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Recent media coverage has exposed international student exploitation in the workplace, particularly in casual jobs in the hospitality and cleaning industries.

Media Release: Redfern Legal Centre’s International Student Service given a lifeline by StudyNSW

In recent months, Redfern Legal Centre’s International Student Service has seen an increase in complaints against education providers relating to:

On 8th September, the NSW Parliament’s Select Committee on Social, Public and Affordable Housing tabled its final report after a wide-reaching inquiry. A number of submissions made by RLC during the inquiry were drawn upon in the final report.

Redfern Legal Centre is a proud winner of the 2014 NSW International Student Community Engagement Award for its International Student Advice Service.

Lian (not her real name) was a young international student living in Sydney.

Illegal and overcrowded housing for international students has been a hot topic in the media lately.

Chang and Migration Agents Registration Authority [2014] AATA 235 (22 April 2014)

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'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.