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Redfern Legal Centre works in partnership with community workers, advocates and lawyers, providing legal training and resources so that you can better assist your clients.

We train workers in NSW and Australia-wide.
We present a calendar of training webinars to watch live or on-demand.
We record webinars and videos for viewing at a convenient time.

More information below.

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Enquiries: Nick Manning education@rlc.org.au.

2024 Calendar

Webinars open for bookings now:

Domestic Violence & Tenancy in NSW - 27 November 2024 at 11am AEDT

New recordings available now:

Fines and Penalty Notices in NSW (part 1): Disputing the Fine - October 2024
Terminations of Residential Tenancies in NSW (and how to challenge them) - September 2024
Drugs and NSW Police Powers - September 2024
Help! My Client has Problem Debts #3: Strategies for Dispute Resolution - August 2024
Money Matters in NSW Social Housing - July 2024

Many more recordings are available below - see: View on Demand - Free Webinar Recordings.

Future webinars (to be confirmed):

Financial Abuse: Exploring our new holistic, multi- disciplinary service
Changes to tenancy laws in NSW in 2025
Help! My Client has Problem Debts #1: How to navigate internal dispute resolution
Help! My Client has Problem Debts #2: External dispute resolution
Repairs in NSW public housing and private rentals
Introduction to Social Housing Law & Policy in NSW

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Events

Fines and Penalty Notices (webinar recordings & resources)

Recordings and resources for webinars on fines and penalty notices in NSW.

17 October 2024

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Events

Drugs and NSW Police Powers

This presentation discusses the various police powers and their limitations in relation to drugs in NSW.

10 September 2024

Events

Terminations of Residential Tenancies in NSW (and how to challenge them)

This online information session provides a comprehensive overview of the termination process for tenants in both the private market and social/public housing.

26 September 2024

Tenancy housing low angle brown apartment black block with cloudy skies

Events

Help! My Client has Problem Debts (#3): Strategies for Dispute Resolution (recording)

RLC is excited to present this cutting-edge webinar, which will draw on lessons from our recent casework to give you tips and tactics that may help solve your clients' debt problems.

21 August 2024

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Events

Money Matters in NSW Social Housing (recording)

An overview of some common money-related issues that arise in public and community housing in NSW.

30 July 2024

closeup of money: gold dollar coins and notes

Events

Has Your Client Been Underpaid? (recording)

Help your clients work out whether they are getting paid properly at work, and what to do about it if they aren't.

11 October 2023

Four workers: A painter, a kitchenhand, a horticultural worker and a cleaner

Events

Introduction to Social Housing Law & Policy in NSW

This webinar provides an overview of law and policy in public and community housing.

1 November 2023

Events

Fines and the impact of the recent NSW Supreme Court case (recording)

This is a recording of the RLC webinar in June 2023: Fines and the impact of the recent NSW Supreme Court case.

30 June 2023

Portrait of Redfern Legal Centre senior solicitor Samantha Lee.

Events

Help! My Client has Problem Debts #2: External dispute resolution (recording)

This webinar provides tips and tactics to resolve common complaints with phone bills, electricity bills and banking debts.

28 June 2023

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Events

Repairs in NSW public housing and private rentals (recording)

This webinar for community workers outlines tenants’ rights to getting repairs done in public or private housing, and provides tips on navigating DCJ Housing’s repairs and maintenance system.

20 September 2023

Events

Help! My Client has Problem Debts #1: How to navigate internal dispute resolution (recording)

Do your clients have problem debts?

29 June 2022

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Financial abuse in intimate partner relationships (recordings & resources)

Webinar series for community workers and volunteers in financial counselling, domestic violence, women's refuges and community legal centres.

Events

Reporting a Sexual Assault – NSW Police and NSW Health Procedure (recording)

What is NSW Police and Health best practice when someone reports a sexual assault?

17 June 2021

Events

STOP, SEARCH AND DETAIN: Police powers on the street (webinar recording)

There is much debate about police powers to stop, question and search people, with a spotlight on the use of strip-searches, and the negative impact they can have upon vulnerable people.

2 September 2021

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Events

Repair your credit report after financial abuse

Victim survivors of financial abuse experience impacts on their credit report... and so their lives ...for years after they leave the relationship behind.

5 April 2023

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Events

Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

1 February 2023

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Events

Black Lives Matter - A Roadmap for Policing and Justice Reform (webinar)

Decolonising justice – what does it look like and how can we achieve it?

23 July 2020

Legal self-help

Police Powers & Protests – What are your legal rights? (webinar)

For anyone who has attended a protest – or is considering attending one – and wants to know more about your legal rights.

9 December 2020

Events

Women @ Work (webinar)

Women @ Work

31 August 2022

Legal self-help

How will a class action stop unlawful police strip searches in NSW? (webinar)

We explore current problems with NSW strip search law and look at how a class action could achieve change.

10 September 2020

Events

International Students: Effective complaints about education providers (recording)

Tips from an international student specialist practitioner on complaint mechanisms, processes involved, and possible outcomes.

23 March 2017

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Recent webinars

Below are our most recent webinars. Enquiries: Nick Manning education@rlc.org.au.

Events

Domestic Violence and Tenancy in NSW

A webinar: For public and private tenants who experience domestic violence, there are special provisions in NSW tenancy law.

27 November 2024

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Events

Fines and Penalty Notices (webinar recordings & resources)

Recordings and resources for webinars on fines and penalty notices in NSW.

17 October 2024

Events

Terminations of Residential Tenancies in NSW (and how to challenge them)

This online information session provides a comprehensive overview of the termination process for tenants in both the private market and social/public housing.

26 September 2024

Events

Drugs and NSW Police Powers

This presentation discusses the various police powers and their limitations in relation to drugs in NSW.

10 September 2024

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Community legal education news

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Fined Out: Practical guide for people having problems with fines

Legal Aid NSW has published an updated version of its 'Fined Out' booklet, produced in collaboration with Inner City Legal Centre and Redfern Legal Centre.

30 July 2024