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We share tips for investigating and resolving cases of financial abuse, gained through our experience running the Financial Abuse Service.

Ella, whose real name cannot be used for legal reasons, is still paying off $60 000 in debt piled on her by her former partner more than three years after she escaped the abusive relationship. Lucy Cormack reports for The Sydney Morning Herald.

Economic abuse is really pervasive where family violence is present," said Alison Macdonald, the CEO Of Domestic Violence Victoria.

Almost one in 10 Australian women in a relationship have experienced domestic violence during the coronavirus crisis, new research reveals.

RLC stands with Tenants' Union of NSW and 70+ other housing and community organisations and housing researchers calling on National Cabinet to support renters stay in their homes and out of debt during the COVID-19 crisis.

Using insights from RLC’s Financial Abuse Service, learn how to identify financial abuse and how to safely support victim survivors to deal with relationship debts.

On 13 April, the NSW Government announced a six-month moratorium on evictions for tenants in financial hardship as a result of the COVID-19 crisis.

On 24 March, Redfern Legal Centre wrote to the NSW Minister for Better Regulation and Innovation, the Hon Kevin Andrews MP, calling for urgent support for NSW tenants during the coronavirus pandemic.

Social housing in NSW can be confusing for tenants, and confusing for anyone assisting them.

In December, Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) teamed up with leading financial and legal service providers to launch the first state-wide service in New South Wales addressing financial abuse in intimate partner relationships.