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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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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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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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Buy now, pay later failing family violence victims

Buy Now Pay Later industry regulations needs to be strengthened, domestic violence advocates say.

12 October 2022

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NSW government rushes to pass coercive control bill despite opposition from domestic violence advocates

The NSW government says it is matter of life and death that coercive control is criminalised this year and it doesn't want concerns from domestic violence advocates to cause delays.

12 October 2022

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Rosie Batty voices concerns with proposed NSW coercive control laws

Attorney general says bill, which will create a separate offence, could be ‘difference between life and death’.

12 October 2022

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Why Activists Are Begging NSW To Pause The Criminalisation Of Coercive Control

The complex legislation has the potential to re-traumatise the people it was designed to protect.

10 October 2022

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University Of New South Wales: NSW COVID fines on kids could breach international law

COVID fines issued to children could breach Australia’s obligations under international law, says UNSW Law academic.

4 August 2022

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Unpaid fines in NSW reach $1 billion

New South Wales residents owe $1 billion to the state government because of unpaid fines, with more than 380,000 individuals having unpaid enforceable debt with Revenue NSW.

3 May 2022

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Government agency uses “unlawful” automated debt collection system to target poor

In November 2021 the NSW Ombudsman released a report revealing Revenue NSW used automated systems to unlawfully and forcibly collect debt from disadvantaged and financially vulnerable people since January 2016.

10 February 2022

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Topics

How to keep financial stress out of your relationship

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

Buy now, pay later failing family violence victims

NSW government rushes to pass coercive control bill despite opposition from domestic violence advocates

Rosie Batty voices concerns with proposed NSW coercive control laws

Why Activists Are Begging NSW To Pause The Criminalisation Of Coercive Control

University Of New South Wales: NSW COVID fines on kids could breach international law

Unpaid fines in NSW reach $1 billion

Government agency uses “unlawful” automated debt collection system to target poor

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