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District Court Public Notice 1 of 2023 - COVID-19
Mon, 30 Jan 2023
District Court changes to COVID-related procedures from 31 January 2023.
Read moreamica one - new online service to assist with property settlement
Fri, 27 Jan 2023
A new single sided version of the online separation service, amica has been launched, called amica one. People can use amica one to get an idea of how amica works and an estimate of what their property settlement may look like, without involving their former partner. amicaone uses artificial intelligence to provide a suggested percentage of what they may receive.
Read moreNational Redress Scheme webpage update
Mon, 23 Jan 2023
The National Redress Scheme webpage has been updated to include information about AFLS help for Redress clients.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 20 January 2023
Fri, 20 Jan 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreImpact of 2020 amendments to fines enforcement legislation - media statement
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
The Attorney-General has released a media statement about the positive impacts from the amendments to the Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994 that occurred in 2020.
Read moreNew health, safety and wellbeing resource from Legal Aid WA
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
The resource is titled 'Your mental health during the holiday season'.
Read moreCriminal Injuries Compensation Manual update
Tue, 17 Jan 2023
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Manual has been updated. It is in a new format and considerable case law has been added.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 13 January 2023
Tue, 17 Jan 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 6 January 2023
Fri, 13 Jan 2023
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreGovernment media statement - Director of Legal Aid WA reappointed
Wed, 11 Jan 2023
Dr Graham Hill has been reappointed as Director of Legal Aid WA for a further 5 year term.
Read moreReview of Disability Services Act 1986 (Cth)
Tue, 10 Jan 2023
The Disability Services Act 1986 (Cth) is currently being reviewed.
Read moreNew protection and care webpages on contact and tips for parents.
Mon, 09 Jan 2023
New protection and care resources for parents on the public website.
Read moreNew webpage - Exclusion from Protected Entertainment Precincts
Thu, 29 Dec 2022
A new webpage about being excluded from Protected Entertainment Precincts has been published on the Legal Aid WA public website.
Read moreNatural disasters infosheet updates
Fri, 23 Dec 2022
The natural disaster infosheets have been updated.
Read moreProtection and care - Legal Essentials -Children’s Court – procedure update
Tue, 20 Dec 2022
The Legal Essentials page Family – Children’s Court proceedings - Children’s Court – procedure has been reviewed.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 16 December 2022
Mon, 19 Dec 2022
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
Read moreSAT information videos in Noongar language
Mon, 19 Dec 2022
State Administrative Tribunal has translated he Tribunal's information videos into Noongar language.
Read moreProtection and care webpage updates
Wed, 14 Dec 2022
A number of protection and care webpage have recently been reviewed.
Read moreWhat's New Weekly Alert 9 December 2022
Fri, 09 Dec 2022
Access this week's overview of amended legislation, recent cases, articles, reports and more, collated by the Legal Aid WA librarian.
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