Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service

When you contact us, you will speak to a paralegal support worker who will ask some personal information and check our system to ensure our lawyers are able to assist you.

To make sure we can provide you with the best legal support, it helps us if you are able to:
– Where comfortable, provide all the information our paralegal support worker asks you for. If you are not comfortable, our paralegal support workers can talk to you about who you may be able to speak to or ways in which me may be able to support you feeling more comfortable providing the information
– let us know if another lawyer has been helping you
– make sure we have your updated contact details
– contact us if you can’t keep an appointment or if you no longer need our assistance
– let us know if you have concerns or are unhappy with our service.

• What can your service help with?
  Djirra’s Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service works with Aboriginal people who are experiencing or have experienced family violence. We also assist non-Aboriginal people experiencing family violence who are parents of Aboriginal children. We help by providing one-off legal advice as well as opening ongoing cases. A one-off legal advice allows people to think about options before doing anything further. Ongoing legal representation means that we open a file and work with people over a longer period, including representation in court. We work in the following areas of law: - Intervention Orders - Family Law - Child Protection - Victims of Crime Compensation. We do not provide support to perpetrators of family violence or sexual assault. We can refer perpetrators to support services to assist them. For more information about the areas of law we can assist with, check our factsheets.
• What do your clients need to do to use your services?
  Call 1800 105 303 for support.
• What charges can your clients expect to pay?
  Free service.
• Consultation mode
  Telehealth
• Billing options
  Public/Government