Know Your Rights NSW - A Guide for Young People

My Rights, My Voice 2026 Know your rights. Use your voice.

Most young people don't know their legal rights. This guide changes that.

Written in plain language for young people aged 12 to 25 — and also used by parents, teachers, youth workers and support workers. 32 pages covering everything a young person needs to know about their rights in NSW, without legal jargon and without assuming they have anyone to explain it to them.

WHAT'S COVERED

Your rights with police — what you must and don't have to do, searches, being arrested, filming police, under-18 protections

Your rights at school — suspension and expulsion limits, the process the school must follow, your right to appeal, searches at school, disability support

Your rights at work — minimum wage, superannuation, casual vs part-time vs full-time explained, what to do if you're underpaid, workplace discrimination

Your rights in housing — tenant rights, bond, when landlords can enter, the new NSW eviction laws (no-grounds evictions are now unlawful), rooming houses

Your rights in healthcare — when you can consent to your own medical treatment, confidentiality, mental health treatment, gender affirming care

Your rights online — privacy, cyberbullying, image-based abuse (what it is, that it's a crime, how to report it and get images removed), scams

Your rights if you have a disability — NDIS rights, reasonable adjustments at school and work, discrimination

Your rights if you are LGBTQIA+ — anti-discrimination protections, conversion practices illegal in NSW, affirming healthcare, school rights

Your rights in the child protection system — OOHC rights, leaving care entitlements, how to make a complaint

What you can say yes and no to — sexual consent, medical consent, contracts, police searches

How to make a complaint — a complete table of every complaints body in NSW with contacts

Free legal help — 14 free legal services listed with phone numbers

Cheat sheet — key rights and key contacts on one page, designed to cut out and keep

All information verified against current NSW law as at 2026. Includes the new no-grounds eviction laws (May 2025), updated minimum wage and superannuation rates (July 2025), and the new right to disconnect (August 2025).

Format: Instant digital download — PDF, A5, 32 pages, 2026 edition For: Young people 12–25, parents, teachers, youth workers, support workers, anyone working with young people

Professional use: A professional licence is available for workers who use this regularly with young people — one purchase, unlimited use with clients. Contact hello@creativespring.com.au

Single-user licence. Organisational licences available — see shop or contact hello@creativespring.com.au

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