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Following a fire in an overcrowded property in Alexandria on July 2, the City Hub has identified a series of up to 150 unauthorised boarding houses throughout the city, all of which appear to be part of a single operation.

Susan Smith is the coordinator of Sydney Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service, which assists women and children who come to court to seek the protection of an apprehended domestic violence order. Susan spoke to Survive Law about her work…

RLC Tenant Advocate, Lindsay Ash, talks to Koori Radio about Redfern Legal Centre's new extended service provision for tenants affected by the proposed sale of public housing in Millers Point, Dawes Point and The Rocks.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission should be commended on trying to get the largest possible number of participants in the credit industry to identify themselves as prepared to comply with the new laws (''Loophole in new credit licensing system'', June 29).

Most of the lawyers at a music trivia night might have started practising law when Soundgarden rather than Schoolboy Q were moving the kids, but a music trivia night is for the young at heart, writes Anthony Jucha.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.