EMERGENCY SERVICES
If you or someone else is in immediate danger, call for police and ambulance help.
Ph: 000
If you require police assistance but it is not an emergency, phone 131 444 or visit the ACT Police website.
SERVICES & PROGRAMS
Health Justice Partnership Program
The Centre works in partnership with the Calvary Public Hospital Bruce and Child and Family Centres to deliver essential legal assistance to women affected by domestic and family violence.
These partnerships aim to build the capacity of universal allied and clinical health services to identify and respond to women experiencing domestic and family violence and to make specialist legal services more accessible to women who would otherwise not access this information and assistance.
HOW WE HELP
We aim to make legal assistance easy to access, as early as possible. We provide free legal advice and representation in relation to domestic and family violence, relationship breakdown and separation. This includes advice for women in relation to care arrangements for children, divorce, dividing property, family violence and child support matters.
We also assist women in the early stages where Care and Protection have become involved in their families, supporting women to engage with Care and Protection on an equal footing and keep children with their families if possible.
We also provide advice an assistance for women experiencing discrimination or issues at work related to being pregnant or having caring responsibilities, including accessing parental leave, flexible work or other entitlements and workplace issues.
HOW WE WORK
Centre lawyers are embedded within the teams at our Partner sites. We work alongside clinical and allied health staff to provide legal assistance as part of their care for women and families.
If you are a patient or service user of Calvary Public Hospital or one of the Child and Family Centres across Canberra, please talk to staff at these locations about getting a referral to see one of our HJP lawyers.
This Program is funded with assistance from the ACT Office for Family Safety.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CRISIS SERVICE
The Domestic Violence Crisis Service can provide emergency support to people affected by domestic and family violence.
Ph: 24/7 Crisis Line 02 6280 0900
CANBERRA COMMUNITY LAW
CCL provides free legal assistance in the areas of public housing, Centrelink, disability discrimination and some civil law matters. It also runs specialist programs to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Centrelink, housing and race discrimination legal issues and people experiencing homelessness with civil law issues.
Ph: 02 6218 7900
CONSUMER LAW CENTRE ACT
CLC provides free legal advice and representation in the areas of consumer credit (mortgages, credit cards and personal loans), debt recovery, financial abuse, bankruptcy, insurance, simple contracts, and general fair trading and consumer protection.
Ph: 02 6143 0044
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ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE
ALS provides free legal advice and representation in the areas of criminal law, family law, Care and Protection and Tenancy for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Ph: 1800 765 767 (Criminal matters) 1800 733 233 (Care & protection and family matters)
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LEGAL AID ACT
LA provides free legal advice and representation in the areas of criminal law, family law and some civil law matters, including migration and private tenancy issues.
Ph: 1300 654 314 (Helpline)
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LEGAL AID DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PERSONAL PROTECTION ORDER UNIT
This Unit provides free assistance to people applying for Family Violence Orders and help to understand and respond to orders. The Unit is located at the ACT Magistrates Court.
Ph: 02 6207 1874 or 1300 654 314
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