August 18, 2014
Community Legal Centres Tasmania and a coalition of community groups have today written to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights outlining their concerns at the proposed introduction of the Workplaces (Protection from Protesters) Bill 2014.The letter is attached here along with a media release here
July 8, 2014
CLC Tas prepared a submission to the Productivity Commission’s ‘Access to Justice’ Inquiry and gave evidence at the Public Hearings held in Hobart on 13 June 2014. A copy of the submission is available in pdf and in word
April 15, 2014
Access to justice is critical in a democracy, and something that CLC Tasmania’s member centres work hard to deliver. EDO Tasmania provides access to justice in relation to important environmental issues. Last year, the Federal government cut all funding to the service. Without public support, EDO Tasmania is at risk. Without EDO Tasmania, many people […]
April 7, 2014
March 12, 2014
Recently, Community Legal Centres Tasmania wrote to the four political parties likely to win seats at the upcoming State Election. The parties were the Liberals, Australian Labor Party (ALP), Tasmanian Greens and Palmer United Party (PUP). As of the 12th March 2014 responses have been received from the Liberals the Tasmanian Greens and the ALP. The […]
January 31, 2014
Community Legal Centres Tasmania is calling on the Liberals to reconsider their policy of phasing out suspended sentences on the grounds that it will increase prison numbers, may increase crime and is not supported by the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute. On Friday 31st January 2014 the following Media Release was sent out.
December 18, 2013
CLC Tas is very concerned at the recent announcement by Treasurer Joe Hockey that $43.1 million would be cut from legal assistance services, including no ongoing funding of the Environmental Defenders Office from 1st July 2014. We urge the Federal Government to reinstate funding to the EDO and improve access to justice. On wednesday 18th […]
December 2, 2013
Community Legal Centres Tasmania has joined with the peak community legal centres of every State and Territory in Australia to make a joint submission to the Productivity Commission’s Access to Justice Issues Paper released in September 2013. Our submission is attached here The Productivity Commission has been asked to make recommendations on improving access to […]
June 29, 2013
On 8th April 2013 the Women’s Legal Service and Julie Collins MP – Minister for the Status of Women launched the GirlsGottaKnow App. The GirlsGottaKnow Mobile App provides general legal information to young women between 14-24 years of age. GirlsGottaKnow was developed by the Women’s Legal Service over the last six months to provide a […]
June 14, 2013
Community Legal Centres Tasmania has submitted its response to the Sentencing Advisory Council’s Consultation Paper on Sex Offence Sentencing. The response is available here in pdf or Word