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In inner-city Sydney, a man in his 50s answers an unexpected knock at the front door. It’s the police, carrying a DNA sample kit and some paperwork. A document explains to the man that he has been classified as an untested former offender, empowering the police to collect his DNA.

RLC's Police Powers solicitor, David Porter, spoke with Angela Lavoipierre on ABC Radio National's AM show, on the NSW Police Force's renewed efforts to build an expanded DNA database of NSW former offenders.

Most of the lawyers at a music trivia night might have started practising law when Soundgarden rather than Schoolboy Q were moving the kids, but a music trivia night is for the young at heart, writes Anthony Jucha.

In Australia, unfair and oppressive rules introduced by some apartment buildings have seen a number of tenants summarily locked out of their homes, often over trivial matters. These tenants have found that local laws offer them little in the way of meaningful protection.

NSW Police DNA Backcapture Program Domestic violence deaths: the case for risk assessment and information sharing

RLC has experienced a recent spike in people contacting us for advice about DNA collection by NSW Police.

Under the NSW Domestic and Family Violence Reforms a new service delivery model will be launched in September 2014.

Redfern Legal Centre enjoyed the opportunity to attend the launch of the Australian Human Rights Commission’s report into pregnancy discrimination in employment on Friday 25thJuly.

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.