Media releases and statements
Community legal sector says you don’t secure a safety net by cutting holes in it; you don’t rush life-threatening decisions
The community legal sector has issued a condemnation of the Government’s handling of proposed changes to the NDIS. Concerns include the substance of the bill itself, as well as the process of its introduction.
In times of national hardship, we can’t leave women and children in the regions behind
Economic hard times drive higher rates of family violence and other legal problems. Community legal centres have begun seeing spikes in domestic violence, in acute financial stress, and in other flow-on legal problems. This is likely to increase further in coming months. More people will need our support, right when we have less capacity to help.
We acknowledge the important steps the Federal Government has taken to address intergenerational inequality through tax and trust reform, but these kinds of measures must be supported by investment in a strong, stable safety net of community supports.
Legal services and so much more: Thirteen organisations sign onto open letter responding to Minister Madeleine King’s recent comments about community legal centres.
In recent comments, Madeleine King MP stated, “Community legal centres are not political campaign vehicles – they are there to provide legal services to the community, nothing more.”
Community Legal Centres Australia has penned an open letter responding to the minister’s comments and highlighting the community legal centres’ sector’s unique work to remove justice barriers.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community legal sector workers issue a call to action to newly elected Federal Labor Government: “finally end the Stolen Generations.”
A new national First Nations Justice Network of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers in the community legal sector have issued a call to action to the Federal Labor Government to deliver systemic and structural transformation for First Nations people in this term of government.
A truth-telling document created by First Nations staff from across the continent asserts that regression on Closing the Gap targets (on out-of-home care, adult incarceration, and suicide) is driven by deliberate government choices and demonstrates that the Stolen Generations never ended.
Bail saves lives: Poccum’s Law is the way forward
Today, Community Legal Centres Australia stands with the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and 92 representatives of ACCOs, community services, family violence and legal sectors to launch joint open letter ‘Bail saves lives: Poccum’s Law is the way forward’.