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Community Legal Centres Australia

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9264 9595

Address: 307 Pitt Street 2000 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.clcs.org.au

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25.01.2022 We invite you to join our virtual end of year celebration on Thursday 3 December! After a year filled with challenges and adaptation, it is good to be reminded that our sector is diverse, vibrant and wraps around communities. RSVP now: https://tinyurl.com/y4yj8kqa

18.01.2022 We recently had the opportunity to analyse how well Australia is protecting the rights of all its people at the Universal Period Review NGO Coalition. Read more about this collaboration https://clcs.org.au/universal-period-review-ngo-coalition

18.01.2022 Peak legal bodies have urged Parliament to reject the federal government's long-held plan to merge the specialist Family Court with the "over-worked" Federal Circuit Court, warning families and judges will suffer". Today's The Sydney Morning Herald article includes commentary from our CEO, Nassim Arrage as well as representatives from Women's Legal Services Australia NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and the Law Council of Australia. https://www.smh.com.au//parliament-urged-to-reject-family-

18.01.2022 Today is International Day of People with Disabilities - this year's theme is Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable p...ost COVID-19 World. There is lots going on today - but importantly at 1pm the Disability Leadership Institute is hosting the 2020 National Awards for Disability Leadership! #idpwd It will be held via Live Stream on Youtube and can be accessed at the link below at 1pm. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDOaNO7IOhyymA6gqiOJgqg

17.01.2022 Join us for the Australia's Human Rights Report Card session on tomorrow! This is a fantastic opportunity to listen to members of the UPR NGO Committee from Kingsford Legal Centre, Indigenous Peoples Organisation Network Australia and Townsville Community Law. Register now: https://tinyurl.com/y55otssy

15.01.2022 As part of #NAIDOC2020 we join the call by Change the Record for a strong target to reduce family violence that will deliver real change for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. We support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women having access to legal services to support them and Change the Record's campaign to fund the Forum for Family Violence Prevention Legal Services #SaveFVPLS

14.01.2022 Want to learn about Aboriginal Engagement Strategies and Reconciliation Action Plans from Dhiira and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Womens Network? Join us at 2:00pm on Thursday and register now: https://tinyurl.com/yyo2m64d

14.01.2022 Consumer Action Law Centre is campaigning to oppose credit law changes which may negatively impact our clients and community. You can help us by signing this open letter. https://tinyurl.com/yyl5cpxo

10.01.2022 Want to know more about how to take a proactive and preventative approach to workplace mental health? Join our webinar today at 1pm on Creating Wellbeing in our workplace. Register now: https://tinyurl.com/yxuaq35u

08.01.2022 This week we celebrate three years of marriage equality in Australia. Community legal centres were fierce supporters of this important recognition under law for same sex couples. CLCs remain committed to law reform that ensures fairness for LGBTI communities and especially for people who are transgender and intersex. There's still much work to be done!

05.01.2022 Today is International Day of People with Disability #IDPWD. We are committed to making inclusion, equality and justice accessible for all. Disability Advocacy NSW https://www.idpwd.com.au

04.01.2022 The bill to collapse the specialist Family Court into the generalist Federal Circuit Court (FCC) must not proceed! We continue to work with Women's Legal Services Australia, NATSILS - National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and the Law Council of Australia to prove that the bill to collapse the specialist Family Court into the generalist Federal Circuit Court (FCC) is a risk to families and must not proceed, especially amid revelations that the FCC is facing severe backlogs of more than a year’s worth of migration and family law cases. Read more on our latest joint media release. https://clcs.org.au//REVISED%20-%20joint%20media%20release

04.01.2022 Register for the Australia's Human Rights Report Card session on 10 December! This session is a fantastic opportunity to listen to members of civil society organisations about key points made in the UPR NGO Coalition's report. Register now: https://tinyurl.com/y55otssy

01.01.2022 To celebrate #NAIDOC2020 week we sent everyone in our team a gift box from Game Enough? We look forward to sharing a morning tea using the delicious bush food ingredients - and celebrating the unique contribution that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, clients and communities make to our sector. We are always guided by and learning from our Aboriginal colleagues and partners as we work towards reconciliation. Always Was, Always Will Be.