18/06/2026
Despite community legal centres providing free, quality legal services to more than 75,000 Victorians each year, the increasing need for help means many more are missing out on potentially life-changing support.
With the Victorian state election on the horizon, community legal centres (CLCs) from across Victoria have made the call to all political parties to commit to an additional $120 million in funding over the next term of parliament.
Today, the Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria kicked off the state election campaign: Community Legal – We’ve Got Your Back. Our commUnity+ Legal Director Nicholas Pagonis attended the event at Victorian Parliament House.
At Parliament, representatives from across the sector and partner organisations outlined how the funding investment would help reduce unnecessary personal and community harm, save costs across the justice system and make the Victorian community safer.
Thank you to the Federation for hosting the launch and thank you to the community members and staff from partner organisations who showed their support today.