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Lawstuff: know your rights
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Plain language information about the rights of young people, including practical information about rights and responsibilities at school, including bullying at school, employment issues, leaving school, alcohol and drugs, criminal law, and the police. Offers an email-back facility, LawMail, which allows young people to seek legal advice.
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Me and security guards
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Your rights in public places when dealing with security officers. Covers the difference between powers police and the powers of security, trespass, right to arrest you, move on powers of police.
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Children's Court, DOCS, my child and me
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Facts sheets about the care and protection law in NSW including removal of children, care applications in the Children's Court, dealing with Dept of Community Services (DOCs), removal of children, long term out-of-home care and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander placement principles.
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Children and young people Chapter 8: The law handbook 11th edition
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Includes practical information about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children and criminal law, including the Children's Court, young offenders, the care and protection of children, employment and income issues, discrimination, the age of consent and children's services, adoption, school.
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Check your public library.
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A Tool Kit title
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Children and families - Hot Topic series no 62
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Family law and divorce and its impact on children, parenting and property after separation, shared parenting, child support, child welfare care and protection, child abuse.
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Check your public library.
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A Hot Topics title
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Children and the law in Australia
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Criminal responsibility of children, care and education of preschool children, school education, children and family law, adoption of local children, medical treatment and child witnesses.
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Monahan, Geoff and Young, Lisa
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A Law Books title
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Get youth to it: youth rights and responsibilities in public and privately owned public spaces
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Made by young people and looks at youth rights and responsibilities in public and privately owned public spaces; the power of police; and issues related to young people and contact with security guards in shopping centres.
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Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre
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A Law Books title
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