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Canberra Community Law

Locality: Canberra, Australian Capital Territory

Phone: +61 2 6218 7900

Address: 21 Barry Drive TURNER 2612 Canberra, ACT, Australia

Website: http://www.canberracommunitylaw.org.au/donations.html

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25.01.2022 Our Facebook live Q&A info session on the Centrelink changes that start tomorrow will kick off in less than an hour. You can ask our lawyer questions on the live video. Don’t forget to tune in at 6pm.

25.01.2022 We hope you can join us tonight at 6pm on Facebook for our live Q&A information session on the changes to the JobSeeker payment which starts tomorrow (1 April 2021). We will chat about: - Changes to mutual obligations - Changes to payment amount... - Changes to the hours you can work before it affects your payment You can also ask our social security lawyer, Sophie Trevitt, questions during the live session by posting in the live video comment session. To make sure you don’t miss out, please ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Canberra Community Law and click ‘going’ on our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/488247038843876 #Centrelink #JobSeeker

23.01.2022 Have you ever wondered what the life as a paralegal at Canberra Community Law entails? We asked Robert, our CCL paralegal. Working at CCL as a paralegal is a pretty unusual job anything could come up! In my role, I work across two of the teams. On Mondays and Tuesdays, I work with Naomi (CCL’s Senior Litigation Solicitor) to assist clients with social security or housing matters. The sort of work involved ranges from day to day, but includes things like file notes, rese...arching legal issues and writing up applications or submissions. It can also change very suddenly, like when an urgent eviction comes up and we need to respond. Then from Wednesday to Friday, I work as part of the Street Law team. Street Law helps out clients at risk of or experiencing homelessness with a range of different issues. This means I could one day be calling a client to help them with fines and the next day be talking to the Passports Office about identity documents. Either way, it means that every new task is a new challenge for me to try. Sometimes, the work can be difficult because there are complex legal issues involved, while at other times, the challenges our clients face can be quite confronting. However, even on the harder days, CCL has an amazing team of supportive, dedicated and kind people who have taught me a lot about how to not just be a better lawyer but a better person too.

21.01.2022 Modelling from the Australia Institute, released on Wednesday, estimates the reduction will push a further 155,000 people, including 18,000 children, below the poverty line. When the government first introduced the $550 coronavirus supplement, it was the biggest poverty alleviation policy that I think Australia has ever seen, said Matt Grudnoff, senior economist at the Australia Institute. Read the full article at https://www.theguardian.com//axing-coronavirus-welfare-pa...y #raisetherate #centrelink #poverty

21.01.2022 We work collaboratively with our peak body, Economic Justice Australia and our fellow social security community legal centres to ensure that we are providing up-to-date, easy to understand and accurate information on social security (Centrelink) changes. This is particularly important right now due to the changes relating to the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is a photo of our latest meeting with Economic Justice Australia, Social Security Rights Victoria, Welfare Rights Centre NSW and Basic Rights Queensland. If you, or someone you know, would like free legal help with a Centrelink matter, please call us on 6218 7900 if you live in the ACT or visit http://www.ejaustralia.org.au/legal-help-centrelink/ for your nearest legal centre. #freelegaladvice #workingtogether #Centrelink

19.01.2022 The theme for this years NAIDOC week is Always Was, Always Will Be. Always Was, Always Will Be recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this continent for over 65,000 years. NAIDOC 2020 invites all Australians to embrace the true history of this country a history which dates back thousands of generations. It’s about seeing, hearing and learning the First Nations’ 65,000+ year history of this country - which is Australian history. We want all Australians to celebrate that we have the oldest continuing cultures on the planet and to recognise that our sovereignty was never ceded. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek

17.01.2022 We are so thankful to be one of the 30 recipients of a Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund Grant through Hands Across Canberra. Our grant of $10,000 will be used to pilot our Dhurrawang Prison Legal Clinic. This Clinic, once up and running, will be available to Alexander Macononchie Centre prison population, and will facilitate early referrals to lawyers who can assist with legal issues, and to advise and represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in housing, social security and race discrimination. To see more information about the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund Grant, go to https://www.handsacrosscanberra.org.au/about/news/article/ #thankyou #freelegaladvice #communitylegalcentre

17.01.2022 Many small businesses have been through difficult times as a result of COVID-19, with restricted opening hours, reduced customer flow and hygiene considerations, all the while managing responsibilities as an employer. Check out our Canberra Covid-Legal Help website for information to help small business during the Covid-19 pandemic in the one place. You will find information from the Commonwealth and ACT governments, the Canberra Business Chamber and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. You can find this information at https://canberracovidlegalhelp.org.au/small-business/

14.01.2022 Tune into ABC Canberra Drive today (16 November) at 5:05pm to listen to Canberra Community Law Solicitor, Sophie Trevitt, talk about #Robodebt.

14.01.2022 For #naidoc2020 we hosted a lunchtime screening of Running to America for staff. The documentary follows the story of 4 young Aboriginal men who were selected by Rob de Castella to train over a period of 8 months to run the New York City Marathon. This story is the beginning of the Indigenous Marathon Project for the The Indigenous Marathon Foundation which now has seen over 100 graduates having run a marathon on 6 months training! The movie was the perfect choice in celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander achievement. #naidocweek #alwayswasalwayswillbe

13.01.2022 Tomorrow (Thursday 19 November) is the Raise the Rate National Day of Action to Raise the Rate for Good before Christmas. There are lots of ways to get involved. You can: Visit your Member of Parliament’s (MP) electorate office to deliver a holiday card in person Call your Member of Parliament’s (MP) electorate office Contact members of the Expenditure Review Committee Organise your own actions.... The goal of the Raise the Rate campaign is to fix our social security safety net for good so that it keeps people out of poverty, with income of $500 per week. Experts define the poverty line in Australia as $480-$500 per week for a single person with no children, including housing costs. Before the COVID-19 crisis, the rate of Newstart had not been increased in real terms for 25 years, while the cost of living, especially housing, has gone through the roof. There is broad support for a permanent increase to the JobSeeker Payment (formerly Newstart Allowance), including from community organisations, such as anti-poverty networks, unions, business groups, not-for-profit organisations, local governments, territory governments and several federal parliamentarians. You can register for the National Day of Action by visiting https://raisetherate.org.au/take-part-in-the-day-of-action/ #RaisetheRateforGood

11.01.2022 Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of the annual international campaign 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. This year the theme is: Orange the World: Fund Respond, Prevent, Collect! #16daysofactivism #EndGenderBasedViolence #Orangetheworld: Fund, Respond, Prevent, Collect!

08.01.2022 Confused about the changes to JobSeeker that start on 1 April 2021? Now is your chance to have your questions answered join us on Facebook for our live Q&A information session on the changes to JobSeeker. The information session is at 6pm on tomorrow (Wednesday 31 March). You can ask our social security lawyer, Sophie Trevitt, questions during the live session by posting in the live video comment session. To make sure you don’t miss out, please ‘like’ and ‘follow’ Canberra ...Community Law and click ‘going’ on our event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/488247038843876 #Centrelink #JobSeeker

05.01.2022 The 2020 NAIDOC Week poster features the stunning artwork titled Shape of Land by Noongar and Saibai Islander artist Twrown Waigana. Tyrown’s artwork tells the story of how the Rainbow Serpent came out of the Dreamtime to create this land. It is represented by the snake and it forms the shape of Australia, which symbolises how it created our lands. The colour from the Rainbow Serpent is reflected on to the figure to display our connection to the Rainbow Serpent, thus our connection to country. The overlapping colours on the outside is the Dreamtime. The figure inside the shape of Australia is a representation of Indigenous Australians showing that this country - since the dawn of time - Always Was, Always Will Be Aboriginal Land. #NAIDOC2020 #NAIDOCWeek

02.01.2022 Check out our short animation about applying for ACT public housing. You can watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4b6h4ZVdmWc You can also check out our fact sheet Applications for Housing Assistance - available https://www.canberracommunitylaw.org.au/fact-sheet-1-applic ... #PublicHousing

02.01.2022 Who do we help? In the 2019-20 financial year we assisted 859 clients. The majority of our clients were female (60.3%). Of all our clients, 68% were experiencing or at risk of homelessness, 60% had a disability, 39%* disclosed experiencing domestic or family violence, 16% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander and 13% were from a culturally and linguistically diverse background. If you or someone you know needs legal advice, please call us on 6218 7900 from 11 January... 2011 when we reopen our office. For a full list of the legal areas we can help with, visit our website at www.canberracommunitylaw.org.au *These self-disclosures under-report clients affected. #makingadifference #freelegaladvice

02.01.2022 Did you miss out on Unchartered: Health, Housing, Human Rights, and COVID-19 a forum hosted by the Human Rights Law Centre and the UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion? Well, this one-hour webinar is now available anytime at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDlp7CLYiDE&feature=youtu.be. Check it out and listen to Annie Butler, Federal Secretary, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Kate Colvin, Spokesperson, Everybody's Home Campaign Hugh de Kretser, Executive Director, Human Rights Law Centre and Verity Firth, Executive Director, UTS Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion as they speak about how we could be handling COVID-19 and its consequences for the community better if we placed human rights at the heart of our response. #Humanrights

02.01.2022 Financial Counselling Australia is encouraging JobSeeker and JobKeeper recipients to make use their free services ahead of planned cuts to income support and deadlines for eviction and rent freezes. Read the full article here: https://buff.ly/2GQkbQA EJA will continue to advocate for a permanent and liveable increase to Centrelink payments as a human right. #RaiseTheRateForGood

02.01.2022 Our Social Security and Tenancy Service assisted 516 clients, provided 682 advices, 80 duty lawyer services, performed 278 legal tasks and worked on 163 cases during the 2019-2020 financial year. Our Social Security and Tenancy Service provides legal help in public housing, tenancy and social security legal issues. If you live in the ACT and would like free legal advice on a Centrelink, public housing or community housing matter please call us on 6218 7900.

01.01.2022 We are now open to take your calls and provide free legal advice for people in the ACT. We can help with Centrelink and ACT public housing matters, racial and disability discrimination, or if you are experiencing homelessness a range of legal issues. You can call us on 6218 7900. For more information on how we can help visit our website at www.canberracommunitylaw.org.au

01.01.2022 Leasa says, If people on income support cannot afford nutritious food, rent, transport, healthcare - not only can they not apply for work, but their health, mental and physical will suffer. Then we are facing additional costs of increased health care demands and interventions to keep people safe. Adequate income support does not discourage work it boosts health, safety and self-esteem. I see evidence of this every day in my work as a financial counsellor. The additional coro...navirus supplement gave dignity with financial support. Raise the Rate for Good. Instead of cuts and short term measures, we need the Government to put in place a permanent, adequate rate of income support not just for Christmas and the Holidays but permanently. TAKE ACTION: Use the Raise the Rate digital tool to have a physical holiday card sent to key Government leaders with your personal message: https://raisetherate.org.au/holiday-message-2020/ You can also send your own card or print out the one on our website and post to other members of the Government: https://raisetherate.org.au/send-a-holiday-card-to-our.../ The featured card was also designed by Raise The Rate grassroots campaigner Cassie Francisco! For more information about this campaign go to https://raisetherate.org.au/ #RaisetheRateforGood

01.01.2022 Have you seen our video about our free legal services - including information about how we can help and who we’ve helped? You can view it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG_GwR2X2b8&feature=emb_logo If you live in the ACT and would like free legal advice please call us on 6218 7900 during business hours for a list of the legal areas we can help you with please visit our website at www.canberracommunitylaw.org.au #freelegaladvice #Centrelink #Housing #disabilitydiscrimination #racialdiscrimination #homelessness

01.01.2022 This simple step-by-step guide to accessing Centrelink during Covid-19 has been translated into Arabic. You can find out if you are eligible for assistance, and if so, how to access it. This fantastic tool was created by Sophie Trevitt. You can also find Centrelink information in Arabic on Services Australia ’s website at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au//information-in-your- If you need legal help with a Centrelink matter and live in the ACT, you can call us on 6218 7900. If you need an interpreter, please call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS) on 131 450 and ask them to ring us. If you live outside of the ACT you can find your nearest legal centre by visiting Economic Justice Australia at http://www.ejaustralia.org.au/legal-help-centrelink/