News and Events

When Adriana moved from Brazil to Australia three years ago she was sold: a world-class education, nice weather, good pay and a prosperous life.

We are recruiting for an Intake Manager a dynamic and people-focused role, requiring an understanding of the challenges faced by people experiencing disadvantage in our local catchment and statewide, and the diverse services offered by Redfern Legal Centre. The Intake Manager plays a critical role in ensuring that every person who approaches Redfern Legal Centre for assistance is provided a trauma-informed, respectful and culturally safe service.

We are recruiting for a First Nations Intake Officer is a dynamic and people-focused role, requiring an understanding of the challenges faced by people experiencing disadvantage in our local catchment and statewide, and the diverse services offered by Redfern Legal Centre.

An RLC webinar on financial abuse in family law: Understanding the new reforms

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necessary for a fine to be valid, and calls into disrepute all the remaining 29,017 COVID-19 fines that have not been withdrawn.

Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) launches the Police Accountability Dashboard - a groundbreaking tool and the first of its kind in Australia.

The National Justice Project (NJP), Redfern Legal Centre (RLC), Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) and the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) are hosting an expert forum, ‘Mental health call outs: who should respond?’ to consider alternatives to the current approach that sends police to be first responders to a mental health crisis.

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

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

Another music festival cancellation shows the effect of over-policing on the music festival industry.