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Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling on the NSW Government to put an immediate stay on enforcement orders issued to people who have not yet paid their COVID-19 fines.

Leading domestic and violence advocates say they cannot support the Coercive Control Bill in its current form.

It's been a busy period for RLC, with two landmark cases launched in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. 

Latest NSW Police strip-search figures show that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of people were still being subjected to strip searches, with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and children disproportionately targeted.

A class action has been filed by Redfern Legal Centre and Slater and Gordon Lawyers against the state of NSW on behalf of people who have been invasively and unlawfully searched by police at music festivals over the past six years.

RLC is calling on the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) to examine NSW Police’s internal child protection policy.

Our February/ March 2022 e-Bulletin covers our law reform work including calls to address sexual harassment in the workplace, and calls for NSW police to release their safe driving policy following the tragic death of Jai Wright.

Redfern Legal Centre has called on NSW Police to release its 'Safe Driving’ policy as a matter of urgency following the tragic death of a 16-year-old Indigenous boy, Jai Wright.

RLC's November e-bulletin highlights calls from the legal profession to take action on unjust COVID-19 fines.

Splendour in the Grass patrons who were unlawfully searched by NSW Police could each be entitled to substantial compensation, class action investigators from Redfern Legal Centre and Slater + Gordon Lawyers have revealed today. People affected by serious breaches could potentially be entitled to tens of thousands of dollars each.