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Domestic Violence Services Plead for More Funding
ABC CENTRAL WEST REPORT Principal Solicitor Rachael Robertson often has gut-wrenching news for domestic violence victims when they build...
Jul 15, 2024
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Domestic Abuse is Soaring in Rural Australia
ABC REPORT The classic Australian country lifestyle is often depicted in a romantic light but for some, especially women living on rural...
Jul 15, 2024
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IWD: Equality versus Equity
This International Women's Day we are encouraged to #EmbraceEquity. For some people that means equal opportunity, but is that right? It...
Mar 8, 2023
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Hiring for the Holidays?
Hiring new employees in preparation for the peak holiday period can add to your already busy workload. The Fair Work Ombudsman’s small...
Nov 21, 2022
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Can you spot a scam?
Welcome to Scams Awareness Week (7-11 November, 2022). This year Scamwatch is encouraging you to learn ways to identify scams and take...
Nov 9, 2022
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Breaking the grip of coercive control
Western NSW Community Legal Centre has lodged a submission re the NSW Government’s draft bill on coercive control. Together with our...
Sep 2, 2022
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Five key reforms for Jobs Summit
Our Principal Solicitor, Patrick O'Callaghan, has urged the Federal Government to keep vulnerable workers front and centre of...
Sep 1, 2022
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FROCKED and Fabulous!
Thanks to everyone who joined us for FROCKED - a night of short films about women to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8....
Mar 11, 2022
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Online risks reveal parental gap
It's Safer Internet Day 2022 and the eSafety Commissioner has released an important study. The following is taken from the eSafety...
Feb 8, 2022
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How many Inquiries do we need?
The NSW Government’s response to a report on First Nations people dying in custody was met with dismay by Western NSW Community Legal...
Oct 28, 2021
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A Bill for Change
We support David Shoebridge, Greens MP, in his quest to change the law and put an end to government systematic practices that continue...
Oct 28, 2021
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FAQs: COVID-19 restrictions in Dubbo and north-western NSW
With Dubbo and other towns in the region plunged into lockdown, we answer those important questions like: What do stay at home orders...
Aug 12, 2021
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FAQ about latest COVID-19 restrictions
What do you know about the latest COVID-19 restrictions in regional NSW? We've pulled together some helpful information to get you...
Jun 28, 2021
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State Budget a lost opportunity
A response from Community Legal Centres NSW: Yesterday's budget delivers a disappointing outlook for the future of access to justice in...
Jun 23, 2021
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'Women’s Budget' welcomed but regional and remote women must be at forefront
Western NSW Community Legal Centre and Western Women’s Legal Support welcome the announcement of $1.1 billion in Commonwealth Funding for...
May 12, 2021
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Dubbo Drug Court needed now
Western NSW Community Legal Centre (WNSWCLC) has backed calls for the immediate expansion of the Drug Court to Dubbo following a damning...
Apr 20, 2021
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Hit delete on cyberbullying
Victims of cyberbullying have been urged to tell someone about it rather than suffer in silence. In recognition of Safer Internet Day,...
Feb 9, 2021
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Thirty years wasted?
In 1991, the final report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was handed down. The nearly three decades since have...
Oct 22, 2020
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Abuse is more than physical
Despite years of strategic planning by Australian governments, family and domestic abuse continues to have a devastating impact on...
Oct 8, 2020
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Position Vacant: Domestic Violence Solicitor
Western NSW Community Legal Centre (WNSWCLC) is seeking a dedicated Domestic Violence solicitor to: Provide access to justice for ...
Jul 22, 2020
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Playgrounds not prisons!
Did you know Australian children as young as 10 can be arrested and locked away in a prison? Children belong in classrooms and...
Jul 21, 2020
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Government must combat homelessness
Western NSW Community Legal Centre has called for sweeping changes to address the scourge of homelessness in regional, rural and remote...
Jul 17, 2020
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Aboriginal children deserve better
The NSW Government has proposed three key reforms in response to the Family is Culture Report, but does it go far enough? Not according...
Jul 10, 2020
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Services rally to oppose changes
More than 40 organisations have issued a joint statement opposing changes to victims support introduced in NSW on July 1, 2020. There...
Jul 2, 2020
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