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Danny Lim’s bloody face makes us recoil yet again at police use of force

The heavy force used against the 78-year-old has disturbed many, and on Wednesday about 100 people protested outside Surry Hills police station, calling for the officers involved to be suspended and for an independent investigation.

24 November 2022

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Pain in Paradise

In 2018, Byron Bay police struck a teenager 18 times with a baton. Five years later courts are still deciding, was it “reasonable”?

21 November 2022

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News

International Student Leadership and Ambassador program

International students living and studying in Sydney are invited to apply for the 2023/24 international student leadership and ambassador program.

3 November 2022

Group of international students standing outside on a set of stairs in an ampitheatre

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International student housing in affordability crisis

Momentum is gathering behind a campaign to demand universities cap rents and build residential cooperatives for international students.

1 November 2022

Media releases

COVID fines are exacerbating financial disadvantage

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling on the NSW Government to put an immediate stay on enforcement orders issued to people who have not yet paid their COVID-19 fines.

20 October 2022

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Sydney welcomes back international students

Lord Mayor Clover Moore last night opened the doors to Sydney Town Hall for the first International Student Welcome since the start of the pandemic.

19 October 2022

Overhead view of a large group of students studying at desk.

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Officer Charged with Fabricating Evidence, But His Victim Explains that Coverups Run Deep

LECC announced that the NSW Director of Public Prosecutions has laid charges against police officer over the fraud allegations involving fabricating evidence

7 October 2022