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A rights-based, for-purpose organisation incorporating the Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre and Housing Justice (Bendigo) and the Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre (Shepparton)

📣 Office closure 📣A quick heads-up that ARC Justice’s Bendigo and Shepparton offices will be closed on Monday for the pu...
05/06/2026

📣 Office closure 📣

A quick heads-up that ARC Justice’s Bendigo and Shepparton offices will be closed on Monday for the public holiday.

We’ll re-open at 9am on Tuesday, June 9.

You can still:
📞 Leave a message on 1800 450 909
📧 Email [email protected]

We hope everyone has a safe long weekend.

🏠 “I feel like I’m stuck and there’s nothing I can do about it.” 🏠That’s how one renter described life after the 2022 fl...
04/06/2026

🏠 “I feel like I’m stuck and there’s nothing I can do about it.” 🏠

That’s how one renter described life after the 2022 floods and it sits at the centre of a new ARC Justice research report – Where do we go now? Renters’ experiences of housing precarity and climate disaster – launched recently.

The report draws on interviews with renters and support services across north and central Victoria and shows how recovery actually works on the ground, particularly in regional areas where rental options are already limited.

For many renters, decisions about repairs, insurance and even whether they can stay in their home sit with someone else, leaving people with few real options when disaster hits.

Watch the launch and read the full report on our website: https://tinyurl.com/y4tapcj3

With thanks to the funder, the Victoria Law Foundation

🏠 Safe housing should be the standard 🏠A new report from Victorian Council of Social Service has found mould remains one...
02/06/2026

🏠 Safe housing should be the standard 🏠

A new report from Victorian Council of Social Service has found mould remains one of the most common issues facing renters.

More than two-thirds of frontline workers supporting private renters had helped someone dealing with mould in the past year.

The report highlights the serious impacts poor housing conditions can have on people's health and wellbeing.

At ARC Justice, we regularly help renters dealing with repairs, maintenance issues and rental properties that fail to meet minimum standards.

We continue to advocate for stronger enforcement of rental laws and greater accountability across the housing system so renters are not left carrying the burden of unsafe housing.

Read the full VCOSS report: https://lnkd.in/gYnHt946

🔑 Renters at breaking point 🔑Finding an affordable rental is becoming harder for Victorians, especially those already do...
01/06/2026

🔑 Renters at breaking point 🔑

Finding an affordable rental is becoming harder for Victorians, especially those already doing it tough.

According to a new report from Victorian Council of Social Service

📈 Only 14% of rentals across Victoria are affordable for low-income households.
📈 Nearly 70% of frontline workers say finding a rental home is one of the biggest issues facing renters.
📈 Three-quarters regularly support renters experiencing housing stress.

At ARC Justice, we see these pressures every day through our Housing Justice service and broader legal work across central and northern Victoria.

We continue to advocate for a fairer rental system, stronger protections for renters and greater investment in affordable and social housing. We also work with governments, regulators and sector partners to ensure the experiences of regional renters help shape housing policy and reform.

Read the full VCOSS report: https://lnkd.in/gYnHt946

🚶🏽‍♀️ Walking together for reconciliation 🚶🏽‍♂️This Friday in Shepparton, community members are invited to take part in ...
27/05/2026

🚶🏽‍♀️ Walking together for reconciliation 🚶🏽‍♂️

This Friday in Shepparton, community members are invited to take part in Lotjpa Yahna Yapenyeyepuk: Talk and Walk Together, a guided cultural walk on Yorta Yorta Country as part of National Reconciliation Week.

The 2.7km walk will be guided by Michael Bourke and begins at Western Park Playground before finishing at the William Cooper statue in Queens Gardens, followed by morning tea at Shepparton Library.

In the words of Pastor Sir Doug Nicholls: “We want to walk with you. We don’t wish to walk alone.”

📍 Friday, May 29
📍 Meet 9.50am for a 10am start
📍 Western Park Playground, Shepparton

Registrations are free but required as places are limited.

More info and bookings here: https://events.humanitix.com/lotjpa-yahna-yapenyeyepuk

Reconciliation Australia

🖤💛❤️ Reconciliation Week begins ❤️💛🖤National Reconciliation Week starts today, with communities across the country comin...
26/05/2026

🖤💛❤️ Reconciliation Week begins ❤️💛🖤

National Reconciliation Week starts today, with communities across the country coming together for the National Walk for Truth.

You can watch live from 11am today (May 27) as Kerrupmara Gunditjmara man Travis Lovett and the National Walk for Truth arrives at Parliament House in Canberra. https://www.youtube.com/live/WkEwJXUWbT0

This week is a reminder that reconciliation is not symbolic. It’s about truth-telling, listening and action.

There are also several local events happening across the week, including tonight’s launch of the Central Victorian Indigenous Film Festival (CVIFF) and the announcement of the Koori Youth Flick Fest winners.

We encourage our community to get involved, listen and learn.

Reconciliation Victoria

🖤 National Sorry Day 🖤Today, ARC Justice acknowledges National Sorry Day and honours Stolen Generations survivors, their...
26/05/2026

🖤 National Sorry Day 🖤

Today, ARC Justice acknowledges National Sorry Day and honours Stolen Generations survivors, their families and communities.

National Sorry Day recognises the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children who were forcibly removed from their families under past government policies and the ongoing impacts those policies continue to have today.

As part of the community legal sector, we know justice must include truth-telling, accountability and action. We also know the impacts of trauma and unfair systems don't disappear over time.

This year’s theme, “From Sorry to Action”, calls on all of us to keep pushing for meaningful change.

💡 Helping people tackle bills before things spiral 💡Last week, as part of Victorian Law Week, ARC Justice joined a Bring...
26/05/2026

💡 Helping people tackle bills before things spiral 💡

Last week, as part of Victorian Law Week, ARC Justice joined a Bring Your Bills Day event at Bendigo Family & Financial Services Inc..

More than 120 people came through the doors to get help understanding bills, payment plans, hardship options and where to go for support.

These kinds of events matter because financial stress can quickly become overwhelming when people don’t know where to start.

We loved working alongside local partners to provide practical, face-to-face support for the Bendigo community.

📸 Pictured from left: Consumer Action Law Centre First Nations Engagement Lead Jackie Watkins, ARC Justice lawyer Gabrielle Ashman, Consumer Action Law Centre financial counsellor Nicola Forrest and ARC Justice Managing Lawyer (Housing Justice) Anna Dorevitch.

🎓 Talking law with young people 🎓ARC Justice last week joined Victoria Law Foundation "Regional Law Talks" at Bendigo T...
25/05/2026

🎓 Talking law with young people 🎓

ARC Justice last week joined Victoria Law Foundation "Regional Law Talks" at Bendigo TAFE across two sessions with VCE legal studies and diploma students.

Our Managing Lawyers, Anna Dorevitch (Housing Justice, pictured) and Carolyn Davey (Civil Justice), and Research and Education Lead Leah Slattery spoke about the role community legal centres play as rights-based organisations and how laws can sometimes be outdated, inconsistent or still evolving.

Students also took part in a legal quiz exploring some of Victoria’s more unusual laws and what they reveal about how legal systems change over time.

Thanks to Victoria Law Foundation for having us and to the students for bringing plenty of thoughtful discussion to both sessions.

🚨 Important information for victim survivors 🚨A new national emergency alert system, called AusAlert, will be tested acr...
25/05/2026

🚨 Important information for victim survivors 🚨

A new national emergency alert system, called AusAlert, will be tested across Australia at 2pm on Monday, July 27.

During the test, compatible phones, tablets and smart watches will make a loud alert sound, even if devices are on silent or “do not disturb”.

The alert may stay active for up to an hour.

People with hidden or secondary phones may want to plan ahead.

🚨 To avoid the alert sounding:
• Turn the device off before 2pm, or
• Put it on aeroplane mode at least one hour beforehand

Please share this information with anyone who may need it.

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171 Hargreaves Street
Bendigo, VIC
3550

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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+61354450909

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