News and Events

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Getting ripped off by your employer

Redfern Legal Centre's employment law solicitor, Sharmilla Bargon, speaks to Triple J's Hack about what to do if you think you're a victim of wage theft.

4 April 2022

RLC in the media

This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

Chantelle Zentveld, 17, was thrilled when she got an after-school job at the fast-food franchise Subway, but she soon suspected she was being underpaid.

2 April 2022

RLC in the media

Why Does Australia Still Make Laws That Are Detrimental to Aboriginal People?

The gap in inequality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is depressingly vast in the legal and justice system.

25 March 2022

First Nations Justice - Aboriginal Flag Painted on Wall

RLC in the media

Block a Bridge or Tunnel = $22,000 fines for protesters

New penalties have been introduced for protesters who block major traffic and infrastructure in NSW.

24 March 2022

Protesters on a main road holding Aboriginal flags

Events

Collaborating to support people impacted by financial abuse (webinar)

Building on the approach of RLC’s Financial Abuse Legal Service NSW, this webinar discusses a collaborative model that brings together legal and social service supports for people impacted by financial abuse.

16 March 2022

Newsletters

e-Bulletin | February/ March 2022

Our February/ March 2022 e-Bulletin covers our law reform work including calls to address sexual harassment in the workplace, and calls for NSW police to release their safe driving policy following the tragic death of Jai Wright.

15 March 2022

RLC in the media

Calls to release NSW Police Safe Driving Policy

RLC's police accountability solicitor appeared on 3CR's Doin' Time program to discuss why NSW Police should urgently release their Safe Driving policy.

7 March 2022

RLC in the media

COVID-19 wrap: unjust laws, vaccine mandates, communications gaps and resources for managing at home

Fines to enforce COVID-19 public health measures during the NSW Delta outbreak between July and October 2021 disproportionately impacted low socioeconomic suburbs and towns.

25 February 2022

RLC in the media

Legal groups call for independent inquiry into death of Indigenous 16-year-old killed by police car

Indigenous and legal groups are demanding NSW Police release more information about the circumstances of the tragic death of a 16-year-old Indigenous boy, who collided with a police car on the weekend.

25 February 2022

RLC in the media

Call for police to release 'safe driving' policy

NSW Police's Safe Driving policy remains "shrouded in secrecy", despite previous deaths during police pursuits in NSW.

22 February 2022

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Topics

Getting ripped off by your employer

This teenager says Subway ripped her off, and she's taking her fight to the Fair Work Commission

Why Does Australia Still Make Laws That Are Detrimental to Aboriginal People?

Block a Bridge or Tunnel = $22,000 fines for protesters

Collaborating to support people impacted by financial abuse (webinar)

e-Bulletin | February/ March 2022

Calls to release NSW Police Safe Driving Policy

COVID-19 wrap: unjust laws, vaccine mandates, communications gaps and resources for managing at home

Legal groups call for independent inquiry into death of Indigenous 16-year-old killed by police car

Call for police to release 'safe driving' policy

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