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This factsheet provides some information about strip search law in NSW and what you are required to do if police ask you to undergo a strip search.  A sniffer dog indication by itself is not reasonable grounds to conduct a...

On 2 October 2019, RLC made a submission to the Attorney-General on the Religious Discrimination Bill 2019, Religious Discrimination (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 and Human Rights Legislation Amendment (Freedom of Religion) Bill 2019. Background In late August 2019, the Australian...

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) is calling for immediate amendments to NSW strip-search laws as research reveals an almost twentyfold increase in strip searches in almost 12 years. The Rethinking Strip Searches by NSW Police report, commissioned by RLC, and prepared...

The Repair Kit is a legal guide for people living in public housing in NSW. The guide explains the operation of the Residential Tenancies Act 2010 and the role of the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal in helping tenants to...

When can police conduct a strip search? This video discusses police strip search powers in NSW.   Video transcript  The use of police strip searches in NSW has almost doubled over the past four years. You are more likely than ever...

This fact sheet has information about when police can search you or your property. To do any search police must have a ‘reasonable suspicion’ that you have on you drugs, a stolen or dangerous item or something else you’ve used...

Kingsford Legal Centre, Redfern Legal Centre, Women’s Legal Service NSW and the National Association of Community Legal Centres have released a comprehensive report on sexual harassment in Australian workplaces. Recent data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates 1 in...

Redfern Legal Centre’s police powers solicitor Samatha Lee spoke to ABC 702 Sydney Drive about a police drug search operation which occurred at Central Station on Wednesday 13 March 2019. The operation saw commuters subjected to humiliating searches behind ‘privacy...

Redfern Legal Centre is aware that a large number of international students have been affected by accreditation issues with the Australia Institute of Business and Technology.  We realise that many students may have been left feeling stressed and...

A Health Justice Partnership in Inner-city Sydney: Attendance patterns and client perceptions. A report prepared by Carolyn Day PhD and Maja Moensted PhD. Affiliation: Addiction Medicine, The University of Sydney Central Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The  University...