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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.

Resources

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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Progress on victims’ compensation scheme shows the Victorian government is listening, but the job is not done yet

The Victims of Crime Financial Assistance Scheme was introduced by the Victorian Government last year to replace the former Victims of Crime Administrative Tribunal and provide vital support for people recovering from acts of violence. Since commencing, there have been significant issues with the administration of the scheme, resulting in significant barriers for people who have experienced violent crime to access financial assistance to support their recovery. 

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Community legal centres present the value of their services to the Attorney-General of Victoria

Yesterday, representatives from Victoria’s community legal centres were joined by Attorney-General Kilkenny at a roundtable event, to explore evidence-based solutions for making Victoria a safer and fairer place. 

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Long-awaited reforms of intervention orders welcomed by community legal sector

The Victorian community legal sector supports many of the reforms to the family violence intervention order (FVIO) system, announced as part of the Women’s Safety Package yesterday. Community legal centres have long advocated for reform to the FVIO system, which can be slow to respond, difficult to navigate, and overly bureaucratic. We welcome the improvements outlined in the package, and look forward to receiving a more detailed outline of what the reforms will look like in practice.

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


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