Resources
Factsheet: Financial Hardship and Family Violence
This factsheet is a guide for victim-survivors to recover from financial abuse and family violence. Financial Hardship describes when you are struggling to pay your bills and expenses when they are due. You have the legal right to ask for...
Factsheet: Centrepay Deductions
This factsheet focuses on Centrepay, a free bill paying service for people who receive Centrelink payments. It includes What Centrepay isWhat instalment deductions areWhat you can and can’t use Centrepay deductions forHow to access Centrepay What control you have over Centrepay deductionsWhat your...
Factsheet: Fixing your Credit Report after Financial Abuse
This factsheet details how to fix your credit record after experiencing financial abuse. A credit report is a statement that has information about your credit activity such as loan repayment history and the status of your credit accounts. Financial abuse can...
Factsheet: Licensed Premises & Security Guards in NSW
This factsheet provides information on various aspects related to licensed premises and security guards in New South Wales. The factsheet provides information on licensed premises and security guards in NSW, covering topics such as ID checks, consequences of using fake...
Submission to the Legislative Council inquiry into the equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient...
Submission to the Legislative Council inquiry into the equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient and community mental health care in New South Wales. RLC’s statewide police accountability practice has a long history of providing free and confidential legal advice...
Factsheet: Your rights as a worker in Australia: international students
This fact sheet is about your rights and obligations as an international student worker in Australia. Work rightsInternational students can work up to 48 hours per fortnight during semester and unlimited hours during any holiday break provided by their education...
Factsheet: How to recover unpaid wages: international students
This factsheet is about what you can do if you have been underpaid at work to recover your wages. What is an underpayment? If you are: not receiving your correct pay or not being paid at all, not being paid more for...
Factsheet: Changes to overseas driver licences for international students
This factsheet provides information about two important changes to overseas driving licences in NSW that apply from 1 July 2023. Who do the new rules apply to? These changes affect all international students who: arrive in NSW on or after...
Time for equal access in discrimination claims
Redfern Legal Centre, as part of the Power to Prevent Coalition, calls on the Australian Government to adopt an Equal Access costs model for all discrimination matters. We all deserve to be safe at work and free from discrimination and sexual...
Time for equal access in discrimination claims
The Employment Rights Legal Service, as part of the Power to Prevent Coalition, calls on the Australian Government to adopt an Equal Access costs model for all discrimination matters. We all deserve to be safe at work and free from discrimination...