Media Releases and Articles

Media Releases

10 December 2025 - Urgent Funding Needed to Support Victims of Domestic and Family Violence 

29 April 2024 - Urgent Action Needed to Address Women Dying and Traumatised by Violence in Australia

February 2021 - Destruction of Sacred Women’s Site to begin on International Women’s Day

1 August 2018 - Govt report highlights value of community justice

April 2017 - NSW government decides disadvantaged people deserve equal justice

 

In the News 

Law Society Journal Regional Report: The Blue Mountains - 6 Nov 06 2024 

https://lsj.com.au/articles/regional-report-the-blue-mountains/

Community legal centres take court battle to Canberra - 28 Aug 2024

https://www.communitydirectors.com.au/articles/community-legal-centres-take-court-battle-to-canberra

ABC News - "Domestic, sexual and family violence services may need to scale back after 'let-down' budget" - 17 May 2024 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-17/domestic-family-sexual-violence-federal-budget-labor-government/103858740

ABC News - "New data from the Australian Institute of Criminology paints a bleak picture, with the number of women killed by their current or former partner increasing by nearly 30 per cent between the years of 2022 and 2023.

CEO of the Central Tablelands and Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre, Arlia Fleming says there is a culture of blame in Australia's society and legal system for victims of domestic violence."

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1198307547832294

Law Society Journal - ‘The time to act is now’: call for urgent funding to address violence against women - 30 Apr 30 2024

https://lsj.com.au/articles/the-time-to-act-is-now-call-for-urgent-funding-to-address-violence-against-women/

ABC News - "Domestic violence services raise alarm after budget" - 17 May 2024 

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/worldtoday/domestic-violence-services-raise-alarm-after-budget/103861484

Australasian lawyer - "CLC calls for frontline services funding geared towards women's safety" - 1 May 2024 

https://www.thelawyermag.com/au/news/general/clc-calls-for-frontline-services-funding-geared-towards-womens-safety/487370

Law Society Journal - "A profession for the wealthy? The enduring problem for diversity in law" - 1 Dec 2020

https://lsj.com.au/articles/a-profession-for-the-wealthy-the-enduring-problem-for-diversity-in-law/

Blue Mountains Gazette - "Funds keep Elizabeth Evatt Legal Centre alive" - April 10 2017

https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/4584043/reprieve-for-legal-centre/

Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre fights to stop cuts to legal services - March 7 2017

https://www.bluemountainsgazette.com.au/story/4509193/fight-to-stop-cuts-to-local-legal-services/

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