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Enhanced support for patients at Sydney Dental Hospital

Legal assistance provided to vulnerable patients under Health Justice Partnership.

21 February 2023

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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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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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Youpla-ACBF funeral benefit program now open

Urgent financial assistance to First Nations families affected by the collapse of funeral insurer, Youpla-ACBF is now available following the advocacy of 140 organisations, including RLC.

13 September 2022

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'Simply unacceptable': Dubbo tops the state for strip searches on Indigenous people

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

25 August 2022

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Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme extended to June 2023

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

7 August 2022

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Indigenous Australians losing driving licences and face crushing debts over NSW Covid fines, lawyers say

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW urges fines for public health rule breaches be withdrawn or converted to cautions

20 July 2022

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Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme extended

Applications to the Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme have been extended to 30 June 2023. RLC can help you apply.

29 June 2022

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Youpla collapse fuels ‘trauma and intergenerational debt’ for First Nations families

In April 2022, RLC joined a coalition of 125 organisations calling on the federal government to urgently support First Nations People who have been affected by the collapse of funeral insurer, Youpla.

27 April 2022

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Enhanced support for patients at Sydney Dental Hospital

NSW Police Searches Target the Vulnerable, Report Confirms

Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police

Pain in Paradise

Youpla-ACBF funeral benefit program now open

'Simply unacceptable': Dubbo tops the state for strip searches on Indigenous people

Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme extended to June 2023

Indigenous Australians losing driving licences and face crushing debts over NSW Covid fines, lawyers say

Stolen Generations Reparations Scheme extended

Youpla collapse fuels ‘trauma and intergenerational debt’ for First Nations families

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