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The NSW Government has once again failed to properly fund Community Legal Centres, ignoring our modest pre-Budget funding request.
The NSW Government has failed to increase funding for Community Legal Centres in the NSW Budget, handed down on 18 June. With a small increase in May’s Federal Budget, Community Legal Centres NSW hoped this would be matched in the NSW Budget.
The referendum for me, was a chance to be counted. To be seen as real people in this country that our ancestors have cared for, for thousands of years. A country we, as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, BELONG to.
Community Legal Centres NSW's First Nations Cadetship Program, aimed at addressing the under-representation of Aboriginal people in the state’s legal sector, is being extended after a successful first year.
CLCNSW offers our full support to the Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT and AbSec in calling for the NSW Government to end the over-representation of Aboriginal children in out-of-home care.
We welcome the release of the National Plan, particularly its recognition that social security and housing are essential when it comes to preventing violence.
A coalition of legal and civil society organisations have called for a four month pause on COVID fine enforcement action.
The NSW Government has missed a significant opportunity to take practical action to end Aboriginal deaths in custody.
Over 100 prominent members of the legal, academic and political profession have endorsed an open letter sent to the NSW Premier, calling on the NSW Government to revoke wrongly issued COVID-19 fines.
To stop the spread of COVID-19 across Greater Sydney and New South Wales we need clear, culturally appropriate communication, economic, health and social supports, and community relationships based on trust.
Our new $200,000 scholarship will enable Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander university students to gain valuable work experience in community legal centres across New South Wales.
Today’s budget delivers a disappointing outlook for the future of access to justice in New South Wales and is a missed opportunity to address rising inequality and disadvantage.