July - August 2018

'It was all controlled by him': How Rachael escaped financial abuse’, powerful story covering the role of vital help from Redfern Community Legal Centre and NSW Government release of Cameron Review (1 August 2018)

Gerard Brody from Consumer Action Law Centre comments on new Australian Banking Association Banking Code of Conduct, ABC News (1 August 2018)

Credit card shock- piece covering Consumer Action Law Centre support for vulnerable client (1 August 2018)

Emil McPhee from the LGBTI Legal Service is featured in ABC AM discussion about the complications that still exist at law when expunging homosexual convictions in Queensland (30 July 2018)

NACLC Director Policy and Advocacy, Amanda Alford, was interviewed by Lawyers Weekly on technology/innovation, human rights and the sector (27 July 2018)

‘Federal Government Can’t Ignore LGBTIQ Women’s Rights’: Human Rights Law Centre’ with comments from Lee Carnie from the Human Rights Law Centre (26 July 2018)

‘Anti-gang laws target young and marginalized’, piece including comments from Federation of Community Legal Centres, Human Rights Law Centre and Inner Melbourne Community Law, LIV News Brief (25 July 2018)

Maria Nawaz and Tess Deegan from Kingsford Legal Centre, report on the UN’s criticism of Australia’s record on the human rights of women in The Conversation (24 July 2018)

Victorian community legal centres and others unite to criticise proposed anti-gang laws in Victoria on SBS News (24 July 2018)

‘Five Years in Detention for Manus, Nauru Refugees’, Daniel Webb from the Human Rights Law Centre reflects (19 July 2018)
 

January - March 2018

CLCNSW and Redfern Legal Centre reflect with Lawyers Weekly about amendments made to the State Debt Recovery Bill 2017 in light of important advocacy (19 March 2018)

Kingsford Legal Centre commented on a My Business report on new anti-discrimination workplace regulations that protect pregnant women (9 March 2018)

ABC News presented a special report on elder abuse, with Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre providing case studies to show some of the hardships faced by senior Australians. (4 March 2018)

The Seniors Rights Service highlighted some of the intersecting challenges faced by older Australians in an SBS report on the new national plan agreement between federal and state Attorneys-General to combat elder abuse. (20 February 2018)

ABC Radio interviewed Karen Cox from Financial Rights Legal Centre about consumer credit records. (20 February 2018)

The ACT Tenants Union was interviewed by the Canberra Times about the growing number of landlords who are unfairly withholding renters’ bonds (18 February 2018)

The Examiner has published Community Legal Centres Tasmania's call for more secure government funding commitments (16 February 2018)

The Canberra Times ran a profile on Heidi Yates (former head of Women's Legal Centre ACT) and her recent appointment as ACT Victims of Crime Commissioner (16 February 2018)

The Australian reports on calls by CLCs including Consumer Action and others for the Government to push ahead with plans to force insurance companies to comply with the unfair contract terms regime (14 February 2018) 

ABC News spoke with The Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre about their concerns over how procedural shortcomings at some regional courts are affecting victims of family violence. (13 February 2018)

The Canberra Times reports on the financial struggles of Canberra Community Law’s socio-legal practice clinic (12 February 2018)

James Farrell from Community Legal Centres Queensland spoke about the importance of keeping children out of adult prisons in a Brisbane Times article about delays to youth detention reform in Queensland. (12 February 2018)

The Australian covers strong advocacy by CLCs including Consumer Action calling for new legislation to crack down on payday lenders and appliance rental companies (11 February 2018) 

The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the worsening housing crisis, with commentary from The Tenant’s Union of NSW on the shrinking number of wage earners who can comfortably afford Sydney housing. (6 February 2018)

The Canberra Times covered news of Queensland’s proposed human rights act with comments from Community Legal Centres Queensland Executive Director James Farrell (6 February, 2018)

James Farrell from Community Legal Centres Queensland wrote a strong opinion piece for Pro Bono Australia about Government efforts to restrict non-profit advocacy work (30 January 2018) 

Karen Cox, from Financial Rights Legal Centre comments on the comprehensive credit reporting regime in this Sydney Morning Herald article (19 January, 2018)

The Law Report on ABC Radio National aired a program about Health Justice Partnerships featuring Maie Gibney from Inner Melbourne Community Legal advocating the importance of bedside legal assistance for victims of family violence. (9 January 2018)

The Mercury has published an opinion piece by the Tasmanian Law Society’s Luke Rheinberger advocating for greater funding to the legal assistance sector. (5 January 2018)