News and Events

RLC is looking for an enthusiastic PLT student 2 days per week for up to 60 days to work with our Tenancy practice. The role will be based onsite at our Redfern office.

A webinar: For public and private tenants who experience domestic violence, there are special provisions in NSW tenancy law.

Years of advocacy, community organising, and relentless efforts by renters, housing advocates, and the NSW network of local Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Services paved the way for the passing of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2024.

First Nations people in New South Wales are subject to 45 per cent of all "uses of force" by NSW police despite making up only 3.44 per cent of the population, a new accountability dashboard has revealed.

This online information session provides a comprehensive overview of the termination process for tenants in both the private market and social/public housing.

The dishes are piling up by the sink. They haven’t cleaned the bathroom in weeks. Then you’re asked to cover their rent. When sharing a house can go horribly wrong.

An overview of some common money-related issues that arise in public and community housing in NSW.

A new report has claimed disadvantaged and First Nations children in New South Wales were targeted by police during the COVID-19 pandemic, with fines up to $5000 being issued, pushing families into financial hardship.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has released a new report that reveals over a thousand children (aged 10-17 years) have been strip searched by NSW Police within a seven year period from June 2016 to July 2023. The report written by RLC solicitors, Samantha Lee and Josh Raj -‘The Need for Reform: Strip Searches of Children by NSW Police’ collates data about the number of children strip searched by NSW Police. The data was obtained from NSW Police via access to information law.

More than 500 legal practitioners, community workers and academics have expressed grave concerns about the negative impacts of the New South Wales government’s plan to tighten bail laws in response to youth crime.