Rowan McRae Executive Director of Civil Justice Access and Equity spoke to Patricia Karvelas on ABC 774 about our second test case against Centrelink’s robo-debt process. Our client Deanna only found out about her alleged robo-debt when her tax return was taken.
‘Our clients want these questions answered’.
Read more about the case – https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/it-felt-like-guilty-until-proven-innocent-new-test-case-against-centrelinks-robo-debt-system
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Rowan McRae Executive Director of Civil Justice Access and Equity spoke to Patricia Karvelas on ABC 774 about our second test case against Centrelink’s robo-debt process. Our client Deanna only found out about her alleged robo-debt when her tax return was taken.
‘Our clients want these questions answered’.
Read more about the case – https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/it-felt-like-guilty-until-proven-innocent-new-test-case-against-centrelinks-robo-debt-system
Steven Sapountsis, President, Law Institute of Victoria at the Means Test Review briefing event
Victoria Legal Aid
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9 years ago
Steven Sapountsis, President, Law Institute of Victoria at the Means Test Review briefing event
Speakers from the Means Test Review briefing event 10 August 2016:
Bevan Warner, Managing Director, Victoria Legal Aid; Mary Sayers, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Council of Social Services; Steven Sapountsis, President, Law Institute of Victoria; Belinda Lo, Chairperson, Federation of Community Legal Centres.
We are reviewing the way we assess financial eligibility for grants of legal assistance because we want to make sure that people in need have access to justice. We aim to expand eligibility and make our means test simple to understand, flexible, efficient to administer, financially sustainable and fair.
Find out more at www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/thousands-of-victorians-who-miss-out-on-legal-aid-focus-of-means-test-review
Victoria Legal Aid
Rowan McRae Executive Director of Civil Justice Access and Equity spoke to Patricia Karvelas on ABC 774 about our second test case against Centrelink’s robo-debt process. Our client Deanna only found out about her alleged robo-debt when her tax return was taken.
‘Our clients want these questions answered’.
Read more about the case – https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/it-felt-like-guilty-until-proven-innocent-new-test-case-against-centrelinks-robo-debt-system
