News and Events

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has launched the Police Accountability Dashboard - a groundbreaking tool and the first of its kind in Australia.

This presentation will discuss the various police powers and their limitations in relation to drugs in NSW.

RLC is excited to present this cutting-edge webinar, which will draw on lessons from our recent casework to give you tips and tactics that may help solve your clients' debt problems.

Redfern Legal Centre has an exciting opportunity for a credit, debt and consumer law solicitor to join our dynamic team. The role involves providing free legal advice and representation to clients in our local catchment which includes Redfern, Waterloo and Inner Sydney, driving policy and advocacy for systemic change, delivery of community legal education sessions, and outreach to local organisations to ensure our services are accessible and culturally safe.

Legal Aid NSW has published an updated version of its 'Fined Out' booklet, produced in collaboration with Inner City Legal Centre and Redfern Legal Centre.

The NSW police have been given new powers to detect knives.

The National Justice Project (NJP), Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) are hosting an expert forum, ‘Mental health call outs: who should respond?’ to consider alternatives to the current approach that sends police to be first responders to a mental health crisis.

A Guide to Driving Laws in NSW Developed by Weave and Redfern Legal Centre

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited (ALS) are calling for immediate reform of the NSW fines system as a new report reveals that a heavy-handed approach to policing public health orders (PHOs) resulted in 3,628 children in NSW receiving COVID fines.

A trial date has been set by the NSW Supreme Court for the landmark strip search class action that will challenge the legality of strip searches conducted by NSW Police at music festivals over a six-year period.