Aboriginal Resource Unit (ARU)

 

CONTACT

Phone

(02) 4312 6747

Hours:

Mon:

9am - 5pm

Tue:

9am - 5pm

Wed:

9am - 5pm

Thu:

9am - 5pm

Fri:

9am - 5pm

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ABOUT

Aboriginal Resource Unit is the resourcing Service for the Aboriginal Tenants Advice and Advocacy Services.

This is a specialist Aboriginal Service. Non-Aboriginal tenants please contact your local tenants' service.

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Koori Renters Kit

Clear, practical, and culturally-informed info about renting laws in NSW, so mob know their rights, responsibilities, and options.
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Tenancy law has changed in NSW

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Submission: IPART consultation on billing requirements and pricing for embedded networks

The Tenants' Unions submission responding to IPART's consultation on billing requirements and maximum prices for residential embedded networks.
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Submission: Commonwealth Land Affordable Housing Bill

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Submission: Federal Government Social Housing Inquiry

The Tenants' Union submission to the Federal Government Inquiry into Social Housing in Australia
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Submission: Human Rights Act for NSW

Tenants' Union submission to the NSW Government Inquiry into a Human Rights Act for NSW
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Getting smart about rental bonds

The bond is usually the largest lump sum a renter pays, and covering it when moving, or losing it unfairly, or not knowing how to claim it, can be a real financial setback – especially if you…
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NCAT Snapshot

A data dashboard based on data provided to us by the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal (NCAT). You can explore the types of applications being made by landlords and tenants across…
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Land lease operators must abide by the new eviction laws for tenants

A tenant recently shared this experience of renting a caravan in a land lease community in the Clarence Valley, NSW.
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Building Approvals Bill will mean changes for residential land lease communities

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NCAT’s procedural direction about Generative AI

In April 2025 NCAT developed its own Procedural Direction regarding the use of Generative AI.
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Having a say: IPART consultations to improve energy market practices and experiences

The NSW Government’s review into embedded networks generated a raft of amendments to energy legislation and there are continued reforms aimed at modernising embedded network service standards.
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Home Owner Appeals at NCAT on their Right to Site Dimensions and for a Community Map

From time to time an NCAT decision is published where one or more of the orders have legal merit to succeed but for a range of possible reasons the justice that was sought doesn’t prevail.
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