Community Legal Centres Australia

24/09/2026

Only a few days left to complete the 2025–26 State of the Sector survey!

It only takes 30 minutes and will directly inform the next critical phase of our national advocacy to demonstrate the community legal sector’s value and to secure sustainable funding to meet legal need in the community.

All centres should have received an email with the survey link and unique centre code from us on 14 September. Please let us know if you did not receive one.

Survey closes COB Monday 28 September.

Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria Community Legal Centres Queensland Community Legal Centres South Australia Community Legal Centres NSW Community Legal WA

22/09/2026

16/09/2026

16/09/2026

The 2025–26 State of the Sector survey is open!



The information centres provide in 2025–26 will directly inform the next critical phase of our national advocacy to demonstrate the community legal sector’s value and to secure sustainable funding to meet legal need in the community.



All centres should have received an email with the survey link and unique centre code from us on or around Monday 14 September. Please let us know if you did not receive one.



We know you're super busy, as always, but we would be grateful if you can do the survey in the next two weeks, by Monday 28 September.


This survey and the data it generates will be crucial in helping us tracking funding distribution and outcomes under the NAJP, and to continue to highlight the work our sector contributes to achieving government priorities across a range of portfolios as we prepare for the NAJP mid-point review.

15/09/2026

We support the Red Lines Package.

Read more: https://www.redlinespackage.com.au/

All people, regardless of identity or origin, deserve to live a free and dignified life. Our communities deserve governments that prioritise, protect, and enforce human rights.

Australia has a legal duty under international law to prevent genocide and not be involved in crimes against humanity.

Right now, our laws don’t do enough to stop Australia from being complicit.

The Red Lines Package, introduced to Federal Parliament this week, would address the gaps, helping to protect our international reputation and save human lives.

04/09/2026

We are excited to help promote Economic Justice Australia's 2026 Conference
11–12 November at the Wesley Conference Centre in Sydney.

Across the program you'll get up to speed on recent legal and policy developments, hear directly from those driving current advocacy campaigns, and join the conversation on why a strong, accessible social security system remains a cornerstone of a fair and functioning society. Whether you work in welfare rights, policy, or the community sector, this is your chance to connect, learn and help set the agenda.

Economic Justice Australia’s 2026 Conference: Law. Policy. Advocacy. The case for social security as an essential part of Australian society.

01/09/2026

The Federal Government’s Income Apportionment Resolution Scheme is now open for people whose Centrelink debts may have been incorrectly calculated between 2003 and 2020 due to the unlawful practice of income apportionment. Eligible people may receive up to $600 for each affected debt. Applications are open until 29 January 2027. For more information check out Economic Justice Australia's facts sheet.

Economic Justice Australia has developed a series of factsheets intended to help you navigate various issues related to Centrelink.

28/08/2026

A huge congratulations to Practice Director at Basic Rights Queensland Sam Tracy for receiving the 2026 Access to Justice Award at the Queensland Law Society’s Excellence in Law gala.

As Practice Director at Basic Rights Queensland, Sam has more than seven years’ experience representing and overseeing Centrelink appeals. He has appeared in social security inquiries for the Joint Committee on Human Rights, the Select Committee on Workforce Australia Employment Services and the Senate Community Affairs References Committee.
Read the full article
https://ow.ly/ttf850ZFWWS

27/08/2026

All people deserve autonomy, safety, and fair access to community life.
We stand in solidarity with the many people with lived experience who offered their knowledge during public hearings, but whose expertise decision-makers have ultimately ignored.

24/08/2026

BREAKING: Today we’re at Parliament House handing over our petition with 50,000+ signatures calling for an Australian Human Rights Act. The message to the Albanese Government is clear: there is strong community support for a Human Rights Act to ensure everyone’s human rights are protected in law.

The petition was handed to a cross-section of Labor, Greens and independent Federal MPs and Senators. 50,000 people have spoken. Now it’s time for the Albanese Government to protect human rights.

The petition is organised by the Centre and Amnesty International Australia as part of the Human Rights Act Campaign, which is backed by 184 organisations nationwide.

Join the call for human rights protections: humanrightsact.org.au