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RLC in the Media: Revealed: NSW police strip-searched more than 100 girls, including 12-year-olds

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

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: Newly Obtained Data Reveals That NSW Police Strip Searched Over 120 Underage Girls Since 2016

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

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: New service provides free legal advice for migrant workers facing wage theft

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

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: Girls as Young as 12 Were Strip-Searched in Australia

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

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: NSW Police minister defends strip-searching of children, saying parents would be ‘happy’

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.

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: NSW Police Minister says he would want officers to strip-search his children

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.

6 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: The rules governing strip searches in NSW

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.

2 November 2019

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RLC in the Media: NSW police are failing to follow current strip search legislation

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

31 October 2019

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RLC in the Media: With focus on music festival strip-searches, let’s not forget this important issue

Ongoing public scrutiny is shedding much needed light on the highly invasive policing practice of strip-searching. But an important issue is being lost in the current debate – race. Samantha Lee in The Sydney Morning Herald

28 October 2019

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RLC in the Media: Humiliating and potentially unlawful punitive police tactics cast shadow over music festivals

With the festival season approaching an inquiry into the strip search of a 16-year-old has focused attention on NSW police practices. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian

26 October 2019

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RLC in the Media: Revealed: NSW police strip-searched more than 100 girls, including 12-year-olds

RLC in the Media: Newly Obtained Data Reveals That NSW Police Strip Searched Over 120 Underage Girls Since 2016

RLC in the Media: New service provides free legal advice for migrant workers facing wage theft

RLC in the Media: Girls as Young as 12 Were Strip-Searched in Australia

RLC in the Media: NSW Police minister defends strip-searching of children, saying parents would be ‘happy’

RLC in the Media: NSW Police Minister says he would want officers to strip-search his children

RLC in the Media: The rules governing strip searches in NSW

RLC in the Media: NSW police are failing to follow current strip search legislation

RLC in the Media: With focus on music festival strip-searches, let’s not forget this important issue

RLC in the Media: Humiliating and potentially unlawful punitive police tactics cast shadow over music festivals

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