News and Events

Monday, 16 November 2020 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Financial rights and domestic violence campaigners warn the government's bid to loosen lines of credit as the nation recovers from recession will end up making financial abuse more frequent and severe. Katina Curtis reports for Sydney Morning Herald.

Throughout the five years Sara* was married to Anton*, she was subjected to serious financial abuse.

New research from UNSW's Gendered Violence Research Network (GVRN) explores current knowledge of financial abuse in Australia and looks at ways financial services can better support victim-survivors.

The NSW Greens have introduced a bill in State Parliament to radically reform the use of strip searches and drug detection dogs by NSW Police. David Adams reports for Pedestrian TV.

Subject matter experts, including RLC solicitor Jasmine Opdam discuss what you should know about financial abuse and where you can go to get help.

In the past year, NSW police officers have strip-searched 96 children and more than 20 percent of them were Indigenous.

NSW police are under scrutiny after data obtained by the Redfern Legal Centre shows a rise in strip-searches of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Amelia Tan reports for ABC News

Disturbing new data from NSW Police shows the deeply invasive – and potentially illegal – practice of strip-searching is still disproportionately targeting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, some of which are children as young as 11. Michael Di Iorio writes for Pedestrian TV.

Indigenous children continue to be disproportionately targeted with strip-searches, making up about 21 per cent of all people aged between 10 and 17 years old strip-searched in the past financial year. Glen Bartholomew speaks to Police Accountability Solicitor, Samantha Lee, for ABC News Radio.