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RLC's Inner Sydney Tenants' Advice & Advocacy Service Team Leader, Natalie Bradshaw on the legalities of living in a share house in NSW on 2SER.

REDFERN: Here at Redfern Legal Centre we often see clients who are harassed or discriminated against because of their sexuality or gender identity. People are discriminated against in their workplaces, by educational institutions and in accessing services they need.

REDFERN: Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) has lodged a complaint with the NSW Ombudsman regarding Housing NSW’s ongoing failure to respond to the needs of their tenants. The complaint, lodged on July 22, highlights six case studies in which tenants repeatedly tried to communicate with Housing NSW with no response.

RLC's Police Powers Solicitor David Porter on triple j's hack about police power to break up "out of control parties."

THE charging of domestic violence victims who retract allegations should be approved only at the highest levels of state police forces or by directors of public prosecution, says the Australian Law Reform Commission.

Discussion about the proposed Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination legislation has been dominated by a debate on religious organisation exemptions and freedom of speech. There has been public outcry over religious organisations being exempt from the legislation and the ramifications for service provision to some of the most vulnerable people in Australia.

Diners in Sydney’s A-list suburbs are unknowingly exploiting an underclass of employees who are being grossly underpaid, Fairfax Media has found.

Redfern Legal Centre is featured on a new website.

RLC's photograph of local social housing was published in the Guardian UK.

Tenants advocates say that in New South Wales international students can be exploited by landlords who take advantage of their tenancy status.