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  • New magistrates bring VLA experience
    Date: 21 July 2008
    Three VLA lawyers have been promoted to the bench.
  • New managing director for Victoria Legal Aid
    Date: 19 June 2008
    Bevan Warner is VLA's new managing director.
  • New edition of Your rights: police powers in Victoria
    Date: 13 June 2008
    New edition of VLA publication Your rights: police powers in Victoria
  • Latest edition of Briefcase newsletter
    Date: 23 May 2008
    Victoria Legal Aid is facing cutting its family law services by as much as $10million per year as it manages the pressures of inequities in the Commonwealth legal aid funding system.
  • Legal aid boost for the south west
    Date: 22 May 2008
    Victoria Legal Aid’s newest regional office opens in Warrnambool on Tuesday 27 May 2008, bringing the resources of the state’s major legal aid provider to the south west coast.
  • May edition of Diversity News now available
    Date: 30 April 2008
    The May edition of Diversity News features a report about the benefits of our new website for particular groups and communities, plus news on publications, services and workshops.
  • VLA to host Human Rights Charter forum
    Date: 05 February 2008
    As part of Law Week, Victoria Legal Aid will be hosting a forum at its Lionel Murphy Centre, inspired by the words of Lionel Murphy.
  • Victoria Legal Aid backs trial allocation by judiciary
    Date: 03 April 2008
    Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) believes a senior judicial officer should allocate indictable criminal trials to either the County or Supreme Courts. The officer’s decision should be based on the nature and seriousness of the particular case.
  • Latest edition of Diversity News now available
    Date: 07 March 2008
    The latest edition of Diversity News is now available, including articles on the Human Rights Charter and family law booklets and workshops.
  • VLA launches new website
    Date: 18 December 2007
    Victoria Legal Aid has recently launched a new website that aims to provide Victorians with substantially improved access to legal information.
  • Moorabbin Justice Centre opens
    Date: 13 December 2007
    The Moorabbin Justice Centre (MJC) is now open and hearing matters in the Magistrates', Children's, Family Violence, VCAT and VOCAT jurisdictions.
  • VLA ready to embrace human rights charter
    Date: 04 December 2007
    In 2006, Victoria took the historic step of enacting a charter of human rights. Apart from the Australian Capital Territory, no other state or territory in Australia has a charter.
  • A record year for VLA
    Date: 04 December 2007
    VLA set three new performance records in 2006-07, making its 25th anniversary year an outstanding year.
  • New survey to help guide legal aid policy for a decade and beyond
    Date: 04 December 2007
    A new national survey of legal need is set to form an integral part of legal aid policy development in Australia for at least a decade.
  • Two fold boost for community legal centres
    Date: 29 November 2007
    A $1.45 million funding package will boost the ability of selected CLCs to provide more family violence related services and will also increase the general capacity of several regional and rural CLCs.
  • ADR needs to be simple, cheap and easy
    Date: 30 November 2007
    A discussion paper on alternative dispute resolution examines the current provision of ADR services across Victoria.
  • New Victoria Legal Aid publications
    Date: 29 November 2007
    A new brochure about appealing Centrelink decisions is part of VLA’s latest free publications.
  • More fairness and efficiency in Bail Act review
    Date: 20 November 2007
    The Victorian Law Reform Commission recently released its Review of the Bail Act Final Report.
  • 'New law' section
    Date: 29 November 2007
    ‘New law’ is a new feature on Victoria Legal Aid’s website that keeps you up to date with the latest changes in the law.