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In New South Wales a 28-year-old student was charged with offensive language after telling police who stopped and questioned him on his way to TAFE on July 14 last year it was "none of your f--king business". Laura Lee reports for Huffpost.com.au (21 November 2017)

On 20 November 2017 the District Court held that an arrest for the statement “none of your fucking business” was unlawful, because the police failed to consider any alternatives to arrest.

On 14 November 2017, RLC's International Student Solicitor, Sean Stimson gave comments to SBS as part of a joint investigation by The Feed, SBS VICELAND, SBS language programs and Fairfax Media into permanent residency and visa-related scams targeting international students.​

Queanbeyan police will go to the homes of people on a secret NSW police watchlist without cause and will actively seek these people on the street. (The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 November 2017).

More than half the people on a secretive New South Wales police blacklist are Aboriginal, the state’s top law enforcement officer has revealed. Michael McGowan reports for The Guardian, 11 November 2017.​

In this submission, Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) addresses a Bill to allow Centrelink to make deductions from a tenant’s welfare payment to satisfy debts claimed by the social housing provider.

A new report has found that the Suspect Target Management Plan (STMP), a NSW police policy that aims to predict and prevent future crime, is instead causing harm and targeting Aboriginal people and those under the age of 25. Laura Morelli​ reports for NITV, 27 October 2017.

9 October 2017 – RLC Tenants' Advocate Kimberley Mackenzie speaks to The Feed on SBS TV about changes to the Victorian rental laws, due to be introduced in 2018.

The Police Stop Data Working Group have released a new report calling on Victoria Police and the government to take urgent steps to monitor racial profiling in police stops and searches.

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