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NSW Police Searches Target the Vulnerable, Report Confirms

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.

21 February 2023

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Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police

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

13 February 2023

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Redfern Legal Centre test case finds COVID-19 fines invalid – what does this mean for me?

Revenue NSW has conceded that many COVID-19 fines are invalid. But what does that mean for the rest of the community who may have received or paid fines?

30 November 2022

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Fines commissioner concedes that COVID fines in Supreme Court test case are invalid

The NSW government has conceded that two COVID-19 fines being challenged in a Supreme Court test case are invalid, opening the door for more than 30,000 other people to have fines worth $30 million cancelled.

29 November 2022

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Pain in Paradise

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

21 November 2022

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NSW needs to address coercive control, but this rushed law is not the way to do it

This criminal offence could end up retraumatising victim survivors and criminalising people who are most in need of protection, say RLC's Gayatri Nair.

3 November 2022

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Open letter: Respect @ Work law reform Bill does not go far enough

A coalition of community legal centres including RLC has sent an open letter to government calling for improvements to a proposed discrimination law Bill.

31 October 2022

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Concerns raised about Coercive Control Bill

Domestic and family violence advocates have raised concerns about the lack of consultation around the criminalisation of coercive control.

13 October 2022

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RLC welcomes government action on workplace sexual harassment

In September, recommendations were tabled in parliament to make changes to sexual harassment laws.

28 September 2022

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Call for action on wage theft and exploitation of migrant workers

A coalition of community legal centres is seeking a key commitment from the government to provide effective visa protections for migrant workers.

16 September 2022

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NSW Police Searches Target the Vulnerable, Report Confirms

Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police

Redfern Legal Centre test case finds COVID-19 fines invalid – what does this mean for me?

Fines commissioner concedes that COVID fines in Supreme Court test case are invalid

Pain in Paradise

NSW needs to address coercive control, but this rushed law is not the way to do it

Open letter: Respect @ Work law reform Bill does not go far enough

Concerns raised about Coercive Control Bill

RLC welcomes government action on workplace sexual harassment

Call for action on wage theft and exploitation of migrant workers

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