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Quarterly report
The latest quarterly report for Tasmania Legal Aid.
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‘Children First’: Children in the Child Safety and Youth Justice System
About one in 10 children with a child safety file also have a youth justice file. These are the 'crossover children'.
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Reconciliation Action Plan
The Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) affirms Tasmania Legal Aid's commitment to working with First Nations Peoples on a journey to justice.
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Annual report 2019 – 2020
This is Tasmania Legal Aid's 30th annual report. It was presented by our director Vincenzo Caltabiano.
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Resources for Lawyers
Sentencing Advisory Council Review open for submissions
The Sentencing Advisory Council is asking for feedback on a consultation paper regarding the Sentencing Amendment (Phasing Out Of Suspended Sentences) Act 2017.
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Court Backlog: Indictable matters in the Magistrates Court
The Justice Miscellaneous (Court Backlog and Related Matters) Act (the Act) commences on 1 July 2021.
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National Redress Scheme: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
Survivors of past traumatic institutional child sexual abuse abuse may be able to access up to $150,000 through NRS.
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Increase in legal fees 2021-2022
Tasmania Legal Aid has again increased the hourly rate paid to legal practitioners by two per cent (2%)
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Latest News
We need to see them as ‘Children First’: Children in the Child Safety and Youth Justice System
'The earlier children are involved in the system the more entrenched they become. Crossover children are over-represented in this group, particularly girls and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.'
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Digital Strategy Survey Responses
We have listened to ho clients interact with Tasmania Legal Aid in a digital environment.
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Devonport lawyer takes inaugural TLA Staff Award
'I think it was the first time in my life I had been speechless': Tasmania Legal Aid's Criminal Lawyer Kirsten Abercromby.
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Deliberate and practical first steps: Tasmania Legal Aid’s Reconciliation Action Plan launched
Our Reconciliation Action Plan begins the formal work of addressing the real and historical injustices First Nations Tasmanians live with.
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