News and Events

The NSW government will back a new state-wide legal service that will target underpaid migrant workers as the federal government is urged to relax strict visa laws while it considers tougher penalties for the underpayment of wages. Anna Patty reports for The Sydney Morning Herald

In the past three years, 122 girls have been forced to undergo the controversial practice. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian

Data obtained under freedom of information laws has revealed the shocking reality that over 120 underage girls have been strip searched by NSW Police since 2016. Jackson Langford reports for Music Feeds

Migrant workers facing exploitation at work can now access free legal assistance through ha $1.6 million project launched in New South Wales today. Sam Langford reports for SBS The Feed

Girls as young as 12 have been strip-searched by the police in Australia’s most populous state in recent years, according to data released on Wednesday. Isabella Kwai reports for The New York Times

David Elliot responds to revelation police strip-searched 122 girls and says he would want officers to search his own children if ‘they were at risk of doing something wrong’. Michael McGowan reports for the Guardian.

New South Wales Police Minister David Elliott says he “would want” officers to strip-search his children, after new data revealed 122 underage girls had been subjected to the practice since 2016. Lily Mayers reports for ABC News.

As an inquiry examines the potentially illegal strip searches of minors at NSW music festivals, legal experts say it’s just the tip of the iceberg. Drew Rooke reports for The Saturday Paper.

Amidst the investigation of NSW Police into the strip search of a 16-year old female at last year’s Splendour in the Grass, a roundtable discussion was held at DLA Piper in Sydney today. Poppy Reid reports for The Industry Observer

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