News and Events

Solicitors from Redfern Legal Centre are calling for greater leniency for students coerced into breaching their visa conditions by unscrupulous employers. Naaman Zhou reports for The Guardian. Published 22 April 2017.

29 March 2017 – RLC's Credit & Debt solicitor Laura Bianchi discusses pitfalls of consumer lease arrangements and payday loans in an article on the Radio Rentals class action.

26 March 2017 – RLC's Credit & Debt solicitor Laura Bianchi speaks to Sydney Morning Herald's Andrew Taylor about the impact of fines on low income earners, as part of a story investigating Sydney parking fines.

31 March 2017 – RLC's Credit & Debt solicitor Laura Bianchi talks to Channel Seven about the impact of fines for low income earners.

Current student visas prevent international students from working more than 40-hours-per fortnight while studying. RLC argues that this makes student workers vulnerable to exploitation. We have submitted a proposal to the Migrant Workers' Taskforce calling for an amendment to section 499 of the Migration Act, instructing decision makers not to cancel a visa in certain circumstances where a student has breached the 40-hour-per-fortnight condition. Article by Anna Patty. Reproduced from Sydney Morning Herald. Published: 7 March 2017.

One of NSW's pioneering providers of community-based law is marking its 40th birthday with a fundraising push to further diversify its revenue streams and ensure it can continue to provide key services.

On 28 February radio 2SER convened a panel of legal and human rights experts to dissect findings the 18C Inquiry Report, tabled in Parliament on 28 February 2017.

RLC's Linda Tucker, Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Deputy Opposition Leader Tanya Plibersek held a press conference about proposed funding cuts to community legal centres (CLCs) at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre today.

Our International Students' Solicitor Sean Stimpson speaks to Anton Crace from The PIE (UK) about RLC's work to prevent the exploitation of international students in the workplace.

RLC's Credit and Debt Solicitor Will Dwyer speaks journalist Barry McKay about tactics employed by organisations seeking to recover debt and strategies that people can use to deal with these types of situations.