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An RLC webinar on financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

Sydney based Permanent role, full time or part time Supervision: Chief Operating Officer Salary and benefits: $95,825.30 – $99,267.49 p.a. (pro rata for part time) depending on qualifications and experience. This is an identified role for people of First Nations descent who identify and are accepted as such in the community.

Redfern Legal Centre welcomes the report on the 2024 New South Wales Drug Summit’s recommendation to halt the use of drug detection dogs and strip searches at festivals during the current trial of drug-checking services but says ensure community safety, strip searches and drug detection dogs should be banned permanently.

A significant development in the ongoing class action initiated by Slater and Gordon Lawyers and Redfern Legal Centre, the State of New South Wales has now admitted, on the eve of trial, that there was no lawful basis to strip search the representative plaintiff at a music festival.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) welcomes the Australian Government’s announcement in the 2025 Federal Budget that it will ban non-compete clauses for workers earning under $175,000.

A report by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) confirms serious problems with the deployment of Body-Worn Video (BWV) cameras by NSW Police.

Do your clients have problem debts?

People receiving refunds for paying invalid COVID fines in NSW will also be paid interest on those amounts, following a successful campaign by Maurice Blackburn and Redfern Legal Centre.

Instead of repayment of invalid fines, Revenue NSW advises on its website it will reallocate the money to any unpaid fine debt.

A webinar: For public and private tenants who experience domestic violence, there are special provisions in NSW tenancy law.