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On 1 January 2014 many of the tribunals in New South Wales combined to become the New South Wales Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT).

An alarming number of tenants have contacted Redfern Legal Centre after having been locked out of their homes by the building management of Regis Towers, an apartment block in Sydney’s CBD and the largest strata plan building in Australia.

Tenants of the Regis Towers apartment block near Sydney's Chinatown complained that their electronic access swipe keys had been cancelled for minor infringements, effectively locking them out of their own flats...

Angry tenants are being locked out of their homes unless they pay $150 to get their security access cards back after draconian bylaws were passed at one of Sydney's biggest apartment complexes.

Redfern Legal Centre's Aboriginal Specialist Domestic Violence Worker, Charmaigne, talks about what help is out there for women dealing with family and domestic violence.

A significant number of tenants have been denied access to their homes in Regis Towers, a large apartment block on Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

A significant number of tenants have been denied access to their homes in Regis Towers, a large apartment block on Castlereagh Street, Sydney.

Tenant Advocate Tom McDonald won the People’s Choice Award at the 2013 TAAP (Tenants’ Advice and Advocacy Program) Awards.

Perpetrators of domestic violence commonly try to persuade victims to return home or prevent them leaving home by threatening to harm family pets.

Ella (not her real name) and her two children and their pets (a dog and a cat) were subjected to severe levels of violence and abuse from Ella’s partner.