Mildura, Wentworth and Dareton
In 2018 Legal Aid NSW and Victoria Legal Aid released the Cross-border Justice Report, exploring the unique challenges that arise for border communities needing legal help.
Recommendations from the review highlighted the importance of collaboration between legal aid commissions, community legal centres, Aboriginal legal services and local private practitioners to enable effective service and referral coordination.
The Cross-border access to justice forum was established in the Mildura, Dareton and Wentworth region to:
Provide a regular forum for legal services and relevant support services to share data and insights on local access to justice issues and priority communities; Support the establishment of effective referral relationships between legal and non-legal services in the region; Enable collaborative service responses to identified priority cohorts and legal need, in particular: · First Nations communities, children and young people, people with disabilities or mental health conditions, and Family violence, care and protection and intersecting civil legal need.
The Forum meet quarterly on-line.
Victoria Legal Aid and Legal Aid NSW share responsibility for supporting the Forum.
Membership of the Forum will consist of legal assistance services and relevant community agencies providing services to the cross-border regions of Mildura, Wentworth and Dareton, including the NSW and Victoria legal aid commissions, community legal centres, Aboriginal legal services, private practitioners and referral agencies.
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