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Earlier this year former shadow Attorney-General Andrew Tink was commissioned to review the current system of police oversight in NSW.

The NSW election in March brought with it a commitment from the Government to review police oversight.

Photo credit: Rusty Stewart, Flickr Redfern Legal Centre and UNSW Law will host a public forum on police accountability in NSW, Thursday 30th July, at NSW Parliament House.

23 June 2015 Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) and UNSW Law today announced that the RLC Police Powers practice has been saved from closure thanks to UNSW Law sponsorship.

The NSW election in March brought with it a commitment from the Government to review police oversight in NSW.

RLC CEO Jo Shulman speaks with National Indigenous Radio Service about what RLC's funding crisis will mean for Indigenous communities in Redfern and surrounding service areas.

Watch the story of Melissa Dunn and her treatment by the NSW Police Force on the ABC website. March 2015 - ABC 7:30 Report

The RLC Police Powers Clinic is an educational program run in conjunction with the University of New South Wales. UNSW students spend one day a week at RLC over a semester, putting their legal knowledge into practice working on police issues.

The new consorting provisions, introduced into the Crimes Act in 2012, allow police to label otherwise lawful associations a crime and to prosecute on that simple basis. The consorting provisions lack appropriate definitions, restrictions, and standards.

Tek sought advice from RLC after he sustained injuries when being ejected from a local police station.