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Sean Stimson, an international student solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre, described June 30 as D-Day, when remote study from abroad would no longer be permitted at the same time the Department of Foreign Affairs restricts international students to 48 hours of work per fortnight.

Some councils are giving up on paper tickets and instead sending letters up to a month later, giving motorists little chance to appeal.

Data obtained by Redfern Legal Centre, via the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW), reflects a clear bias involved in the way that NSW police officers are applying personal searches.

Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be stopped and interrogated.

When I was pinged for a nonsensical red light offence and fined $469, it wasn’t about the money, it was about the principle. Well, and the money.

Australia is welcoming back international students in much greater numbers this year. Some predict new enrolments in 2023 could even be higher than the pre-COVID record in 2019.

Revenue NSW says the money will be transferred into government’s unclaimed money fund after three weeks of inaction

The NSW government’s “law and order” response to the COVID-19 pandemic led to significant fines on those least able to pay up.

The NSW Government’s ‘law and order’ response to the pandemic created significant fines debt and damaged community-police relations in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the state, according to a new UNSW Law School report. 

Solicitor Samantha Lee says the NSW government's decision to withdraw COVID fines leaves a door open for other fines to be challenged.