PILCH Matters newsletter
PILCH Matters is the bi-monthly PILCH newsletter.
Read the June edition, which includes:
- New equality law for Victoria
- National reform of the legal profession
- News about the Aboriginal Credit & Debt Clinics
- PILCH cases
Previous Editions
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Social status discrimination; Walk for Justice 2010; Legal Aid matters - family law campaign
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Stolen wages...where to now for indigenous Australians?; Gunns misfires in prosecution of environmental activists; Death penalty law reform: a year in review
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New Police Powers a Breach of Human Rights; Protective Costs Orders in Public Interest Litigation
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Including: Human rights report a roadmap to a fairer Australia; Advancing Women's Rights through Community Legal Education; Government must act on Coroner’s damning rooming house recommendations; Going Public with Public Interest Costs - Environment East Gippsland Inc v VicForests case note
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Including: A new era for government and third sector relations; COAG legal profession reforms; Pro Bono Clearing House launches in SA; A new direction in character visa cancellations
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Including: Public interest in PALS at PILCH; PALS advocates for ban on jumps racing; Chasing justice and elephants- towards the rule of law justice in Lao PDR; Federal Court decision highlights need for protective costs orders
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Including: Pro Bono response to the Victorian Bushfires; How to engage retired career break lawyers; Collapse of ABC Learning Centres; The Hon Michael Kirby visits PILCH; Advocacy & Law Reform updates; Case Summaries
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Including: National Human Rights Consultation, Human Rights at Home, Bushfire Legal Help, News and Events, PILCH in the media, Case studies from our legal assistance schemes
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Special Indigenous issue including: The Right Conversation, a report from the 2020 summit; Travels in the Long Grass: legal services in NT; Legal Claims of the Stolen Generations, and; Legal Services for Indigenous Americans
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Including: Food for Thought; Climate Change and the Law; News, Events and PILCH in the Media; Advocacy and Law Reform; Case Studies from our legal assistance schemes
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Special Environmental issue including: The Earth Needs a Good Lawyer by Brendan Sydes of the EDO; Environmental Law Group; The Victorian Charter and Environmental Law
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Including: Empowering the Elderly - Victoria's first specialist older persons advocacy and law service; Shifting the Public Interest; Rudd adds 'homelessness' to homework list
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Including: Pro Bono in an Uncertain Economy, Protective Costs Orders, Commonwealth Support for Pro Bono, PILCHes Nationwide - a year in review, We Want Change: calling on the Victorian government to legalise begging
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Special Charter edition including: Victorian Charter on the Right Path by Phil Lynch, Director of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre; Using the Charter to Redress Homelessness; The Public Authority; Application of the Charter to the Mental Health Act, PilchConnect and PALS news
If you would like back editions of PILCH Matters please contact 
admin@pilch.org.au.