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A mother has won a landmark case in the Federal Court after experiencing discrimination by her employer when pregnant, and then breastfeeding and looking after her newborn baby.

We have introduced new interim fees in Supreme Court matters, following changes under the Justice Legislation Amendment (Committals) Act 2025.

We were pleased to see changes to Victoria’s family violence legislation that aim to prevent misidentification and improve protections for young people in the family violence intervention order system.

Federal Court ruling clarifies that NDIS eligibility does not require people with disability to prove that other services can’t meet their support needs first.

Find out about our reduced hours over the holiday season.

Victoria Legal Aid welcomes the commencement of Treaty, which is a major step forwards in acknowledging the truths of our shared history and addressing the injustices experienced by First Peoples since colonisation.

Llewellyn Prain will be the next chairperson of our Board from 2 March 2026.

Learn more about the support we provide to lawyers looking to earn accredited specialisation.

We welcome changes to the law that better recognise the harms of misidentification and systems abuse on victim-survivors of family violence.