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NSW Police Watch Dog Holds Public Hearing into the Use of Force

Tomorrow (25 May), the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) will examine the use of force by NSW Police, along with systemic issues related to the arrest and detention of children.

24 May 2023

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Events

Mortgage Stress and Financial Abuse (webinar)

3 May 2023

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Events

Repair your credit report after financial abuse (webinar)

Victim survivors of financial abuse experience impacts on their credit report... and so their lives ...for years after they leave the relationship behind.

5 April 2023

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RLC in the media

How to keep financial stress out of your relationship

One partner’s bad money habits can cause lasting damage unless early action is taken. Rising cost of living pressures due to higher interest rates are hurting women’s financial progress and increasing the risk of relationship debt.

21 March 2023

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RLC in the media

NSW Police Searches Target the Vulnerable, Report Confirms

Data obtained by Redfern Legal Centre, via the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW), reflects a clear bias involved in the way that NSW police officers are applying personal searches.

21 February 2023

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RLC in the media

Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police

Police are conducting more than 150,000 body searches annually across NSW, with children and Indigenous people more likely to be stopped and interrogated.

13 February 2023

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Events

Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

1 February 2023

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RLC in the media

Pain in Paradise

In 2018, Byron Bay police struck a teenager 18 times with a baton. Five years later courts are still deciding, was it “reasonable”?

21 November 2022

RLC in the media

Domestic Violence Group Warns Proposed Coercive Control Laws Could Escalate Abuse

Organisations across NSW call for the NSW Government's Crimes Legislation Amendment (Coercive Control) Bill 2022 to be reviewed.

7 November 2022

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RLC in the media

NSW needs to address coercive control, but this rushed law is not the way to do it

This criminal offence could end up retraumatising victim survivors and criminalising people who are most in need of protection, say RLC's Gayatri Nair.

3 November 2022

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NSW Police Watch Dog Holds Public Hearing into the Use of Force

Mortgage Stress and Financial Abuse (webinar)

Repair your credit report after financial abuse (webinar)

How to keep financial stress out of your relationship

NSW Police Searches Target the Vulnerable, Report Confirms

Children searched more than 100,000 times by NSW police

Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

Pain in Paradise

Domestic Violence Group Warns Proposed Coercive Control Laws Could Escalate Abuse

NSW needs to address coercive control, but this rushed law is not the way to do it

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