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VIDEO: Supreme court asks NSW to reverse COVID-19 fines

The New South Wales government is being urged to withdraw more than 29-thousand remaining COVID fines.

7 April 2023

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RADIO: ABC Drive Covid Fines Supreme Court Judgment

Samantha Lee, Redfern Legal Centre’s police accountability solicitor, speaks on ABC Drive about the recent NSW Supreme Court judgment on covid fines.

6 April 2023

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NSW government urged to withdraw remaining 29,000 Covid fines after court ruling

The New South Wales government has been urged to withdraw more than 29,000 remaining Covid-19 fines after the Supreme Court found fundamental flaws in the way they were issued.

6 April 2023

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How landmark Supreme Court judgment could invalidate all NSW Covid-19 fines

A Supreme Court judgment could invalidate all Covid-19 fines after a state’s revenue department backed down on thousands of penalty notices.

6 April 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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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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VIDEO: Supreme court asks NSW to reverse COVID-19 fines

RADIO: ABC Drive Covid Fines Supreme Court Judgment

NSW government urged to withdraw remaining 29,000 Covid fines after court ruling

How landmark Supreme Court judgment could invalidate all NSW Covid-19 fines

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

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

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