October 09, 2015
State Government funding grants a welcome boost for community legal centres
The Victorian State Government has announced recipients of $3.2 million in grants to community legal centres through the Community Legal Centre Assistance Fund and the Family Violence Duty Lawyer Fund at an event held at West Justice Community Legal Centre this morning.
READ MORESeptember 24, 2015
First decision of Cabinet on family violence a positive step but falls short for women seeking legal help to stay safe
This morning’s announcement of a package of initiatives to tackle family violence, reflecting the first Cabinet decision of the Turnbull Government, is a positive indication of a greater focus on family violence but will still leave thousands of women without family violence legal help, according to the Federation of Community Legal Centres.
READ MORESeptember 15, 2015
New leadership needed to end family violence
The appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister will be an empty change unless the Federal Government matches its claimed commitment to end family violence with action to fund services and respect their right to advocate.
READ MOREAugust 24, 2015
Community legal centres gather for national conference as new figures reveal severe impact of Federal Government cuts in Victoria
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.
READ MOREAugust 05, 2015
Shine a light on ‘patchwork’ family violence legal system, community legal peak tells royal commission
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.
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