Provides advice, information and advocacy to private and public housing tenants on issues such as withheld bonds, sub-standard accommodation; illegal evictions; negotiation; Duty Solicitor available to appear in Launceston Magistrate Court once per week. Provides leases; condition report forms & Tenants Rights booklet to tenants & landlords. Runs community legal education sessions and campaigns for law reform.
Telephone Advice Line: Monday – Friday 9.30am – 4.00pm
Face to face advice: Tuesday – Thursdays 9.30am – 12.30pm
Offices other than Hobart call to arrange an appointment.
Assisting individuals and families to access and maintain a tenancy in the private rental market. Assistance can be with bonds, rent assistance, rent arrears, removals assistance, information and advocacy. PRSS can provide intensive assistance to help people maintain their tenancies.
To be eligible you must be on a low income and not own any significant assets such as land or property.
National community legal centre which provides free initial legal advice and assistance to artists, arts organisations in all sectors of the cultural community. For ongoing advice and assistance artists and organisations can subscribe. Standard form contracts provided for a fee.
If seeking legal advice it is preferable to use thier online legal query form. Requests for legal advice are answered in the order they are first received. Priority is not given to phone messages.
Crisis support service for single men over 20 yrs. Offers a range of services including crisis accommodation, referrals for housing, information and referrals, social and recreation activities, financial support, meals, laundry and showers. 24hr service. Services Southern Tasmania only.
Division within the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services which holds the statutory responsibility for intervening legally to protect child from abuse and neglect by their parents or other carers. Any suspected circumstances of child abuse can be reported.
Provides assistance to access emergency accommodation and support services, public and community housing, private rental accommodation and long term accommodation and housing solutions
Provides assistance to access emergency accommodation and support services, public and community housing, private rental accommodation and long term accommodation and housing solutions
The Community Forensic Mental Health Service is a confidential statewide service that assists people who have a mental health issue and/or intellectual disability who are:
- involved with the criminal justice system, or
- assessed as high risk of becoming involved with the criminal justice system as a result of their mental health and associated behaviour.
The service offers mental health assessment, liaison, counselling, support, education, advice and referral to other services.
CFMHS has a Court Liaison Officer who provide assistance people eligible for the service who have to go to Court. Potential clients need to be referred for assessment.
The Community Forensic Mental Health Service is a confidential statewide service that assists people who have a mental health issue and/or intellectual disability who are:
- involved with the criminal justice system, or
- assessed as high risk of becoming involved with the criminal justice system as a result of their mental health and associated behaviour.
The service offers mental health assessment, liaison, counselling, support, education, advice and referral to other services.
CFMHS has a Court Liaison Officer who provide assistance people eligible for the service who have to go to Court. Potential clients need to be referred for assessment.
Free service for adult & child victims of family violence through the Safe at Home program. Court Support Officers are available to provide support to adult and child victims of family violence, including referral to appropriate counselling and other services and guide them through the justice system during and after court appearances.
Free service for adult & child victims of family violence through the Safe at Home program. Court Support Officers are available to provide support to adult and child victims of family violence, including referral to appropriate counselling and other services and guide them through the justice system during and after court appearances.
Free service for adult & child victims of family violence through the Safe at Home program. Court Support Officers are available to provide support to adult and child victims of family violence, including referral to appropriate counselling and other services and guide them through the justice system during and after court appearances.
The EDO is a non profit community legal centre, advising on environmental and planning law. They provide expert information and advice to individuals and groups throughout Tasmania. They assist with a range of environmental and planning matters, including forestry, development activities, coastal protection, water management, marine farming, mining, climate change adaptation and the protection of cultural heritage.
Open Monday – Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Responsible for investigating and conciliating claims of discrimination under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1998 (Tasmania). Promotes non-discriminatory principles and practices through training and community education and distribution of information on discrimination.
Previously known as the Office of the Anti-Discrimination Commissioner.
This office provides general legal advice, by appointment, on various matters including: industrial relations (Fairwork), child support (payee parents), consumer credit and minor civil matters.
This office provides general legal information and advice on all legal matters to people living in the Bridgewater/Gagebrook area and surrounding areas.
Office is open Tuesday – Friday 9.30 a.m.- 12.30 p.m. in the Covehill Fair Shopping Centre. An appointment is advisable but not necessary.
A solicitor also attends Risdon Prison, offering general legal advice, on request.
This office provides general legal advice and referrals on all legal matters to people living in Sorell and surrounding areas. This office also provides limited Court representation on specific legal matters.
Provides access to telephone support, information and assistance to find emergency accommodation.
Provides access to telephone support, information and assistance to find emergency accommodation.
Provides access to telephone support, information and assistance to find emergency accommodation.
Housing connect is a one-stop shop for all housing and support needs. Housing Connect can help with: applying for social housing, support and advice with private rental, including bond and rent arrears, finding a bed for the night, support and advice about staying in your home, seeking assistance following family violence, information and advice about housing options.
Office Closed 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Housing connect is a one-stop shop for all housing and support needs. Housing Connect can help with: applying for social housing, support and advice with private rental, including bond and rent arrears, finding a bed for the night, support and advice about staying in your home, seeking assistance following family violence, information and advice about housing options.
Office closed 1.00pm – 2.00pm
Housing connect is a one-stop shop for all housing and support needs. Housing Connect can help with: applying for social housing, support and advice with private rental, including bond and rent arrears, finding a bed for the night, support and advice about staying in your home, seeking assistance following family violence, information and advice about housing options.
Office closed 12.30pm – 1.30pm
Provides free legal advice to individal consumers throughout Australia on issues concerning insurance. Particularly home and contents insurance, consumer credit, life insurance, income protection, superannuation related insurance, travel insurance, motor vehicle insurance, debts to insurance companies. Part of the Financial Rights Legal Centre NSW.
An employment rights legal centre which operates out of Victoria and provides assistance to Victorian, Queensland and Tasmanian workers about their rights at work. Their functions include free confidential telephone information and referral services.
This service is available Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm and on Wednesdays 9:00am to 8:30pm. Access to interpreters can also be arranged.
The telephone consultants provide practical assistance and will explain legal options and information about other agencies that can also provide assistance. The telephone consultants can speak directly with callers about issues such as:
- Unfair dismissal
- Unlawful dismissal and general protections
- Unfair work practices
- Unpaid wages, superannuation and other entitlements
- Workplace bullying and violence
- Sexual harrassment
- Maternity leave
- Discrimination in the workplace
- Enterprise agreements, awards and employment contracts
National Community Legal Centre established specifically to advise survivors of institutional child sexual absue who are dealing with the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Offices in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Melbourne office assists Tasmanian clients. Provides free legal advice and assistance, information and referrral via a free advice line and face to face services. Employs lawyers, social workers, counsellors and Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander case workers.
The LCLC provides free general legal advice and assistance to Tasmania’s most vulnerable people.
LCLC funding is provided by both Federal and State Governments, therefore income tests do apply in most instances.
At first a 45 minute, one off legal advice session is provided to clients, which can include but is not limited to, such matters as wills, power of attorney, debt, contract, consumer rights, boundary fences, restraint orders, employment or unfair dismissal issues, family law issues, welfare rights issues and disability discrimination issues.
A free After Hours Drop-In Clinic each Wednesday from 5:30pm to 7:00pm provides legal assistance from volunteer local private practitioners – the clinic operates on a first come-first serve basis.
The clinic is NOT asset or income tested.
Australian government scheme for people who have experienced institutional child sexual abuse. Those people affected by institutional child sexual abuse can register for the scheme from 1 July 2018. The Helpline can answer questions that potential claimants may have.
National Welfare Rights Network (NWRN) is the peak community organisation in the area of social security law, policy and administration. Their aim is to reduce poverty, hardship and inequality in Australia by advocating for a social security system which is fair, adequate and well administered.
Their members are community legal centres and organisations whose role is to provide disadvantaged people with free information, advice, education and representation in the areas of social security and family assistance. Their services are free and independent.
In Tasmania the Community Legal Centres are:
Hobart Community Legal Service and Launceston Community Legal Centre.
North West Community Legal Centre is established to provide advice to residents of the North West Coast of Tasmania. Residents in other areas of the State can be referred to Community Legal Centres in their local area. The NWCLC is based in Devonport and provides outreach services to Burnie, Smithton, West Coast and King Island.
They provide advice on a broad range of legal issues, including;
- General Family Law
- Motor Vehicle Accidents
- Problems with Government Departments
- Criminal Matters
- Neighbour Disputes
- Credit and Debt Issues to Consumers
- Residential Tenancy Matters
- Community legal education services to schools
- Colleges
- Community groups and Organisations
- and More…..
They are a free one off advice and referral centre. They do not conduct Court representation or ongoing case work, unless the case work is approved in exceptional circumstances.
Not for Profit Law is a specialist legal service for community organisations and is a program of Justice Connect.
They provide free or low cost, practical legal help for not for profit community organisations and advocates for improved standards and legal frameworks.
