Despite everything else this year has thrown at us, it seems the controversial strip-searching of children by New South Wales’ police continues unabated. As The Guardian’s Michael McGowan has noted, 96 have been searched in 2020, with some as young as eleven.
Community groups are mounting a combined push for more social and affordable housing for Aboriginal people in inner Sydney, as a wave of development and rise in property prices scatter the area's once-thriving population.
Megan Gorrey reports for the Sydney Morning Herald
RLC's police accountability practice has produced a number of resources about changes to COVID-19 public health orders in NSW, and information on payment and review options for people who have received penalty notices and court fines.
In July, a human rights report endorsed by RLC and over 200 other Australian not-for-profit and community organisations was submitted to the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Commission.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represented 12% of police strip searches in NSW in two years despite comprising just over 3% of the population.
Michael McGowan reports for Guardian Australia
The sister of an Aboriginal teenager who had his legs kicked out from beneath him while being arrested says children shouldn't be mistreated because they're being "lippy".
The Illawara Mercury reports (AAP)