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Mortgage Stress and Financial Abuse

Mortgage Stress and Financial Abuse (webinar)

3 May 2023

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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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Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

1 February 2023

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RLC in the media

Rosie Batty voices concerns with proposed NSW coercive control laws

Attorney general says bill, which will create a separate offence, could be ‘difference between life and death’.

12 October 2022

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Privacy breaches: steps you can take

Tips on safeguarding your personal information following the Optus privacy breach.

27 September 2022

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Buy Now Pay Later fuelling financial hardship: report

People in financial hardship are increasingly turning to Buy Now Pay Later products to pay for essentials, and getting further into debt.

16 September 2022

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RLC in the media

University Of New South Wales: NSW COVID fines on kids could breach international law

COVID fines issued to children could breach Australia’s obligations under international law, says UNSW Law academic.

4 August 2022

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The pitfalls of Buy Now Pay Later: why industry regulation is needed

Increasing interest rates and cost of living pressures are seeing more people who use Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) loans falling into financial hardship.

27 June 2022

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RLC in the media

Unpaid fines in NSW reach $1 billion

New South Wales residents owe $1 billion to the state government because of unpaid fines, with more than 380,000 individuals having unpaid enforceable debt with Revenue NSW.

3 May 2022

RLC in the media

Government agency uses “unlawful” automated debt collection system to target poor

In November 2021 the NSW Ombudsman released a report revealing Revenue NSW used automated systems to unlawfully and forcibly collect debt from disadvantaged and financially vulnerable people since January 2016.

10 February 2022

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Mortgage Stress and Financial Abuse

Repair your credit report after financial abuse

Family law remedies to address financial abuse (webinar series)

Rosie Batty voices concerns with proposed NSW coercive control laws

Privacy breaches: steps you can take

Buy Now Pay Later fuelling financial hardship: report

University Of New South Wales: NSW COVID fines on kids could breach international law

The pitfalls of Buy Now Pay Later: why industry regulation is needed

Unpaid fines in NSW reach $1 billion

Government agency uses “unlawful” automated debt collection system to target poor

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