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About CLCs

About CLCs

Community legal centres, or CLCs, are independent community organisations that provide free legal services to those who need it. CLCs enable a strong collective voice for justice and equality. Find out more.

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Find legal help

Community legal centres across Victoria provide free legal advice to people experiencing disadvantage. Find a community legal centre.

Policy Submissions and Reports

Policy Submissions and Reports

On this page, you can find recent and past submissions, reports and statements from the Federation of Community Legal Centres. Learn more.

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Resources

Learn more about our Integrated Practice Toolkit and other resources.

About Us

The Federation leads and supports excellence in the community legal sector, promotes the purpose and value of community legal centres, and advances social justice and a fair legal system.

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Community legal centres urge the Australian Government to enshrine human rights in law

A Human Rights Act private members Bill has been introduced to the Federal House of Representatives by Andrew Wilkie MP and seconded by Dr Helen Haines MP. We welcome this Bill as a powerful tool for challenging injustice, and giving everyone who calls Australia home a better understanding of their human rights and freedoms.

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Positive steps taken to improve child protection system, but more to be done to protect child’s best interests

Victorian community legal centres commend the Victorian Government for the passage of the Children, Youth & Families (Stability) Act 2025 (Vic) (the Act), which came into effect today.

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Small legislative change would standardise recommended best practice for personal possession of cannabis – and reduce unnecessary arrests for this low level offence

The Federation of Community Legal Centres supports the motion tabled by Legalise Cannabis Victoria to legislate the Victoria Police practice of making cautions the default option for personal possession of cannabis. This is an issue where we believe the response should be set by legislation, not left to individual discretion — ensuring consistency and reducing unnecessary arrests.

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Where to find us

There are community legal centres across Victoria. Click to find your nearest Victorian community legal centre.

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Federation of Community
Legal Centres (Vic) Inc.
Level 3, 225 Bourke Street,
Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia.

Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic) Inc.
Level 3, 225 Bourke Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia.

Acknowledgement of Country

We acknowledge the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the lands on which we operate, the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung and Bunurong Peoples of the Kulin Nation. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations’ Peoples and pay our respects to their Elders past and present and acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. 

Phone: (03) 9652 1501

Email: [email protected]

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