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Media Release: Young women subjected to traumatic number of unnecessary strip searches

06 November 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: Girls as Young as 12 Were Strip-Searched in Australia

Girls as young as 12 have been strip-searched by the police in Australia’s most populous state in recent years, according to data released on Wednesday. Isabella Kwai reports for The New York Times

6 November 2019

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RLC Submission: Criminalisation of wage theft

Criminalising wage theft won’t make the problem go away for migrant workers

5 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: With focus on music festival strip-searches, let’s not forget this important issue

Ongoing public scrutiny is shedding much needed light on the highly invasive policing practice of strip-searching. But an important issue is being lost in the current debate – race. Samantha Lee in The Sydney Morning Herald

28 October 2019

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Check-In for legal advice: RLC announces new web app for international students

Now there's a new way international students can access RLC's International Student Legal Service NSW.

28 October 2019

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RLC in the Media: Naked and told to squat in a corner: a-16-year-old’s Splendour experience

Sixteen years old, lining up to get into a music festival, separated from friends, taken into a tent and forced to strip. Mia Armitage reports for Echonetdaily

22 October 2019

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Law Enforcement Conduct Commission hearing demonstrates why children should not be strip searched

22 October 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

22 October 2019

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Media Release: Call for NSW Police watchdog to investigate strip search quotas

30 September 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

30 September 2019

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Police face watchdog hearing over strip-search of 16 year old girl

Members of NSW Police are set to be grilled by the state’s law enforcement watchdog over the strip-searching of a 16-year-old girl at Splendour in the Grass. Angus Thompson reports for the Sydney Morning Herald

26 September 2019

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NSW Police database unlocked: the where, when and why officers used force

NSW Police drew their tasers almost 3000 times over the past five years and in over 1000 of these cases officers logged a mental health issue, internal police records reveal. Nigel Gladstone reports for The Sydney Morning Herald

24 September 2019

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Media Release: Young women subjected to traumatic number of unnecessary strip searches

RLC in the Media: Girls as Young as 12 Were Strip-Searched in Australia

RLC Submission: Criminalisation of wage theft

RLC in the Media: With focus on music festival strip-searches, let’s not forget this important issue

Check-In for legal advice: RLC announces new web app for international students

RLC in the Media: Naked and told to squat in a corner: a-16-year-old’s Splendour experience

Law Enforcement Conduct Commission hearing demonstrates why children should not be strip searched

Media Release: Call for NSW Police watchdog to investigate strip search quotas

Police face watchdog hearing over strip-search of 16 year old girl

NSW Police database unlocked: the where, when and why officers used force

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