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NSW’s only dedicated legal aid service for international students will close next month unless a last-ditch funding plea succeeds.

RLC's client, Jenny*, and Tenants' Advocate, Natalie Bradshaw, speak with ABC Radio PM about their concern for vulnerable social housing tenants under proposed social housing eviction laws. ABC PM's Angela Lavoipierre reports.

What if your landlord, depending on his mood, could boot you out of your house without a fair hearing?

Thousands of Australians may be deprived of crisis legal support because of a new means test applied by community legal centres (CLCs).

A Sydney college allegedly enrolled a social security recipient in a $28,000 course after convincing her that the hairdressing management diploma — funded under VET Fee-Help loans — was free.

Will the Tink Review into the current system of investigating police misconduct spur real change for NSW? RLC's UNSW Policing Practice solicitor spoke with ABC Radio PM to discuss the systemic issues with the current oversight system.

30 July 2015 - SBS NITV Malarndirri McCarthy The Redfern Legal Centre is encouraging clients to speak up about police misconduct as the NSW Government reviews the accountability process of police.

Following revelations that a traumatised recent victim of domestic violence with a new baby was charged $38,000 undertake a diploma level course delivered by a private college, Labor MPs Kim Carr and Sharon Bird have again written the Australian National Audit Office calling for a review of the VET Fee-Help.

Third-party marketing agents are continuing to recruit vulnerable people to private education courses despite recent federal government attempts to clamp down on the sector, advocates have told a Senate inquiry. Solicitors at a legal centre have raised concerns about unscrupulous training organisations recruiting vulnerable welfare recipients. Photo: Tanya Lake, Sydney Morning Herald.

The former Labor government ignored union advice when restructuring the training industry, a parliamentary inquiry has heard. Mr Carr said closing legal loopholes in the training sector is like trying to keep up with international tax avoidance. Photo: Daniel Morris: www.danielxmorris.com