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In June 2020, RLC and Slater and Gordon announced an investigation into class action claims against NSW Police concerning the use of invasive and unlawful strip searches. 

RLC stands with Tenants' Union of NSW and 70+ other housing and community organisations and housing researchers calling on National Cabinet to support renters stay in their homes and out of debt during the COVID-19 crisis.

New figures show Indigenous people are significantly over-represented in data tracking NSW Police strip-searches, and solicitors from Redfern Legal Centre and the National Justice Project fear the reality of those numbers is much worse. Shahni Wellington reports for NITV News

A new campaign in six different languages is aiming to highlight the issue of elder abuse, which organisations say is getting worse due to the pandemic. SBS News reports.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people represented 12% of police strip searches in NSW in two years despite comprising just over 3% of the population. Michael McGowan reports for Guardian Australia

NSW Police handed out more than $1 million in fines amid the coronavirus pandemic in just over five weeks, with $50,000 in fines given to children, figures reveal. Sarah Keoghan reports for Sydney Morning Herald

RLC's resident superhero is using legal advice to help support workers in vulnerable situations during COVID-19.

To protect the safety and wellbeing of international students during COVID-19 and ensure students have access to accurate legal advice, the NSW Government has purchased 50,000 subscriptions of the My Legal Mate app for international students in NSW. Chiara Pazzano reports for SBS Italian

Thousands of foreign students in Australia who have lost their jobs from the COVID-19 downturn are now struggling to support themselves. RN Breakfast with Fran Kelly reports

NSW Police took more than a year to finalise an internal investigation into the potentially illegal strip-search of a 19-year-old woman, then failed to notify her that one of the officers involved had resigned following the incident. Michael McGowan reports for the Guardian