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In NSW, arrest is a power of last resort. Yet over the past year, we have advised on several cases where police have used arrest at their convenience.

Since the introduction of significant reforms to the laws governing consumer credit in Australia, the Credit & Debt team has maintained a focus in its casework on the new responsible lending provisions.

RLC regularly sees new clients who are the target of what would ordinarily be called police harassment. In NSW it is described as 'proactive policing'.

RLC continues to call for independent investigation of police complaints and serious incidents, both in NSW and nationally.

Listen to RLC's Inner Sydney Tenants' Advice and Advocacy Service Team Leader, Natalie Bradshaw talk about the legalities of living in a share house on 2SER.

Today, Redfern Legal Centre has lodged a complaint with the NSW Ombudsman regarding Housing NSW's ongoing failure to respond to the needs of their tenants.

RLC's Police Powers Solicitor, David Porter on triple j's hack about police power to break up "out of control parties".

RLC and the Sydney Chinese Services Interagency took part in the Healthy City Living Information Expo in May 2013.

THE charging of domestic violence victims who retract allegations should be approved only at the highest levels of state police forces or by directors of public prosecution, says the Australian Law Reform Commission.

The State Coroner has released her recommendations following the conclusion of the Le Marseny inquest today. Adam Le Marseny died in May 2011 while being held in Corrective Services cells housed within the Sydney Police Centre, Surry Hills.