News and Events

17 February 2016 Our International Student Legal Service will be attending O-Week festivities at most major universities over the next few weeks.

RLC senior solicitor David Porter was interviewed by ABC Radio regarding the delay in updating the NSW Police Force's Safe Driving Policy, having recently represented the family of a young man who died in the course of a high-speed police pursuit at a coronial inquest.

16 December 2015 It has been five years since the NSW Police Force was tasked with improving the safety of police, drivers, passengers and innocent bystanders with a policy review of its Safe Driving Policy. NSW is still waiting for its release.

16 December 2015 RLC senior solicitor David Porter was able to bring a case-based, legal advocate’s perspective to the Police Integrity Panel at the recent Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption Conference in November.

14 December 2015 International students are at a higher risk of being treated unfairly at work when compared with domestic students.

The NSW Government has released the Tink Review of Police Oversight, which recommended a series of structural changes to police oversight in NSW.

11 November 2015 Redfern Legal Centre's statewide International Students' Service has been saved, after facing closure in September.

6 November 2015 Redfern Legal Centre’s international student service has been given a lifeline from StudyNSW after the free legal advice service faced closure in September due to lack of funding.

Earlier this year former shadow Attorney-General Andrew Tink was commissioned to review the current system of police oversight in NSW.

The NSW election in March brought with it a commitment from the Government to review police oversight.