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An Opinion Based on Perspective
Editorial
Jenny Smith, Chief Executive Officer, Council to Homeless Persons
Update from Homelessness Australia
Glenda Stevens, Chief Executive Officer, Homelessness Australia
Introduction
Street Law Centre (Western Australia), QPILCH Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic (Queensland), Housing Legal Clinic (South Australia), PIAC Homeless Persons’ Legal Service (New South Wales), Welfare Rights and Legal Centre, Canberra (incorporating
Street Law), Darwin Community Legal Service (Northern Territory), Justice Connect Homeless Law (Victoria)
Chapter 1: Legal Issues Facing People Experiencing Homelessness ‘Criminalising’ Homelessness: Motivations, Impacts and Alternatives
Lucy Adams, Manager and Principal Lawyer, Homeless Law
Access to Justice for Family Violence Victims in Victoria
Janice Watt, Policy Officer, Domestic Violence Victoria (DV Vic)
Legal Issues Facing South Australia’s Homeless Community
Amanda Tsoundarou, Co-ordinator, Housing Legal Clinic, Welfare Rights Centre (SA) Inc
Domestic Violence and Homelessness in the Northern Territory
Helen Fabinyi, Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS)
Homelessness and Public Space issues in Darwin
Priscilla Lavery, Solicitor, Community Homelessness, Darwin Community Legal Service
Homelessness and Legal Need in Western Australia
Ann-Margaret Walsh, Principal Solicitor, Street Law Centre, WA Inc
The Police Intervention Initiative: Collaboration or Discrimination?
Sam Schumann, Clinical Legal Student and Sue Garlick, Senior Lawyer, Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House, Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic
Hoarding and Public Housing: Problems Faced by Those Suffering Mental Health Issues Within the Public Housing Sector
Stephany Del Canto, Welfare Rights Centre (Inc) SA
Law Update: Police’s Extended Move on Powers in Victoria
Jess Porter, Fitzroy Legal Service
Asking for Change: Tackling Begging with Enforcement in Melbourne
Lucy Adams, Manager and Principal Lawyer, Homeless Law
A Prison is Not a Home: Troubling ‘Therapeutic Remand’ for Criminalised Women
Emma Russell, Centre for the Human Rights of Imprisoned People (CHRIP) at Flat Out and Cara Gledhill, Monash University
Chapter 2: Addressing the Legal Needs of People Experiencing Homelessness
Modelling Legal Services to Help Prevent Homelessness
Patrick Warner, Lawyer, Homeless Law
When Lawyers Go to the People
Tanja Golding, Senior Lawyer, Inner Melbourne Community Legal
LegalPod: Early Intervention Legal Services for Young People
Transitioning from State Care
Georgia May, Clinical Legal Student with Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic in Partnership with the T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
Prisons and Homelessness: Breaking the Cycle
Through the Provision of Civil Legal Services
Samantha Sowerwine, Senior Lawyer, Homeless Law
Chapter 3: Consumer Perspectives
An Opinion Based on Perspective
Damien Sakey, Member StreetCare, the Homeless Persons Legal Service (NSW) Consumer Advisory Committee
StreetCare: A Case Study in Homeless Consumer Participation in Law Reform and Policy Advocacy
Louis Schetzer, Senior Policy Officer, Homeless Persons’ Legal Service, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Consumer Voices Homelessness and the Law: Access to Justice
Chapter 4: The Intersection of Legal and Non-legal Issues
Legal Health Checks: Early Identification of Legal issues
Katie Ho, Lawyer, Homeless Law
Freedom to Choose: Sharing the Legal Menu with Vulnerable Clients
Sue Garlick, Senior Lawyer, Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic
Social Work and Community Law: Working Together to Reduce Homelessness and Risk of Homelessness for Those who are Vulnerable or Disadvantaged
Catherine Murnane, Social Worker, Welfare Rights and Legal Centre Ltd, Australian Capital Territory
Integrated Service Delivery: | Legal and Non-Legal Collaborations
Sarah Roberts, Homeless Persons’ Liaison Officer, Homeless Law, Justice Connect
Legal Health = Mental Health |
Andrew Jackson and Olenka Motyka, Central Coast Community Legal Centre
Chapter 5: Making a Difference — Addressing Systemic Legal Issues
The NSW Work and Development Scheme: A Therapeutic Response
to an Infringement System that Oppresses People Experiencing Homelessness
Edward Santow, Chief Executive Officer, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Sentencing Contradictions: Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
Louis Schetzer, Senior Policy Officer, Public Interest Advocacy Centre and Samantha Sowerwine, Senior Lawyer, Justice Connect
Chapter 6: Human Rights and Homelessness
Freedom of Speech and the Right to Participate for People Experiencing Homelessness: Forgotten Freedoms for the Forgotten People
Louis Schetzer, Senior Policy Officer, Homeless Persons’ Legal Service, Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Opinion
Dan Nicholson
Director of Civil Justice, Access and Equity, Victoria Legal Aid
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