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Sydney based Permanent role, full time or part time Supervision: Chief Operating Officer Salary and benefits: $95,825.30 – $99,267.49 p.a. (pro rata for part time) depending on qualifications and experience. This is an identified role for people of First Nations descent who identify and are accepted as such in the community.

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

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.

RLC's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Access Worker increases access to justice for First Nations communities.

The Koori Vaccination Clinic operating out of Redfern Town Hall ceased operations in April 2022.

Over 100 members of the legal, academic and political profession have endorsed an open letter to the NSW Premier, calling to revoke wrongly issued COVID-19 fines.

The Chronic Care for Aboriginal People Network is inviting First Nations people from NSW to take part in a series of online yarning sessions to adapt a tool to be used to help address vaccine hesitancy in the community.

Our May/June eBulletin calls for a First Nations Voice in Australia’s Parliament and highlights the latest RLC webinars, factsheets and news.

In October 2020, RLC police accountability solicitor Samatha Lee appeared before The Select Committee into the High Level of First Nations People in Custody and Oversight and Review of Deaths in Custody.

Redfern Legal Centre supports the Uluru Statement from the Heart as an important step forward for all Australians. It is time to embed a First Nations Voice in Australia’s Parliament. This is a priority, and we must progress without delay.