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PILCH in the Media
2008
PILCH Referral: 14 year old footy player Evelyn Rannstrom challenges AFL gender policy:
’Can women play footy at the highest level?’, ABC Grandstand, 26 June 2008
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‘Footy girl on the bench with knee strain’, Nine MSN, 22 Jun 2024
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‘Girl wins case to play footy with boys’, The Age, 20 June 2024
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‘Evelyn Rannstrom to use human rights charter to play footy’, Herald Sun, 18 June 2024
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‘Walk for Justice Runaway Success’, Law Institute Journal, July 2008
‘Working hard for the needy’, Kristen Hilton and Hugh de Kretser, The Age, 24 June 2024
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‘Panel firms excel on pro bono’, The Australian, 13 June 2024
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‘Disadvantaged reap government pro bono benefits’, media release from the Office of the Attorney-General, 11 June 2024
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‘Justice for all, bar none’, Ben Schokman (Human Rights Law Resource Centre), The Age, 11 June 2024
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Seniors’ Rights Victoria:
Seniors’ Rights Victoria, a joint initiative of PILCH, Council on the Ageing, Loddon Campaspe and Eastern Community Legal Centres, was officially launched on April 27th and received much media attention. A hotline providing support and advice to older people in Victoria is the first part of the service to become operational.
‘Hotline for elderly victims of abuse’, The Age, 27 April 2024
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‘Elderly abuse reporting hotline set up’, The Australian, 27 April 2024
‘Elderly abuse reporting hotline set up’, Herald Sun, 27 April 2024
‘New hotline to help elderly abuse victims’, ABC News, 27 April 2024
‘Hotline for elderly victims of abuse’, Brisbane Times, 27 April 2024
‘Hotline for elderly victims of abuse’, The West Australian, 27 April 2024
‘Hotline for elderly victims of abuse’, ninemsn.com.au, 27 April 2024
‘Hotline for the elderly’, ABC1, 27 April 2024
‘Hotline for the elderly’, Channel 10, 27 April 2024
‘Volunteer Extraordinaire’, Law Institute Journal p.88, May 2008
Former PILCH volunteer wins the annual Chief Justice Medal
‘A national charter of rights’, The Australian Financial Review, 18 April 2024
PILCH and Human Rights Law Resource Centre Secondee Phoebe Knowles argues for an Australian charter of rights.
‘City of the homeless’, Herald Sun, 30 March 2025
Caroline Adler, Manager of the Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic, discusses the soaring numbers of homeless Victorians.
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PILCH Referral: Stolen Generation Claim:
‘Stolen generations claim’, The Age, 21 February 2025
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‘Stolen generations compo bid lodged’, The Financial Review, 21 February 2025
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‘Lawsuits prepared for Stolen’, The Australian, 21 February 2025
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‘Asbestos lawyer on case for Aboriginals’, Herald Sun, 20 February 2025
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‘Rudd looking at pro bono panel’, The Australian, 14 March 2025
PILCH Executive Director, Kristen Hilton, and board member, Mitzi Gilligan (Minter Ellison), discuss PILCH’s key role in the coordination of pro bono legal services in Victoria, and the effect of the Victorian Government's decision in 2002 to make pro bono work a condition of gaining access to government work.
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Housing and Human Rights - The Rudd White Paper:
'Rights of the Homeless'
Phil Lynch, The Age - Opinion, Wednesday, 30 January 2025
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'Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic gives Rudd Government A on homelessness homework'
Press Release, Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic, Tuesday 29 January 2025
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Human Rights Law Resource Centre
‘Deported rapist wants to come home’, The Age, 27 February 2025
Ben Schokman, Human Rights Law Resource Centre Lawyer, comments on the Stefan Nystrom and Robert Jovicic deportation matters
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‘Brennan foresees constitutional glitch with rights charter’, The Australian, 14 March 2025
Former Chief Justice Gerard Brennan raises question of a constitutional problem with a crucial feature of the Victorian Charter of Human Rights at a Human Rights Law Resource Centre function.
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Read Chief Justice Brennan’s speech on the HRLRC website – www.hrlrc.org.au
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Febfast Campaign
'On the wagon for a good cause'
MX, Friday January 25, 2025
PILCH staff members Helen Arblaster, Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic, and Michael McKiterick, Victorian Bar Legal Assistance Scheme, give up the booze for Febfast, an education and awareness campaign that aims to raise funds for drug and alcohol support services.
Sponsor the PILCH team
Visit www.febfast.com.au for more information about the campaign
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Older Persons’ Advocacy Legal Service:
‘Seniors' advocacy service to tackle abuse’
Heidelberg & Diamond Valley Weekly, Tuesday January 15, 2025
‘Legal backing for seniors’
Bendigo Weekly, Friday January 11, 2025
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‘Seniors get $2.6m for legal help’
The Bendigo Miner, Thursday January 10, 2025
‘Elderly get $2.6m legal help’
The Advertiser, Tuesday January 8, 2025
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Human Rights Law Resource Centre
‘Charters of human rights are profoundly democratic’
The Age, Tuesday 22 January, 2008
By Phil Lynch, Director of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre
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2007
Public Interest Scheme referral for St Kilda resident group
‘At the pointy end’
The Age, Thursday December 13, 2024
Activists’ public campaign against the proposed development of the St Kilda triangle. Referred by PILCH to Save Our Suburbs president Jack Hammond QC on behalf of a St Kilda resident group.
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Australian Electoral Commission failure to assist homeless to vote
Caroline Adler, HPLC Manager, and Tony Keenan, CEO of Hanover Welfare Services, discuss measures for encouraging homeless people to vote in the upcoming election.
'Homeless organisations hit out at AEC', The Age, October 31 2007.
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PILCH referral in Animal Liberation Matter
Animal activist group Animal Liberation (SA) Inc were represented pro bono by Jim Delaney QC, Matthew Barret of counsel and Henrik Lassen of Herbert Geer & Rundle. Animal Liberation were being sued for hindering trade under the secondary boycott provisions of the Trade Practices Act.
Lawyers Weekly, 19 October 2024 -
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The Case For Pro Bono
Tabitha Lovett, PILCH Manager, and Hugh de Kretser, Executive Officer of the Federation of Community Legal Centres, offer their views on pro bono lawyering and the value of volunteering in this month's Law Institute Journal.
'The Case for Pro Bono' - Law Institute Journal, p9, November 2007
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