News and Events

The Australian Medical Association NSW in partnership with Women’s Legal Services NSW has recently launched a new domestic violence resource for doctors.

RLC has recently assisted a number of people with discrimination complaints in which there have been significant issues identifying the correct respondent, or, in other words, the entity to whom the complaint should be correctly directed.

The aim of the new NSW Domestic Violence Justice Strategy is to make the criminal justice system more responsive to the needs of victims of domestic violence.

RLC has been closely monitoring the impact of Australia’s new ‘anti-bullying’ workplace laws, which came into effect earlier this year.

Redfern Legal Centre is submitting a response on the proposed amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth) to the Hon Attorney-General George Brandis.

It is enormously difficult for women dealing with domestic and family violence to tell their story to even one service provider.

For women dealing with domestic violence, telling their story to just one service provider is daunting and stressful.

A recent Redfern Legal Centre discrimination case raised interesting issues about the interaction between federal disability discrimination and workers’ compensation laws in settling matters.

Redfern Legal Centre supports the new provisions of the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth) aimed at preventing workplace bullying. The provisions came into effect on 1 January 2014.

NSW Police have launched a suite of new anti-domestic violence resources to promote community awareness of domestic violence and to encourage reporting to police.