Appendix A: Rural, regional and remote legal assistance services; 3 June 2014
Coded against ARIA: 4 categories: city, inner regional, outer regional, remote, very remote.
Jurisdiction / ATSIL (8) / FVPLS (13) / LAC (8) / CLC (116)NSW
Cluster
Dubbo x3
Nowra x3
Bourke x2
Coffs H x2
Lismore x3
Armidale x2
Tamworth x2
Moree x 2
Walgett x 2
Broken H x 3
Wagga x 2
Kempsey x 2 / Grafton
Tamworth
Armidale
Kempsey
Lismore
Moree
Taree
Coffs Harbour
Dubbo
Broken Hill
Bathurst
Bourke
Griffith
Wagga Wagga
Walgett
Moruya
Nowra
Newcastle
Wollongong / Thiyama-Li Family Violence Service Incorporated
BOURKE MOREE (Head Office) WALGETT
BROKEN HILL Warra-Warra Broken Hill Family Violence Legal Service
FORBES Binaal Billa Family Violence Prevention Legal Service
KEMPSEY Many Rivers Family Violence Prevention Legal Service / Legal Aid New South Wales
Wagga Wagga,
Tamworth,
Orange,
Nowra,
Lismore,
Coffs Harbour,
Dubbo
Gosford
Newcastle
Wollongong / Broken Hill Far West Community Legal Centre Inc.
Armidale North & North West Community Legal Service Inc
Lismore Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre-
Nowra Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre Inc
Dubbo Western NSW Community Legal Centre Inc.
Port Macquarie Mid North Coast CLC
Wyong Central Coast CLC
Katoomba Elizabeth Evatt CLC
Windsor Hawkesbury Nepean CLC
Newcastle Hunter CLC
Warrawong Illawarra CLC
NT
Clusters
Darwin x 5
Alice Sp x 6
T Ck x3
Katherine x4 / North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Limited (Northern Territory North Zone)
Darwin
Katherine
Nhulunbuy
Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service Incorporated (Northern Territory South Zone)
Alice Springs
Tennant Creek / Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit Aboriginal Corporation
ALICE SPRINGS (Head Office) TENNANT CREEK
North Australian Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service
DARWIN (Head Office)
KATHERINE
Alice Springs Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Domestic and Family Violence Service (Women’s Council) / Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission
Darwin
Katherine
Tennant Creek
Alice Springs / Alice Springs Central Australian Women's Legal Service Inc
Darwin Community Legal Service
Katherine Women's Information & Legal Service
Darwin Top End Women's Legal Service Inc
Alice Springs CAAFLU Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit Aboriginal Corporation
Qld
Clusters
Townsville
Cairns x 5
Bundaberg x2
Mt Isa x3
Tville x 7
Rocky x4
Roma x 3
Mackay x 3
Twoomba x 3
H Bay x 2
Goondi x 2 / Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (Qld) Limited
Bundaberg
Cairns
Charleville
Hervey Bay
Mackay
Mount Isa
Murgon
Rockhampton
Thursday Island
Toowoomba
Townsville
Mornington Island Junkuri Laka Wellesley Islands Aboriginal Law Inc
Chinchilla
Roma
St George
Cooktown
Warwick
Cunnamulla
Dalby
Goondiwindi
Ipswich
Maroochydore
Normanton
Palm Island
Townsville Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Legal and Advocacy Service North Queensland / Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service
CAIRNS (Head Office)
MT ISA
ROCKHAMPTON
TOWNSVILLE
ROMA Aboriginal Family Legal Service Southern Queensland / Legal Aid Queensland
Toowoomba
Townsville
McKay
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Cairns
Mt Isa Western Queensland Justice Network
Charleville Legal Advice Service
Frank Jongkind & Co Solicitors
Farm and Rural Legal Service ph 1300 65 11 88 / Cairns North Queensland Women's Legal Service
Townsville North Queensland Women's Legal Service
Goondiwindi CARE
Cairns Community Legal Service Inc
Rockhampton Central Queensland Community Legal Centre Inc
Mackay Regional CLC
Townsville North Queensland Women's Legal Service Inc
Roma Community Legal Service Inc
Hervey Bay Taylor Street Community Legal Service,
Toowoomba TASC The Advocacy and Support Centre
Townsville Community Legal Service
SA
Clusters
Pt Aug x3
Pt L x 2
Ceduna x 2 / Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Incorporated (SA) Murray Bridge
Port Augusta
Ceduna
Port Lincoln / Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corporation (SA)
CEDUNA
PORT AUGUSTA(Head Office)
PORT LINCOLN / Legal Services Commission of South Australia
Port Augusta
Whyalla / Berri Riverland Community Legal Service Inc
Mt Gambier South East Community Legal Service Inc
Port Pirie)WestSide Community Lawyers Inc (
Tas
Clusters
Laun x 3
Devonp x 2
Burnie x 2 / Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Incorporated
Launceston
Burnie / ALS known as Beeton and Mansell
Launceston
Burnie not sure if these are ALS. Listed on Tas legal aid website TBC (beeton and Mansell are on the private solis list) / Legal Aid Tasmania
Launceston
Devonport
Burnie / Launceston Community Legal Service
Devonport North West Community Legal Centre Inc
Vic
Clusters
B’dale x 3’
Mildura x 3
Shepp x 3
Ballarat x 3
W’bool x 2
Bendigo x 2
Morwell x 3 / Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Limited
Bairnsdale
Ballarat
Heywood
Mildura
Morwell
Shepparton
Swan Hill / BAIRNSDALE (Gippsland) WARRNAMBOOL (Barwon South West) MILDURA, MELBOURNE (Head Office) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service Victoria / Victoria Legal Aid
Warrnambool
Shepparton
Morwell
Horsham
Bendigo
Bairnsdale
Ballarat / Wodonga Hume Riverina Community Legal Service
Ballarat Central Highlands Community Legal Centre
Geelong Barwon Community Legal Service
Morwell Gippsland Community Legal Service
Mildura Murray Mallee Community Legal Service
Bendigo Loddon Campaspe CLC –
Shepparton Goulburn Valley CLC
WA
Clusters:
Broome X3
Albany x 4
Kununurra x4
Newman x2
Sth Hed x4
Kalgoorlie x4
Geraldton x4
Ft X x 2
Geraldton x 4
Bunbury x 3
Newman x 2
Northam x 2
Canarvon x 2 / Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Incorporated
Kununurra
Meekatharra
South Hedland
Albany
Broome
Bunbury
Carnarvon
Fitzroy Crossing
Geraldton
Halls Creek
Kalgoorlie
Geraldton
Newman
Northam / ALBANY Family Violence Prevention Legal Service
Aboriginal Family Law Services. BROOME KUNUNURRA CARNARVON GERALDTON KALGOORLIE SOUTH HEDLAND (PERTH Head Office) Western Australian
FITZROY CROSSING
Family Violence Prevention Unit Marninwarntikura / Legal Aid – Western Australia
Christmas Island
Kununurra East Kimberley -
Broome
South Hedland
Kalgoorlie Goldfields -
Albany Great Southern -
Bunbury South West -
Geraldton / Albany Community Legal Centre
Bunbury Community Legal Centre
Geraldton Resource Centre
Kalgoorlie Goldfields Community Legal Centre -
Kununurra Kimberley Community Legal Services Inc
Pilbara Community Legal Service – Karrratha,
Newman South Hedland Roebourne
Northam Wheatbelt CLC -
Updated 3 June 2014
Using the websites of legal aid commissions, ATSILS, NACLC 2013 directory
Noting most regional centres have a three to four publicly funded services. This gives them referral options.
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McGowan Submission to the Productivity Commission on Access to Justice Arrangements 20140603