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Changes to Victoria's child protection laws return the focus to individualised decision-making in a child’s best interests, with greater flexibility to support families to stay together.

Our Kids Talk Program promotes the rights of children and young people to participate in decision-making about them, and is an integral part of our mediation service for young people.

Bill Jaboor has finished his term as Chair of our Board after more than eight years of service.

We are making changes to the VLA Handbook and legal aid grant processes for summary crime matters, taking effect on 30 March 2026.

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.