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RLC ebulletin April 2014

Domestic violence victims now only have to tell their story once with rollout of reforms; Amnesty for public housing tenants;

24 June 2014

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RLC in the Media: Concern over exploitation of international students at work

RLC's International Student solicitor, Kate Gauld, speaks to Widyan Al Ubudy of SBS World News Radio, on the particular vulnerabilities of international students in relation to work place rights.

20 June 2014

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RLC in the Media: If I could say one thing...

RLC Tenant Advocate, Tom McDonald, was on the ABC’s program, The Checkout, this month giving practical advice to tenants in relation to keeping their bond at the end of their tenancy.

5 June 2014

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RLC in the Media: International students routinely exploited at work

Stephen Fanjaya is an international student from Indonesia, who has been living in Sydney for the past three years. In that time he has held about 15 different jobs, changing frequently due to underpayment.

8 May 2014

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RLC in the Media: 'Tasers instead of guns' argument falling apart

Yesterday a man died after being shot with a taser by the New South Wales police, news reports say, raising questions about whether tasers belong on the streets.

19 March 2014

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RLC in the Media: Innocents abroad ripe for home rip-offs

XIN Zhao (not her real name) says she and three fellow students shared a two-bedroom apartment in Sydney’s CBD for seven months. Then, last September, their landlord demanded the rent early.

19 March 2014

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RLC in the Media: Two years at Central Station and no ticket out of homelessness

There has been a 26 per cent rise in the number of people sleeping rough in the past year.

9 March 2014

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RLC eBulletin February 2014

New ‘assault and intoxication’ legislation Regis Towers tenants locked out of their homes NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) open for business

28 February 2014

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RLC in the Media: New arrest laws legalise poor policing, says legal expert

Two months before Barry O’Farrell announced the ‘one punch’ laws, he passed a different law that expands police powers to arrest without warrant.

6 February 2014

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RLC in the Media: Regis Towers' tough security regime leaves tenants locked out

Tenants of the Regis Towers apartment block near Sydney's Chinatown complained that their electronic access swipe keys had been cancelled for minor infringements, effectively locking them out of their own flats...

25 January 2014

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RLC ebulletin April 2014

RLC in the Media: Concern over exploitation of international students at work

RLC in the Media: If I could say one thing...

RLC in the Media: International students routinely exploited at work

RLC in the Media: 'Tasers instead of guns' argument falling apart

RLC in the Media: Innocents abroad ripe for home rip-offs

RLC in the Media: Two years at Central Station and no ticket out of homelessness

RLC eBulletin February 2014

RLC in the Media: New arrest laws legalise poor policing, says legal expert

RLC in the Media: Regis Towers' tough security regime leaves tenants locked out

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