Policy Reports
Access to Justice
Outer Sight Out of Justice: Finding pathways to justice for Melbourne's outer-metropolitan areas
Shorna Moore, Wyndham Legal Service, February 2014.
Encouraging Good Practice in Measuring Effectiveness in the Legal Service Sector
Dr Liz Curran, ANU College of Law, commissioned by Consumer Action Law Centre and Footscray Community Legal Centre, May 2013.
Solving Problems - A Strategic Approach
Dr Liz Curran, ANU College of Law, commissioned by Consumer Action Law Centre and Footscray Community Legal Centre, March 2013.
Consumer Law
Knock it off! Door-to-door sales and consumer harm in Victoria
Consumer Action Law Centre, Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre and WEstjustice, November 2017.
Consumer Action Law Centre, Tenants Union of Victoria and WEstjustice, July 2016.
Council Debt Collection: Alternatives to Suing Ratepayers in Hardship
Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria and Footscray Community Legal Centre, December 2012.
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Employment Law
Employment and Equality Law Service Progress Report 2023
Rachel Athaide, Program Manager, and Jennifer Jones, Legal Director, Employment and Equality Law Program, May 2024.
Employment and Equality Law Service Progress Report 2023 (Summary)
Rachel Athaide, Program Manager, Employment and Equality Law Program, May 2024.
Francesca Lai, Program Manager, WEstjustice, September 2021.
Not Just Work: Ending the exploitation of refugee and migrant workers, Part 1
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, November 2016.
Not Just Work: Ending the exploitation of refugee and migrant workers, Part 2
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, November 2016.
Not Just Work: Ending the exploitation of refugee and migrant workers, Overview
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, WEstjustice, November 2016.
Employment is the Heart of Successful Settlement: Overview of Preliminary Findings
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, Footscray Community Legal Centre, February 2014.
Employment Law Service and CLE Program Update
Catherine Hemingway, Senior Employment Lawyer, Footscray Community Legal Centre, February 2014.
Family Violence
Westjustice, Fitzroy Legal Service, and Latrobe University, May 2023
Restoring Financial Safety: The Transforming Financial Security Project
A partnership between WEstjustice and McAuley Community Services for Women to address
economic abuse experienced by victim-survivors of family violence
Dacia Abela and Shifrah Blustein, WEstjustice, May 2021.
Restoring Financial Safety: Collaborating on Responses to Economic Abuse
Stephanie Tonkin, Principal Lawyer and Policy Director, WEstjustice, July 2018.
Restoring Financial Safety: Project Video
July 2018.
Restoring Financial Safety: Legal Responses to Economic Abuse
Owen Camilleri, Tanya Corrie and Shorna Moore, Wyndham Legal Service, 2015.
Fines
Health Agency to Court: Tackling the Fines System Evaluation Report
WEstjustice, September 2020.
Journey map of the tolls to court system
WEstjustice, RMIT Centre for Innovative Justice and Sheda designers, August 2018.
A More Fair and Efficient Toll Fines System for Victoria: 'Journey Map Guide'
RMIT Centre for Innovative Justice, August 2018.
Our Plan for a Fair and Effective Toll Enforcement System for Victoria: A Briefing Paper
WEstjustice, Moonee Valley Legal Service, Victoria Legal Aid, Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre and Peninsula Community Legal Centre, April 2017.
Newly Arrived Communities
Joseph Nunweek and Tess Matthews, Westjustice, July 2023
Strangers Are Calling! The Experience of Door to Door Sales in Melbourne's Refugee Communities
Laura Berta, Gerard Brody and Cynthia Mackenzie, Footscray Community Legal Centre, May 2013.
Making it Home: Refugee Housing in Melbourne's West
Laura Berta, Community Development Solicitor, Footscray Community Legal Centre, March 2012.
Katie Fraser, Community Development Solicitor, Footscray Community Legal Centre, March 2011.
Footscray Community Legal Centre and Australian Communications Consumer Action Network, March 2011.
The Burmese Community and the Legal System - A Study in Confusion
Anita Smith, Financial Counsellor and Neng Boi, Community Worker, Footscray Community Legal Centre, August 2010.
Energy, Environment and Education: Refugee Women's Sewing Groups
Anita Smith, Financial Counsellor, Footscray Community Legal Centre, August 2010.
Out of Africa and Into Court: The Legal Problems of African Refugees
Katie Fraser, Community Development Solicitor, Footscray Community Legal Centre, June 2009.
The African Consumer Experience of the Contestable Energy Market in the West of Melbourne
Footscray Community Legal Centre, November 2008.
Taxi Industry
WEstjustice, June 2017
In the Driver's Seat: Achieving Justice for Taxi Drivers in Victoria
Lucie O'Brien, Federation of Community Legal Centres Victoria and Footscray Community Legal Centre, June 2012.
Tenancy and Housing
International Student Housing Project Report
Caitlin Louth and Susan Huang, WEstjustice, August 2021.
Consumer Action Law Centre, Tenants Union of Victoria and WEstjustice, July 2016.
The Impact of Landlord Insurance Policies on Tenants
Gemma Cafarella, former Tenancy Lawyer, WEstjustice, October 2015.
Home Sweet Home - Act for the House, not the Tenant
Jane Berry, Community Projects Solicitor, Footscray Community Legal Centre, 2013.
Young People
- Domain 1 Criminal and civil justice systems
- Domain 2 Policing
- Domain 3 Health and wellbeing
- Domain 4 Housing and material needs
- Domain 5 Children, families and their communities
- Domain 6 Education
Smart Justice For Young People, October 2023
Travel Assistance Program: Key Findings and Recommendations 2019 Program
WEstjustice, September 2020.
School-Myki Pilot Project Report: Key Findings and Recommendations
Monique Hurley, WEstjustice, December 2018.
Shorna Moore, Director of Police and Community Development, WEstjustice, August 2017.
Fare Go: Myki, Transport Poverty and Access to Education in Melbourne's West
Su Roberton, Director of Clinical Programs, College of Law and Justice, Victoria University, March 2016.
An Invisible Demographic: Youth and the Law in Melbourne's West
Shorna Moore, Wyndham Legal Service, September 2012.
Safe Spaces: A Toolkit for Dealing with Police/Youth Conflict
Bec Smith and Gillian Davy, Springvale Monash Legal Service and Western Suburbs Legal Service, 2012.
Bec Smith and Shane Reside, Fitzroy Legal Service, Western Suburbs Legal Service and Springvale Monash Legal Service, 2009.
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