News and Events

Redfern Legal Centre stands with a coalition of Aboriginal and legal organisations that say a secret proposal to tighten NSW bail laws for children would make NSW regional communities more dangerous. Multiple government sources have indicated off the record that a proposal to introduce punitive law and order measures – including changes to bail laws that will result in more children going to jail – may be considered as early as this week.

The NSW government wants universities to take more responsibility for housing international students as Sydney braces for tens of thousands of arrivals for the return of face-to-face learning.

Universities and Australia’s biggest student housing provider are using a loophole in legislation to avoid tough laws designed to protect renters.

Taking heed of mounting concerns over its potential implications, the NSW government has made the decision to abandon its push to outlaw rental bidding.

A state government has backflipped after its attempt to stop a hated practice by real estate agents was set to make things worse.

Nineteen community organisations have come together to warn the NSW Government’s proposed rent bidding legislation will spark legal rental auctions and further push up prices.

Police have been questioned about when they are able to use force after a 14-year-old Indigenous boy was hospitalised following his arrest.

Tenants are continuing to feel the pinch of rising rent increases across the country.

Our tenancy service speaks to tenants every day about the terrible state of their public housing properties. The public housing maintenance system is not working, and the result is that many people in our community who are experiencing disadvantage are living in terrible conditions.

A fight to save the housing block ensues, with protests and a petition started, calling on the government to retain the public housing.