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RLC in the Media: 47% Of NSW Renters Lose Some / All Of Their Bond: Here’s How To Save Yourself

The Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010: Discussion Paper (October 2015) states 47% of renters in NSW either lost some or all of their bond during the previous financial year.

29 July 2017

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Health Justice Partnership: providing holistic legal and health care

In May 2015, Redfern Legal Centre and Sydney Local Health District partnered to establish the first hospital-based Health Justice Partnership (HJP) in New South Wales.

13 July 2017

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NSW survey highlights legal needs of sharehousing tenants

A survey from the Tenants' Union of NSW (TUNSW) and Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services (TAAS) has found that many sharehousing tenants in NSW do not have written tenancy agreements, making them vulnerable to unfair eviction.

6 June 2017

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Holistic approach to healing patients

The Health Justice Partnership addresses the legal dimension to patient health and wellbeing.

11 May 2017

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RLC in the Media: 'Elderly resident Sally Parslow's last-ditch fight to stay in Millers Point'

With the help of Redfern Legal Centre, Millers Point resident Sally Parslow is filing in the NSW Supreme Court to try to prevent eviction from her home. By Lisa Visentin. Published by Sydney Morning Herald, 15 April 2017.

15 April 2017

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RLC in the Media: What to do after storm damage, and dealing with insurance companies and landlords

RLC's Melanie Bradfield spoke to SBS's 'The Feed' about what to do if your own home’s been damaged or flooded, whether you’re a tenant or a home owner.

28 March 2017

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RLC in the Media: City tenants feel the strain as rent eats up the average income

Redfern Legal Centre’s (RLC) acting tenancy service co-ordinator Tom McDonald spoke to The Daily Telegraph about growing financial pressures Sydney tenants face as rental prices continue to soar.

19 January 2017

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RLC on ABC's Background Briefing

RLC's Millers Point Tenants' Advocates spoke to Background Briefing's Ann Arnold about the sale of landmark social housing in Sydney and the resulting consequences for long term tenants.

10 October 2016

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NSW Fair Trading recommends changes to tenancy law

The Department of Fair Trading has released a report making recommendations about changes that should be made to the Residential Tenancy Act 2010 as part of its five-year statutory review.

5 September 2016

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RLC in The Media: HJP in Law Society of NSW Journal

August 2016 - Jane Southward of the Law Society of NSW Journal speaks with Redfern Legal Centre's Sue-Ellen Hills about her role as a solicitor with the unique Health Justice Partnership between RLC and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

16 August 2016

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RLC in the Media: 47% Of NSW Renters Lose Some / All Of Their Bond: Here’s How To Save Yourself

Health Justice Partnership: providing holistic legal and health care

NSW survey highlights legal needs of sharehousing tenants

Holistic approach to healing patients

RLC in the Media: 'Elderly resident Sally Parslow's last-ditch fight to stay in Millers Point'

RLC in the Media: What to do after storm damage, and dealing with insurance companies and landlords

RLC in the Media: City tenants feel the strain as rent eats up the average income

RLC on ABC's Background Briefing

NSW Fair Trading recommends changes to tenancy law

RLC in The Media: HJP in Law Society of NSW Journal

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