1. Parliamentary Reception 13 October 2015

2. Introduction to community legal centres James Farrell OAM, QAILS Director

3. Community legal centres here today: Basic Rights Queensland Caxton Legal Centre Environmental Defender’s Office Gold Coast Community Legal Service LGBTI Legal Service Nundah Community Legal Service Pine Rivers Community Legal Service QPILCH Refugee and Immigration Legal Service SunCoast Community Legal Service Women’s Legal Service Youth Advocacy Centre

5. Top 5 areas of service 110,000+ legal advice/info: 1.Child contact and residency 2.Family/domestic violence 3.Other civil law 4.Family law (property) 5.Tenancy law 9,000+ cases 1.Offences against property 2.Family/domestic violence 3.Child contact and residency 4.Government/ administrative law 5.Credit and debt

6. Female, aged 35-49 Receives less than $500 per week (many have dependent children) Doesn’t live in traditional stable housing/home One in six tell us they have a disability Our ‘average’ client

7. We can’t help three in five of the people who need our help

8. Funding sources

9. 27%

11. Government commitment A Labor Government will review the available funding sources for Legal Aid with a view to increasing, over time, the funding provided for statefunded legal assistance legal services to a level that is at least equal to the national average per capita.

12. Community legal centres’ services

13. 3,383 volunteer hours of work each week

14. 22,444 pro bono hours each year

15. Preventing legal problems

16. We can help your constituents with legal problems

17. Today’s speakers Kara Cook, Women’s Legal Service Julian Porter, SunCoast Community Legal Service David Hillard, Clayton Utz

18. QAILS Parliamentary Reception Kara Cook - Principal Solicitor - Women’s Legal Service

19. Two women each week are killed through domestic violence

27. Julian Porter, Principal Solicitor

28. Community legal centres and pro bono David Hillard National Pro Bono Partner

29. Parliamentary Reception 13 October 2015