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Australia’s Redfern Legal Centre has launched a new mobile app for international students to access legal advice in their native language, in what is being touted as an Australian first. Anton Crace reports for The Pie News (22 April 2019)

This e-Bulletin looks at sexual harassment in the workplace and highlights RLC's collaborative efforts to raise awareness, reform laws and create change.

A new app, My Legal Mate, offering international students legal information in six languages, available by subscription to education providers, has been announced by Redfern Legal Centre.

Redfern Legal Centre launches innovative new legal assistance app for international students.

Claire is an international student at an Australian university. After arriving to begin her studies, Claire started working as a waitress to assist with the cost of studying.

On Thursday 16 May, Redfern Legal Centre will be holding a free panel discussion about the overuse of police strip searches in NSW.

The Migrant Worker Justice Initiative launched a nationwide survey seeking feedback from international students about the experience of exploitation at work and by accommodation providers.

In the wake of #MeToo, RLC's Employment Law Solicitor, Sharmilla Bargon, addresses some misguided views and misconceptions about sexual harassment in the workplace.

Redfern Legal Centre has raised grave concerns about increased police strip-search activity in NSW, following a police drug search operation at Central Station last month. Finn O'Keefe, Communications and Volunteer Manager at Redfern Legal Centre, reports for The South Sydney Herald.

The National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) has welcomed the funding certainty provided in the 2019-2020 Federal Budget as "an important first step."