As community legal centres from around Australia converge on Melbourne for their national conference this week, the full impact of Federal Government cuts has been revealed by new figures showing the projected funding for Victorian centres through to 2019–20.
Faced with a statewide cut of nearly 30 per cent in 2017–18, the figures show individual Victorian centres face cuts of as much 70 per cent, with eight centres facing cuts of more than 50 per cent. Continue reading
Tuesday 11 August 2015 – embargoed until 12.00am Wednesday 12 August 2015
In its Wednesday public hearing, the Royal Commission into Family Violence will hear that free legal help with family violence reaches more women when community legal centres partner with hospitals. The commission will hear evidence on Acting on the Warning Signs, a project in which Inner Melbourne Community Legal (IMCL) provides free legal help to women at the Royal Women’s Hospital. Continue reading
Updated Thursday 6 August 2015
Tuesday 4 August – Embargoed until 12.00am Wednesday 5 August 2015
Victoria’s family violence legal system offers a ‘patchwork response’ that is sometimes dangerously threadbare through poorly funded legal help, inconsistent specialisation and insufficient risk management, the Royal Commission into Family Violence will hear this Wednesday (5 August) in evidence to be presented by the Federation of Community Legal Centres. Continue reading
