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We are recruiting for a First Nations PLT student to work 2 days per week for up to 60 days with our First Nations Solicitor at Redfern Legal Centre. This exciting opportunity is a paid position. 

We are recruiting for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander lawyer to contribute to our innovative and dynamic policing and generalist practices.

We are recruiting for a dynamic person who enjoys working in a client facing role to assist people experiencing disadvantage to navigate the legal assistance sector, and to train and mentor law students in client intake. This is an identified role for an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person only.

New South Wales police used force toward Aboriginal people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people, new data has shown.

The Redfern Legal Centre, which obtained the data, is calling for a parliamentary inquiry into physical force used by NSW Police.

Exclusive: Redfern Legal Centre obtained records which show First Nations people were involved in about 45% of the incidents

On what grounds are the fines being challenged... And what happens if you've already paid the fine?

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has filed a new NSW Supreme Court application to cancel a COVID-related fine on the grounds of invalidity.

All remaining COVID-19-related fines in NSW, worth tens of millions of dollars, could be cancelled following a fresh court challenge which aims to have a specific type of fine issued during lockdowns declared invalid.

Human rights lawyer says report provides ‘robust’ evidence of profiling, which police deny.