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

Criminalising wage theft won’t make the problem go away for migrant workers 4 November 2019 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

5 November 2019

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ATO takes actions on unpaid super

In good news for employees, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has begun to focus its resources on the issue of unpaid superannuation contributions.

29 October 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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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 in the course of duty over the past five years, according to internal police records, with officers logging a mental-health issue in more than 1000 of these cases. 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 Submission: Criminalisation of wage theft

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

ATO takes actions on unpaid super

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

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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