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In 2018, Byron Bay police struck a teenager 18 times with a baton. Five years later courts are still deciding, was it “reasonable”?

First Nations people in Dubbo were subjected to the highest number of police strip searches in NSW over two year period.

First Nations Elders who may be eligible for ex-gratia payments under the Stolen Generations Reparation Scheme are encouraged to apply now.

COVID fines issued to children could breach Australia’s obligations under international law, says UNSW Law academic.

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW urges fines for public health rule breaches be withdrawn or converted to cautions

New South Wales residents owe $1 billion to the state government because of unpaid fines, with more than 380,000 individuals having unpaid enforceable debt with Revenue NSW.

The gap in inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is depressingly vast in the legal and justice system.

The family of a 16-year-old Aboriginal boy who was killed in a crash with an unmarked police car have called for an independent investigation into his death.

In November 2021 the NSW Ombudsman released a report revealing Revenue NSW used automated systems to unlawfully and forcibly collect debt from disadvantaged and financially vulnerable people since January 2016.

A coalition of 33 legal organisations including RLC have signed an open letter, calling on NSW finance minister Damien Tudehope to introduce a four-month pause on enforcement action on COVID fines, to support people already experiencing vulnerabiliy.