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ABC Radio legal topics programGo on ABC Radio once per month and discuss legal topics that are timely and aimed at the general community |
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Aboriginal Housing The Aboriginal housing sector is undergoing significant, complex and contested reforms. With direction from the Aboriginal Tenants Advice Network and in collaboration with Shelter NSW and NCOSS, the TU commissioned a review of the current reforms and future directions. The report was released February 2011 and it received coverage in sector newsletters. We met with Aboriginal housing organisations to discuss the outcomes and published an update to the research. We also participated in the National Indigenous Housing Roundtable.The resulting document is being used by the Aboriginal services to respond to the reforms and as an education tool for non-Aboriginal services.
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Activist Rights website ActivistRights.org.au has been an important resource for activists in Victoria since 2006. Thanks to funding from the Victoria Law Foundation, the contribution of legal workers, activists, and writers, and the support of the RMIT Human Right Education Unit, the Fitzroy Legal Service will be relaunching an updated site in May 2012. As part of the relaunch, Fitzroy Legal Service will host an event including a panel, debate and entertainment. The panel will include Rob Stary, Tasneem Chopra and Gary Foley, who will discuss “Activism in Australia: Reflections, Experiences and Challenges”. The topic “Activism Doesn’t Pay” will be debated by a range of local activists including Cam Walker (Friends of... |
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Advocacy Indigenous DVD This DVD assists people to access advocacy and legal assistance from the Darwin Community Legal Service. It provides a pragmatic explanation aimed at Indigenous people and demystifies the process for gaining assistance. This DVD has proven popular with our remote clients and we hope to make it available in other Indigenous languages in the future. DCLS would welcome partnerships with other organisations to make this happen. |
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Age and Disability Discrimination The Disability Discrimination Act and Age Discrimination Act aim to protect particularly vulnerable people in our community. In this session, Marrickville Legal Centre explores how people may be treated less favourably on the grounds of a disability or their age in many areas of life, including employment and access to goods and services. The Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) investigates complaints of discrimination and helps the parties to discuss resolution of complaints. This seminar informs participants about current issues in discrimination law, and shows them how to support clients who may have discrimination complaints and how complaints are resolved through conciliation. |
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Annexures to the Positive Migration Guide Annexure 1 is a list of what health checks are usually required and in what circumstance Annexure 2 is the Gazette Notice IMI11/032 Annexure 3 is an example of undertaking required from an employer for a 457 visa Annexure 4 lists factors that DIAC takes into consideration for health waiver Annexure 5 is a list of visas with a health waiver |
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Anti Poverty Week Lunch The Illawarra Legal Centre collaborated with Wollongong TAFE students to host a lunch with a difference to mark anti-poverty week. A few students were pleasantly surprised when they were seated at the "banquet" table. However, many only received a small bowl of rice and had to look on! Everyone gained some insight into world poverty. |
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Ask LOIS Ask LOIS is a secure member only website for community workers in NSW who are responding to domestic and family violence. Ask LOIS provides workers with online training via webinars (online seminars), access to resources, case studies and discussion forums. |
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Asylum Explained website The Asylum Explained website provides interactive, plain English information about the process of seeking asylum in Australia. It is a resource for asylum seekers and people supporting asylum seekers. It includes fact sheets that provide simple guides to the process:
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Being a Support Person for a Young Person This workshop is for youth workers and covers being a 'Support Person' for a young person at the police station, including the role of a Support Person sitting in on a police interview, as well as supporting a young person at court. |
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Between a rock and a hard place Between a Rock and a Hard Place assists community workers to get the most out of the legal system for their clients. The publication covers many common legal areas that community workers encounter when managing their clients issues. There is a comprehensive and easy to understand manual and it is available online as a PDF. |
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Boarders & Lodgers Law Reform A campaign to introduce legislation to cover boarders and lodgers in NSW. The campaign involved submissions to politicians, engaging in policy debate, running test cases at the CTTT (eg on the definition of boarders and lodgers as exclusions to the Residential Tenancy Act 2010, or to have boarders and lodgers covered by the General Division of the CTTT), and the development of a Legal Remedies Kit that highlights the inadequacy of current remedies for boarders and lodgers. |
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Boys, you wanna give me some action? ‘Boys, you wanna give me some action?’: Interventions into Policing of Racialised Communities in Melbourne examined African young peoples’ experience of policing in three regions of Melbourne, including the Western suburbs. It found that ‘community policing’ initiatives do not ameliorate the commonly identified negative impacts of traditional over-policing practices. In fact, the relationships fostered between police and African young people through community policing initiatives were often used for intelligence gathering purposes and were ultimately damaging for the young people involved, leading in some cases to criminal proceedings. |
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Bring Your Bills Days The Bring Your Bills Program is an advocacy process that brings appropriate community, government and dispute resolution agencies together at a central location for one day for the purpose of assisting low income disadvantaged customers deal with problems arising out of the provision of energy, water and telecommunications services. Other services and problems, such as housing could be added depending on community need. The program seeks to encourage low income and disadvantaged consumers to bring their contracts, statements and bills to the event without the need to identify a legal problem or dispute. The agencies in attendance will listen to clients, review their documents and assess their need for assistance. Follow ... |
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Buying or Building a House Footscray CLC has developed a DVD on the subject "What You Need to Know Before Buying or Building a House - For Refugee Communities." The Project was developed in response to a large number of home ownership scams affecting refugee communities in Melbourne's western suburbs (see Chapter 15 in FCLC's Report, Making it Home: Refugee Housing in Melbourne's West). The DVD is a resource for financial counsellors and settlement services to educate refugee communities on the basics around the decision to buy or build a house. Issues that are raised include:
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Calling All Tenants The Tenants Union of Tasmania created a website and produced a TV Advertisement with the help of volunteers. WIN screen it for free as a Community Service Announcement. |
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Castaway Campaign In Queensland, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of a Child is breached every day as 17 year olds are charged and imprisoned as adults. The Castaway campaign highlights that young people have the responsibilities of adults without the rights of adults, so they are legal castaways. The project will facilitate 100 young people to write 100 individual messages to be placed in a bottle and sent to 100 community leaders as a "message in a bottle." The campaign will also be supported by social media. |
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Centrelink Workshop A seminar on Representing Clients with Centrelink Prosecutions |
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CLE for Gippsland Health Workers Provision of a CLE session for Koori Health Workers in the East Gippsland area. The event was held in Lakes Entrance as part of the Health worker' professional development program. |
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Community BBQ This event focused on raising awareness against family violence and support services available for Koori victims/survivors. A presentation was provided about FVPLS services and a special presentation was given by Lani Brenan telling her story as an Aboriginal survivor of family violence. |