News and Events

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Redfern Legal Centre's Aboriginal Specialist Domestic Violence Worker, Charmaigne, talks about what help is out there for women dealing with family and domestic violence.

Perpetrators of domestic violence commonly try to persuade victims to return home or prevent them leaving home by threatening to harm family pets.