News and Events

An RLC webinar on financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

Redfern Legal Centre has an opportunity for an Employment Law Solicitor to join our team and contribute to the Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS).

A report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) confirms serious problems with the deployment of Body-Worn Video (BWV) cameras by NSW Police.

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People receiving refunds for paying invalid COVID fines in NSW will also be paid interest on those amounts, following a successful campaign by Maurice Blackburn and Redfern Legal Centre.

In short: The NSW government will withdraw and repay more than 23,000 fines issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. The government says the notices contained insufficient details about the offence they committed. What's next? Revenue NSW will reach out to all affected individuals and refund them for the fines.

Instead of repayment of invalid fines, Revenue NSW advises on its website it will reallocate the money to any unpaid fine debt.

A webinar: For public and private tenants who experience domestic violence, there are special provisions in NSW tenancy law.

The NSW Government will withdraw and repay more than 23,000 COVID fines, following a successful legal campaign by Redfern Legal Centre and Maurice Blackburn Lawyers.

Almost half of strip-searches conducted by NSW police are in western Sydney as a coalition of justice and health organisations urges the state government to outlaw such searches of young people due to their traumatic impact.