Choice, a groundbreaking sexual assault resource for international students, was honoured with an award at the 2019 NSW International Student Awards.

3 October 2019

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NSW Police database unlocked: the where, when and why officers used force

NSW Police drew their tasers almost 3000 times over the past five years and in over 1000 of these cases officers logged a mental health issue, internal police records reveal. Nigel Gladstone reports for The Sydney Morning Herald

24 September 2019

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Concerns raised about funding cuts to CLC Care Partner Program

Community Legal Centres NSW (CLCNSW) is calling on Legal Aid to reverse a decision to cut CLC funding for vitally important child protection work.

30 August 2019

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'I had done absolutely nothing wrong': Lucy Moore speaks out about being strip searched

On 22 August, Redfern Legal Centre released the report ‘Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police’ prepared by Dr Michael Grewcock and Dr Vicki Sentas from the Faculty of Law at UNSW Sydney.

26 August 2019

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UNSW Report: Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling for immediate amendments to NSW strip-search laws as research reveals an almost twentyfold increase in strip searches in less than 12 years.

22 August 2019

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RLC obtains standard operating procedures guiding the use of police body-worn video cameras

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has obtained a copy of NSW Police Force ‘Body-Worn Video Camera Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)’, which guide police in the lawful use of Body-Worn Video (BWV) cameras.

2 August 2019

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Melbourne University Research Study: Do Australian Laws Help People with Debt Problems?

A Melbourne University researcher is seeking participants for a study examining the use and impact of some of the options available to people experiencing consumer debt problems in Australia.

1 August 2019

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Run for Justice: Sydney Running Festival 2019

Run for justice with RLC in the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival!

29 June 2019

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Check-In for legal advice: RLC announces new web app for international students

My Legal Mate: Leading the way on international student wellbeing

Your Body, Your Choice honoured at 2019 NSW International Students Awards

NSW Police database unlocked: the where, when and why officers used force

Concerns raised about funding cuts to CLC Care Partner Program

'I had done absolutely nothing wrong': Lucy Moore speaks out about being strip searched

UNSW Report: Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police

RLC obtains standard operating procedures guiding the use of police body-worn video cameras

Melbourne University Research Study: Do Australian Laws Help People with Debt Problems?

Run for Justice: Sydney Running Festival 2019

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