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Legal helpline for First Nations people

1300 MOB VLA is our legal helpline for First Nations people. We provide free, confidential and culturally safe legal help.

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The helpline offers legal information and advice tailored to the experiences of First Nations people living in Victoria. We can help you if you have a problem with:

  • fines, bills and debt
  • Centrelink
  • seeing your kids
  • making care arrangements for kids within the family
  • discrimination or harassment
  • domestic and family violence
  • police or going to court.

This service is led and created by First Nations people. It was designed with the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service and Djirra, with the support of Yamagigu Consulting.

Call us

Call us on 1300 MOB VLA (1300 662 852) between 9 am and 4 pm, Monday to Friday (except public holidays).

Or use our online form to ask us to call you.

Where else to get help

For First Nations-led legal services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Victoria, contact:

If you are not a First Nations person, you can get in touch with our Legal Help service.

You can also search I need legal information about ... for basic legal information.

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