February 19, 2024
Victorian sector provides feedback on the National Legal Assistance Partnership
The current, five-year National Legal Assistance Partnership (NLAP), which sets out Commonwealth Government funding to Community Legal Centres and other legal assistance providers, will expire in mid-2025. A review of the partnership has been undertaken to make recommendations for funding principles and allocations in the next NLAP cycle.
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December 08, 2023
The Federation welcomes a new board and chairperson
At the Federation’s Annual General Meeting on 22 November, representatives from Victorian Community Legal Centres elected three new members to the Federation’s board to replace the outgoing board members.
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December 01, 2023
The Federation supports the decriminalisation of possession and use of cannabis
The Federation supports prioritising health-based responses to drug use, including the decriminalisation of possession and personal use of cannabis. We see the Regulation of Cannabis (Personal Use) Bill 2023 as an important step towards achieving this goal.
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November 17, 2023
Celebrating the life and legacy of Tim McCoy
On Friday 10 November, passionate community lawyers and lifetime change makers attended the 33rd Anniversary Tim McCoy Memorial Dinner at Richmond Town Hall.
The Tim McCoy Memorial Dinner is hosted every year in honour of one of the early and notable members of the Community Legal Centre movement, Tim McCoy, who tragically passed away 33 years ago following an asthma attack. Tim is remembered to this day for his political activism and larrikin spirit, and for dedicating his life to a movement for social justice - a life too short.
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November 16, 2023
Principal Lawyers Meeting 2023
On 16 October 2023, the Federation hosted the Community Legal Sector Annual Principal Lawyers Meeting in Melbourne. The all-day event included informative sessions on legal risk management, restorative justice responses to sexual violence, the role of the regulator, and influencing law reform. It was also an opportunity for Principal Lawyers to network with peers from other Community Legal Centres at an in-person event.
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