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August 6, 2024

Artificial intelligence in a community legal centre: Balancing AI efficiency in a human centred context

If you want something to be fixed, handled or to run smoothly often a lawyer may be a good place to start.…

May 28, 2024

Justice Q Origin Story

Justice Q is our newly launched specialist LGBTIQA+ legal service. It is a service run by and for LGBTIQA+ people and provides…

May 14, 2024

Breaking Barries: Ensuring access to legal services for all communities

SMLS assists thousands of clients each year. Many of our clients come from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Being a new migrant and not…

April 8, 2024

Advocating for clients working in the sex industry

Sex workers have long faced discrimination under the law, but SMLS hopes that this will improve after sex work was decriminalised in Victoria in…

March 19, 2024

Drowning in paperwork: examining the administrative load facing new migrant victims/survivors of family violence

Since the launch of the Safe Landing program at South-East Monash Legal Service, we have seen first-hand how the demands placed on…

November 26, 2023

Advocating for Change in Australia’s Response to Sexual Violence

Sexual violence is a deeply entrenched issue and a stark reminder of systemic inequalities, unequal power dynamics and inequitable social norms that…

August 31, 2023

Addressing sexual harassment at work: We believe you and we can help you

"Workplace sexual harassment is not inevitable. It is not acceptable. It is preventable." Kate Jenkins These are the words of former Sex…

June 8, 2023

Protecting the LGBTQIA+ rights: Addressing threats and ensuring inclusion

SMLS is concerned about the increased attacks on the rights of LGBTQIA+ people to gather safely and celebrate their lives and identities.…

May 8, 2023

Ensuring family safety in Australian Hague Convention Cases

The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is a treaty that establishes procedures for returning children who have…