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RLC in the Media: False stats used in ‘War on Drugs’

The two deaths that occurred at a recent Sydney music festival are an absolute tragedy and RLC does not want to see young people’s lives put at risk.

20 September 2018

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RLC in the Media: RLC calls to end pre-emptive policing

Redfern Legal Centre’s Police Powers solicitor, Sam Lee, speaks to Caitlin McHugh from the Wire about the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (the STMP), a secretive police program resulting in over-policing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and young people in NSW.

14 September 2018

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RLC in the Media: Greater Transparency Needed Around Predictive Policing Program

Redfern Legal Centre’s police accountability practice solicitor Sam Lee speaks to Marisa from 3CR Community Radio about the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP).

10 September 2018

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RLC in the Media: Ray Goodlass' Opinion: The STMP

NSW police commissioner, Mick Fuller, said about 55 per cent of people who are currently the subject of a Suspect Target Management Plan are Indigenous, prompting accusations that police are using a “racially-biased program” to combat crime.

10 September 2018

Media releases

Media Release: A Call to End Predictive Policing Targeting Children as Young as Ten

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling for an end to a New South Wales policing practice known as the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP), a “hidden” blacklist used by police to target children as young as ten.

22 August 2018

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RLC in the Media: Your Body, Your Choice

Sean Stimson from Redfern Legal Centre speaks to Radio 2ser about a groundbreaking new resource to support students who have experienced sexual assault. Michelle Elias from 2ser's Razor's Edge reports.

17 August 2018

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RLC in the Media: Are boarding houses a solution to housing affordability?

Are boarding houses having an impact on the affordable housing crisis or offering improved conditions for tenants? Gavin Coote from ABC Radio AM reports, speaking to RLC's tenancy coordinator, Nicole Kennedy and other guests.

14 August 2018

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RLC in the Media: Sniffer dog searches: Festival-goers push for legal action

A group of Sydney music fans “subjected to humiliating strip searches” and then refused entry to two recent music festivals despite not carrying any drugs are considering legal action against the NSW Police Force. RLC’s police powers solicitor Sam Lee speaks to Tyron Butson at SBS News.

10 August 2018

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RLC in the Media: Commission spotlights predatory and deceptive practices

The federal government has heard evidence for the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry that showcased the heavy malpractice of financial services such as banks and insurance companies in capitalising on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders fear of financial instability.

8 August 2018

Media releases

Your Body, Your Choice: new multi-language student resource about sexual assault

Redfern Legal Centre's International Student Legal Service NSW has partnered with City of Sydney and Study NSW on a new education resource about sexual assault, available in 11 different languages.

7 August 2018

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RLC in the Media: False stats used in ‘War on Drugs’

RLC in the Media: RLC calls to end pre-emptive policing

RLC in the Media: Greater Transparency Needed Around Predictive Policing Program

RLC in the Media: Ray Goodlass' Opinion: The STMP

Media Release: A Call to End Predictive Policing Targeting Children as Young as Ten

RLC in the Media: Your Body, Your Choice

RLC in the Media: Are boarding houses a solution to housing affordability?

RLC in the Media: Sniffer dog searches: Festival-goers push for legal action

RLC in the Media: Commission spotlights predatory and deceptive practices

Your Body, Your Choice: new multi-language student resource about sexual assault

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