Women`s Legal Services Tasmania

The Burnie office provides legal information, advice, and assistance in all legal matters to clients in the northwestern part of the state who are or have been victims of domestic violence. A free and confidential legal service for women in Tasmania providing advice, information, referrals, legal education and legal reform. From its Hobart office, Women`s Legal Service Tasmania provides confidential, free legal advice and referrals to women in Tasmania via our telephone advice line. Legal staff are able to provide advice and referrals in all legal matters, including: The Women`s Legal Service provides confidential and free legal advice and referrals to women in all legal matters, including A strong voice for women in legal law and policy development For legal advice or help, you can contact the Women`s Legal Service if you can. in North West Tasmania or our Launceston office in the North East. For any further information or requests, please call our Hobart office. In addition to telephone advice, Women`s Legal Service Tasmania is sometimes able to provide cases to clients across Tasmania who need representation in their legal matters. Additional funding for community legal aid to Tasmanians through the election campaign and women`s budget statement […] Women`s Legal Service Tasmania is a municipal legal service funded by the Commonwealth Attorney General`s Department and operates a free, national service with offices in Hobart, Burnie and Launceston. Providing easy-to-understand legal information Publications Women`s Legal Service Tasmania and Engender Equality face funding gaps or funding cuts without increased government investment. This […] Women in north-east Tasmania can contact the service via a dedicated hotline and make an appointment in person with one of the lawyers, who travels from Hobart to work in the Launceston office two days a week.

The Burnie office has been operational since April 2016 following the selection of Women`s Legal Service Tasmania to open a specialised domestic violence unit in North West Tasmania as part of the Australian Government`s response to the increase in domestic violence in our communities. Appointments can be made and a toll-free phone line is available The Women`s Legal Service Tasmania presence in Launceston was funded by the Tasmanian State Government for 2016-2017 to advise and support women in the north-east of the state who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence. Supporting women and children in Tasmania for over 20 years, the Women`s Legal Service Tasmania provides a free and confidential national service to women with offices in Hobart, Burnie and Launceston. We operate a national helpline and specialist domestic violence units in Burnie and Launceston, particularly for women in North West and North Tasmania who are experiencing or have experienced domestic violence. The Women`s Legal Service is headed and staffed with women who are sensitive to the diverse needs of women and groups in the Tasmanian community.