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Explainer: Everything you need to know about funeral insurance, low-income insurance and financial hardship programs

Purchasing hefty insurance plans – such as funeral insurance and home and car insurance – can often seem like a sensible option.

29 August 2016

RLC in the media

RLC in the Media: exploitation of student interns

RLC's Employment and Discrimination Solicitor, Linda Tucker, speaks to Australia Wide about the exploitation of student interns.

20 August 2016

RLC in the media

RLC on the Checkout

11 August 2016 - Will Dwyer from the Redfern Legal Centre says major financial institutions, telcos, energy providers and debt collectors are required to offer hardship programs if you're going through a tough time.

11 August 2016

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Taking out the trash: useless ‘junk policy’ insurance policies

Insurance customers may be at risk of paying add - on costs for useless and nonessential items

16 June 2016

closeup of money: gold dollar coins and notes

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Reform needed to protect older Australians

RLC welcomes the Willing to Work report from the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), which again seeks to strengthen the accessibility and impact of anti-discrimination laws.

10 June 2016

RLC in the media

RLC on FBI Backchat: Funding Cuts to CLCs

Our solicitors Will Dwyer (Credit & Debt) and Linda Tucker (Employment & Discrimination) talked to Hannah Pett on FBI's Backchat about what the pending federal govt cuts to Community Legal Centres will mean to our clients.

26 May 2016

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RLC on ABC PM with Mark Colvin

RLC solicitor Linda Tucker weighs in on the Government's proposed $200 a week internship scheme, declared 'illegal' by the Australian Council of Trade Unions.

13 May 2016

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April: Submission to Domestic Violence and Gender Inequality Inquiry

Redfern Legal Centre made a submission to an inquiry into domestic violence and gender inequality conducted by the Commonwealth Senate Finance and Public Administration Committees.

21 April 2016

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Submission: Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 - Addendum

With the review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 still ongoing, RLC is pushing for law reform to protect all residents living in share housing.

12 April 2016

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The structure of our discrimination laws do not facilitate equal opportunity in employment

The reactive remedies to discrimination in Australia, which require individuals to take up complaints rather than imposing a positive duty on respondents, continue to undermine the positive intentions of anti-discrimination laws.

7 April 2016

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Explainer: Everything you need to know about funeral insurance, low-income insurance and financial hardship programs

RLC in the Media: exploitation of student interns

RLC on the Checkout

Taking out the trash: useless ‘junk policy’ insurance policies

Reform needed to protect older Australians

RLC on FBI Backchat: Funding Cuts to CLCs

RLC on ABC PM with Mark Colvin

April: Submission to Domestic Violence and Gender Inequality Inquiry

Submission: Statutory Review of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 - Addendum

The structure of our discrimination laws do not facilitate equal opportunity in employment

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