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Let's Talk About Confidentiality is a research report published on 6 March 2024 by Sharmilla Bargon and Regina Featherstone, the inaugural Social Justice Practitioners-in-Residence at The University of Sydney. In August 2023, Bargon and Featherstone set out to find how sexual harassment practitioners were resolving out-of-court sexual harassment settlements and how they approached confidentiality terms.

Any review of NSW Police firearm handling procedures should be conducted by an independent body with the findings made public, says Redfern Legal Centre.

The NSW Police Force has access to the highest-powered handgun available in Australia – the Glock semi-automatic. The Glock is a military-style handgun, with one of the largest magazine capabilities for a weapon of its class.

The NSW government has been dealt a fresh blow as it faces allegations it conducted “unlawful” strip searches at popular music festivals.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) welcomes many of the findings and recommendations of the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) regarding the use of force against a First Nations child.

A submission to the Legislative Council inquiry into the equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient and community mental health care in New South Wales, prepared by Redfern Legal Centre.

A scathing report from the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) says NSW Police use of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) against young people ‘amounted to agency maladministration’ and ‘could possibly meet the threshold for serious misconduct’.

The NSW Police Force strip-searched 31 girls (10-17 years) between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2023. Three girls were aged 12 and six girls were aged 13.

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Mould has always been an issue for Nada Suzal’s apartment, but four years ago, it turned catastrophic. The toxic fungi crept up the walls of her public housing unit in Waverley and grew in spatters across her roof. It lined her bathroom window and took over her wardrobe, ruining her clothes. Mushrooms sprouted from the walls.