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No home, no justice? The legal needs of homeless people   , 2005 This report into the legal needs of homeless people explores the capacity of homeless people in NSW to obtain legal assistance; to participate effectively in the legal system; and to obtain assistance in legal processes from non-legal advocacy and support agencies. It also examines the role of non-legal support workers and agencies in assisting homeless people to identify and address their legal issues. It is based on a review of existing literature and consultations with legal and non-legal service providers and homeless people themselves....

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Appendix 2

Legal and tenancy services

• Blake Dawson Waldron
• Hunter Legal Centre (as part of the NHHIN forum)
• Inner City Legal Centre
• Redfern Legal Centre
• Intellectual Disability Rights Service
• UTS Community Law Centre
• Legal Aid Commission of NSW
• North/North West Community Legal Centre
• Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre
• PIAC/PILCH HPLS (NSW)
• Parks and Village Service
• QPILCH HPLC
• St John’s Darlinghurst, Legal Counselling and Referral Centre
• Tenants Union of NSW
• Shopfront Youth Legal Centre (Freehills)
• VPILCH HPLC
• Violence Prevention Unit, Walgett
• WALS, Walgett Office
• Women’s Legal Services
• Aboriginal Tenancy Information
• Boarders and Lodgers Action Group
• Legal Aid (Victoria)
• Liz Dowling & Associates, Melbourne
• Law Access

Non-legal services

• Haymarket Foundation
• Matthew Talbot Hostel
• Foster House – Salvation Army
• The Smith Family
• Just Enough Faith
• Exodus Foundation
• Shelter NSW
• The Big Issue Australia
• Newcastle Homeless Interagency Network
• St Vincent’s de Paul
• Mission Australia
• Women and Girls Emergency Service
• Edward Eagar House (Wesley Mission)
• Vincentian Village
• Don Boscoe House (Youth Off the Streets)
• Lou’s Place
• St Miguel Family Centre, Boystown
• Homelessness Action Team Support and Outreach Service
• Wallamulla Aboriginal Community Centre, Redfern
• Centrecare Youth Accommodation Service, Newcastle
• Hebersham Aboriginal Youth Service
• The Gender Centre (NSW)
• Youth Accommodation Association
• River Towns project, Walgett
• Twenty10
• Independent Community Living Association – City Street Outreach Service
• Homeless Brokerage program, YWCA
• Homeless Person’s Information Centre
• Family Action Centre – University of Newcastle
• Walgett SAAP service

Government

• Centrelink (Walgett)
• NSW Department of Community Services (South East Region Homelessness Unit)
• NSW Department of Housing (Housing, Policy and Programs, Housing Systems)
• NSW Department for Women
• NSW Ombudsman (Community Service Division)
• NSW Police Force (Operational Policy and Programs; City Central local area command)
• Sydney City Council (Homeless Services)
• Attorney General’s Department (Criminal Law Division)
• Office of Fair Trading – Aboriginal Tenancy Information Service
• Department of Justice (Victoria)
• NSW Aboriginal Housing Office

Courts/tribunals

• Judge Jennifer Coate, President, Victorian Children’s Court
• Drug Clinic Program, Victoria
• Drug Court NSW
• Jelena Popovic, Deputy Chief Magistrate, Magistrates Court of Victoria
• Walgett Local Court

Homeless participants were contacted through the following services:

• Matthew Talbot Hostel
• The Big Issue
• Salvation Army, outreach
• Women and Girls Emergency Shelter
• Walgett Violence Prevention Unit
• Centacare, Newcastle
• The Gender Centre, Sydney