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Trans Day of Visibility: Statement of solidarity

Dean McLaren and Taryn Ives Rigby launch the poster at the National Community Legal Centres Australia Conference.

First Nations workers launch ‘Our voices, our employment’ resource

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Applications open for First Nations Cadetship Program

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New values-based messaging guide for community legal centres

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Our impact: Annual Report 2021-22

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Federal Government removes ‘gag’ clause imposed on community legal centres, a move welcomed by sector peak body

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New domestic violence service for people with disabilities

Nicole Jenkins outside the boarded-up and flood damaged Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre office.

Documentary: Living under threat, Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre and the 2022 floods

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NSW Government continues to fail Aboriginal children in out-of-home care, Family is Culture Report Card reveals

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Community Legal Centres NSW welcomes National Plan to End Violence Against Women and Children

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Community legal centres & social services make submissions on coercive control legislation

Brian Attard accepting First Nations Lawyer Award.

Brian Attard wins First Nations Lawyer of the Year award

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Report: Change takes community - action for a fairer future

Four people standing outside NSW Parliament House: Katrina Ironside (Executive Director, Community Legal Centres NSW), Michael Daley (Shadow Attorney General), Sarah Marland (Policy and Advocacy Manager, Community Legal Centres NSW), and The Hon. Mark Speakman (Attorney General).

NSW Parliament launch: Change takes community: Action for a fairer future

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Climate justice & sovereignty — the Gomeroi/Gamilaraay fight to protect Country

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Meet the students participating in our First Nations Cadetship program

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Are you a Stolen Generations Survivor? Do you know someone who is?

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Legal help for flood-affected communities

Mid North Coast Legal Centre at summer bushfires.

Report: Community legal centres’ disaster response

Biami, by Debra Beale.

Launching our new Reconciliation Action Plan

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Big Yarn Up: Supporting First Nations Employment

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A call for an immediate pause on the enforcement of Covid-19 fines

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New employment service for migrants and vulnerable workers

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Our impact: Annual Report 2020-21

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Community, justice and inequality in the Far West

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Ending stigma and valuing diversity: a just future for sex workers, LGBTQI+ people, and people who use drugs

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The realities of life and law in a cross border region

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Ending discrimination against people living with HIV

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A future where the rights of older people are upheld

A woman who uses a wheelchair and wears a pink head scarf holding a young child. They are smiling at each other and talking.

Building a fairer and more just immigration system for all

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Media release: Missed opportunities in NSW Government’s disappointing response to First Nations People in Custody Inquiry

Binaal Billa Family Violence Prevention Legal Service staff Debbie Stevie, Jade and Taylor sitting at a table together.

Welcome Binaal Billa Family Violence Prevention Legal Service!

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Media release: ‘We cannot fine our way out of the pandemic’: Legal profession calls on NSW Premier to revoke unlawful COVID-19 fines

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How to take action for Afghanistan

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Wage-theft is rampant in many industries. Meet the service delivering justice for young workers

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We need a public health response based on trust and communication — not punishment, force and fear: Our statement on the Greater Sydney lockdown

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We're hiring: First Nations Cadetship Administrator

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First Nations cadetships to kickstart careers

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‘Tip of the iceberg’: Frontline workers say police data fails to capture increase in domestic violence

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State Budget a lost opportunity to make NSW fairer

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Fire & Water: Our future in climate justice

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Call for systemic change amid Northern Rivers housing crisis

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'An enormous power imbalance’: supporting women in prison to access justice

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Grassroots and innovative: supporting young people in out-of-home-care

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It’s time for urgent government action to end Aboriginal deaths in custody

Jenny Leong delivering a speech in NSW Parliament.

MPs call for increased funding to community legal centres

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Advice, Advocacy, Action: Kingsford Legal Centre’s holistic response to sexual harassment

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Our Pre-Budget Submission

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Don’t erase trans kids

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Legal help for flood-affected communities

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Drug reform, now

Community Legal Centres NSW acknowledges the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation as the Traditional Owners on whose Country we live and work. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present, and emerging.