News and Events

RLC eBulletin June 2016
New police powers legislation impact NSW citizen’s rights RLC speaks up for public housing tenants in parliamentary inquiry Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence report...

MEDIA RELEASE: Labour promises boost to CLC funding: Announcement at RLC
Hon Tanya Plibersek and Hon Mark Dreyfus have today announced $1.8 million in funding for Community Legal Centres over the next 3 years, with a...

RLC eBulletin April 2016
NSW first hospital based Aboriginal Health-Justice Partnership takes justice to those for whom it is out of reach NSW Police increase mobile drug testing Elder...

RLC eBulletin December 2015
Payday loan/consumer lease industry shake up Waterloo redevelopment announced Anti-social behaviour changes to the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 (2010 Act) commence Waverley Safer Pathway launch...

Media Release: StudyNSW steps in to save statewide legal service for international students
6 November 2015 Redfern Legal Centre’s international student service has been given a lifeline from StudyNSW after the free legal advice service faced closure in...

RLC eBulletin September 2015
NSW Government proposes Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme Prime Minister Turnbull announces $100m for domestic violence RLC launches health-justice partnership with Sydney Local Health District NSW...

Media Release: RLC and UNSW Law Join Forces on Police Accountability in NSW
23 June 2015 Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) and UNSW Law today announced that the RLC Police Powers practice has been saved from closure thanks to...

RLC eBulletin 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...

Media Release: Community Legal Centres risk closures due to cuts
Community Legal Centres in NSW today held a crisis meeting to discuss how to stop their centres across New South Wales from closing on July...

Media Release: Senate Report recommends reversal of funding cuts to legal services and frontline domestic...
20 March 2015 An interim report on domestic violence in Australia was released by the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday 19 March, calling for a...