News and Events

NSW’s only dedicated legal aid service for international students will close next month unless a last-ditch funding plea succeeds.

This briefing paper outlines the impact the proposed Residential Tenancies and Housing Legislation Amendment (Public Housing – Antisocial Behaviour) Bill 2015 is likely to have on the community’s most vulnerable tenants.

RLC's client, Jenny*, and Tenants' Advocate, Natalie Bradshaw, speak with ABC Radio PM about their concern for vulnerable social housing tenants under proposed social housing eviction laws. ABC PM's Angela Lavoipierre reports.

What if your landlord, depending on his mood, could boot you out of your house without a fair hearing?

Thousands of Australians may be deprived of crisis legal support because of a new means test applied by community legal centres (CLCs).

A Sydney college allegedly enrolled a social security recipient in a $28,000 course after convincing her that the hairdressing management diploma — funded under VET Fee-Help loans — was free.

Will the Tink Review into the current system of investigating police misconduct spur real change for NSW? RLC's UNSW Policing Practice solicitor spoke with ABC Radio PM to discuss the systemic issues with the current oversight system.

30 July 2015 - SBS NITV Malarndirri McCarthy The Redfern Legal Centre is encouraging clients to speak up about police misconduct as the NSW Government reviews the accountability process of police.

Photo credit: Rusty Stewart, Flickr Redfern Legal Centre and UNSW Law will host a public forum on police accountability in NSW, Thursday 30th July, at NSW Parliament House.

Following revelations that a traumatised recent victim of domestic violence with a new baby was charged $38,000 undertake a diploma level course delivered by a private college, Labor MPs Kim Carr and Sharon Bird have again written the Australian National Audit Office calling for a review of the VET Fee-Help.