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www.fvpls.org The Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service provides legal help to Aboriginal women, men and children who are victims or survivors of family violence and sexual assault. The main legal problems FVPLS deals with are intervention orders, family law, child protection, victims compensation. FVPLS also run wellbeing workshops for young Koori women around Victoria, "Sisters Day Out", featuring fun activities, legal and other info. |
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www.workplace.gov.au This site set up be the Federal Government has information for workers and job seekers about finding jobs, starting work and workplace issues. |
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www.fairwork.gov.au Fair Work Online is the Australian Government’s internet gateway to information and advice about the national workplace relations system. |
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www.burstingthebubble.com Has lots of info and stories for young people about violence and abuse. |
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www.youthlaw.asn.au/campaignrespect Campaign Respect has been started up by a group of young people here at Youthlaw. Those of us who started the campaign are sick of being treated disrespectfully by Authorised Officers (ticket inspectors) because we are young people. Youthlaw also receives a lot of complaints from young people about their treatment by Public Transport Authorised Operators (AOs) or ticket inspectors. This ranges from disrespect and humiliation to verbal and physical abuse. It’s a grassroots campaign using info and digital activism to mobilise young people, hear your stories and bring about cultural, social and political change in the way ticket inspectors interact with young people. |
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www.cmy.net.au CMY undertakes a range of programs, projects and policy initiatives aimed at enhancing the life opportunities of young people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. |
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www.casahouse.casa.org.au There are centres throughout Victoria. Provide confidential counselling and support for victims/survivors of sexual abuse. Tel: 9635 3610 (Melb-daytime) or 1800 806 292 (free call and 24 hours) |
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www.communitylaw.org.au/ddls The Disability Discrimination Legal Service can assist you if you think you’ve been discriminated against because of your disability. They take legal action using the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) and the Equal Opportunity Act 1995(Vic). |
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www.dvirc.org.au/index.htm DVRC (formerly DVIRC) is a statewide service in Victoria, Australia. DVRC aims to reduce and prevent family violence by providing education to improve service and policy responses, and by assisting people who have experienced abuse. |
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www.communitylaw.org.au This site helps you find lawyers whether there are in free community legal centres, at Victoria Legal Aid or private lawyers. There are about 50 free legal centres all arounfd Victoria. |
 | www.childrenscourt.vic.gov.au This site is home to the The Children's Court of Victoria which was established by the Children and Young Persons Act 1989 (Victoria) as a specialist court with two divisions to deal with matters relating to children and young people. |
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www.humanrightsact.tv A website where young people can have their say about their human rights. The Government is talking to all Australians about their human rights, and if we need a bill or charter of rights to better protect them. |
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www.job-watch.org.au Jobwatch is a free legal centre in Melbourne that helps with legal problems in jobs such as apprenticeships, unpaid trial work, wages, modeling, door to door selling, getting paid and pay slips, casual work and workplace violence and bullying. |
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www.kidshelp.com.au Kids Help Line is a 24 hour telephone and on-line counseling service for young people 5-25 years. Tel: 1800 551 800. |
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www.lawstuff.org.au The website with a whole bunch of stuff about legal rights for people under 18. You can email them for legal advice. |
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www.livesmart.net.au This is a multilingual living skills website. It includes info on housing, mobile phone bills, getting legal advice and staying happy and healthy. Much of this info is in 6 languages (Arabic, Amharic, Dinka, Swahili, Karen and English). |
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www.magistratescourt.vic.gov.au This is the home site of the Magistrates Court. The Magistrates Court is for people who are older than Children's Court age. |
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www.communitylaw.org.au/mentalhealth The Mental Health Legal Centre can help with any legal problems relating to your mental illness. If you need to talk to a lawyer ring the telephone advice line (number above) on Monday Wednesday and Friday between 3.00 p.m. and 5.00 p.m. or Tuesday and Thursday between 6.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m. |
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www.naclc.org.au The National Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC) is the association of state community legal centre organisations in Australia. Member organisations represent around 160 community legal centres nationally. |
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oyh.org.au Mental health service for young people. Can take calls ranging from feeling sad, depressed, anxious through to suicidal. Who can call? - Young people, workers, health practitioners, family and friends etc. Can link into other services (eg. child and adolescent mental health services). 9am-5pm Monday–Friday. Tel 9342 2800. In urgent situations call the Triage/Intake team on 1800 888 320 or triage paging service 03 9483 4556. |
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http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/MentalHealth/pham_program.htm A program that supports people whose lives are affected by a severe mental illness by helping people to better manage their daily activities and reconnect to their community, providing direct and personalised assistance through outreach services,a and referrals and links with appropriate services such as drug and alcohol and accommodation services. |
 | www.gatewayreconnect.org Service for 12-18 year olds. Reconnect can support you and your parents to work things out, can help you return home, can help out with problems at school and give advice and support to access health, income, accommodation, training, education or employment options. |
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www.tuv.org.au The Tenants Union is a specialist free legal service for tenants in Victoria. If you have a problem with your landlord or lease go onto their website. They have lots of fact sheets you can start with and a phone service. |
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www.also.org.au/resources/youth/alsorts ALSORTS: A Sexuality Awareness Resource contains a wealth of information for GLBTI young people covering such topics as sexuality and gender, common myths, homophobia, family, disability, religion, health (physical and mental) and the law. |
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www.legalaid.vic.gov.au Victoria Legal Aid can help with most legal problems. They give free legal information over the phone (see number above) or you can make an appointment to see a lawyer. They have offices all over Victoria. They have a ‘duty’ lawyers at many courts and tribunals across Victoria who help people who have a court hearing but do not have their own lawyer. They have a range of free booklets, brochures and fact sheets on a range of legal topics including “Am I Old enough”, “Police powers and your rights”. |
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www.vals.org.au The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service can help any Indigenous person with all kinds of legal problems. |
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www.welfarerights.org.au The Welfare Rights Unit Inc can help with any legal problems about Centrelink. |
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www.yacvic.org.au YACVic actively works towards this vision as the peak body and leading policy advocate on young people's issues in Victoria. |
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www.ydas.org YDAS is located in Melbourne but anyone in Victoria can use it. It has a really helpful individual advocacy service that is open to any young person with a disability between the ages of 12 and 25. They help with advocating in school, work and other places that you are treated fairly and have your rights respected. If you need to see a lawyer to take a case to court they will then refer you to us or another service. |
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www.ysas.org.au 24 hour confidential counseling and referral. Tel 9418 1020 or 1800 014 446 (free call). |
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www.frontyard.org Frontyard is a one-stop shop of FREE services for young people aged between 12-25 (up until 25 birthday). Frontyard helps young people who are homeless or in need of support. It is now the biggest service centre of its type in Melbourne's central business district, containing eight co-located services within the one building. It’s where we are – ie 19 King St, Melbourne. |