News

The Governor in Council appointed John Cain and Domenic Isola to our Board on Tuesday 11 August 2026.

We have reopened our Gippsland Morwell office on Gunaikurnai land, following an extensive renovation period, as part of our commitment to increasing access to justice in the region.

We have made a submission to the Joint Standing Committee's national inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at First Peoples.

National Legal Aid, with support from Victoria Legal Aid, used a Senate Inquiry into the proposed NDIS reforms to call for significant changes to avoid potential negative, life-changing consequences for people with a disability.

We have released Strategy 30, our strategic plan for 2026–30. It sets out where we’ll focus our efforts over the next four years as we continue to work towards fair and inclusive justice in Victoria.

Getting legal advice from our Youth Citizenship in the West project helped sisters Adiba and Arya get their Australian citizenship.

The High Court today handed down its judgment in the case of Chaplin v Secretary, Department of Social Services, dismissing the appeal by Matthew Chaplin, whose Centrelink debt goes back seven years.

We welcome funding to address financial abuse and non-compliance in the Child Support Scheme announced in the recent federal budget.

We are partnering with three community legal centres to create up to six new family lawyer roles.