RLC eBulletin June 2015

Date published

16 June 2015

VET-FEE-Help scandal spurs real change
Police oversight in spotlight

Abby’s Story - The impact of domestic violence on safe affordable housing
Age discrimination looms large
Integrated response to domestic violence urgently needed across NSW
Proposed domestic violence disclosure scheme in NSW
International students exploited by unscrupulous landlords
Productivity Commission’s Inquiry - Employee rights shakeup

Recent news

Media releases

Media Release: The NSW Supreme Court Confirms the “Bare Minimum” Test for COVID Fines.

Today the NSW Supreme Court published its reasons in a test case about COVID-19 fines. The decision clarifies the requirements necessary for a fine to be valid, and calls into disrepute all the remaining 29,017 COVID-19 fines that have not been withdrawn.

9 October 2024

RLC in the media

My whole life is in that house’: survivors fleeing domestic violence can lose much more than their home

New South Wales police used force toward Aboriginal people at a vastly disproportionate rate compared to non-Indigenous people, new data has shown.

3 June 2024

a woman silhouetted at a window in a home

RLC in the media

"Simply amplifies disadvantage": First Nations and disadvantaged children targeted by NSW police during COVID lockdowns, report reveals

A new report has claimed disadvantaged and First Nations children in New South Wales were targeted by police during the COVID-19 pandemic, with fines up to $5000 being issued, pushing families into financial hardship.

21 May 2024

Two blue COVID masks lying in cross formation against a red background

RLC in the media

Sexually transmitted debt: How financial services are fighting financial abuse

There’s been a change in the types of matters coming through the doors of Redfern Legal Centre’s financial abuse service.

6 May 2024

RLC eBulletin June 2015

Recent news

Media Release: The NSW Supreme Court Confirms the “Bare Minimum” Test for COVID Fines.

My whole life is in that house’: survivors fleeing domestic violence can lose much more than their home

"Simply amplifies disadvantage": First Nations and disadvantaged children targeted by NSW police during COVID lockdowns, report reveals

Sexually transmitted debt: How financial services are fighting financial abuse

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