Redfern Legal Centre

Our Financial Abuse Service is seeking a Policy Officer to join our groundbreaking and innovative team. The Policy Officer will engage in systemic advocacy, participate in policy and law reform initiatives, and contribute to capacity-building efforts aimed at supporting victim survivors. Apply now. https://lnkd.in/gm-bXvUv

Big companies have taken advantage of gaps in consumer protection for too long. We urgently need to ban unfair trading practices to protect consumers from hidden fees and from being charged for services they've tried to cancel. Redfern Legal Centre has long advocated for an economy-wide prohibition on unfair trade practices. We welcome this announcement and hope to see these new laws passed as soon as possible. 

The more interactions a person has with police, the more likely they will end up in the criminal justice system. The over-policing of First Nations children and young people leads to their over-incarceration. This not only fails to meet Australia’s international obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, but also undermines the aspirations outlined in the Closing the Gap Report. Read Redfern Legal Centre's Submission to the 2024 Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Australia’s Youth Justice and Incarceration System here: https://lnkd.in/gizxCZP8

ICYMI in Sunday's The Sydney Morning Herald. NSW Police continue to strip search children at the same rate, despite the police minister's review of the practice. Full stoy here: https://lnkd.in/g5Nb-ryB

RLC welcomes the Government’s announcement of new telecommunications protections for customers experiencing domestic and family violence. This industry standard will raise the bar for the telco industry and ensure victim survivors can stay connected when they need it most and access appropriate support from their telco provider.   This follows years of advocacy by RLC’s Financial Abuse Service and members of the Economic Abuse Reference Group, as the telco industry has fallen short in regulating itself and preventing the misuse of telco services by perpetrators. We look forward to continuing to work with the Government and industry to ensure telcos act responsibly and meet the needs of victim survivors.   More below:  

It is common sense that we must put an end to the widespread practice of subjecting young people to the invasive and traumatic experience of strip searches. This practice doesn’t make them safer; in fact, it encourages risky behavior, and most of the time, nothing is found. Thank you to everyone who wrote letters to the The Sydney Morning Herald in support of our campaign.

Boarding houses are one form of affordable housing in Sydney - a city where housing, particularly in Inner Sydney, is unaffordable for so many people. Residents of Boarding Houses should be protected by better planning policies that cannot easily be circumnavigated by developers.

Redfern Legal Centre is seeking an Employment Law Solicitor or Senior Solicitor to join our Employment Rights Legal Service (ERLS). This collaborative initiative with Inner City Legal Centre and Kingsford Legal Centre addresses employment exploitation of disadvantaged and migrant workers. The role offers legal assistance to marginalised workers and involves law reform and policy work. We are recruiting for one position; applicants should apply for either role, though consideration will be given for both based on qualifications and experience. Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gCVtSeq7

Sean Stimson, Senior Solicitor at our International Student Legal Service, in the Guardian about the systemic issues contributing to the housing crisis and the unfair scapegoating of international students.