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This webinar provides an overview of law and policy in public and community housing.

Taite Collins filmed his partner Collin Burling being surrounded by officers at their public housing block in Sydney’s Waterloo.

A fast food worker has been awarded a record $305,000 payout in a sexual discrimination case involving her boss. The landmark decision takes into account the victim's vulnerability and sends a warning to employers nationwide.

On the bad days, late at night, “Kate” finds herself back in the tent at a Sydney music festival, a terrified 18-year-old paralysed by fear. She’s been ordered to strip naked, cornered in the small space and is bending over in front of two female police officers searching her for illicit drugs.

The Law Report speaks to the Nepalese student awarded Australia's highest sexual harassment compensation payment in a case against her employer at a Sydney fast food restaurant. 

New data reveals the number of juveniles in custody in New South Wales has risen by 34 per cent. Indigenous children make up for 60 per cent of the state's minors behind bars.

An employee of Mexican fast food chain Mad Mex has received a record payout after a court found her manager sexually harassed her by showing her pornographic videos, brushing sex toys against her thigh and making sexualised comments.

This webinar for community workers outlines tenants’ rights to getting repairs done in social or private housing, and provides tips on navigating DCJ Housing’s repairs and maintenance system.

The Federal Court has awarded $305,000 in damages to a young woman and international student for sexual harassment, victimisation and aggravated damages. This amount includes $160,000 general damages, which is the highest award ever recorded in an Australian sexual harassment claim.

The report titled ‘The Use of Strip Searches & Drug Dogs in NSW’, based on 10 years of police data from 2014 to 2023, was released today by Harm Reduction Australia and Redfern Legal Centre.