Articles

Youth Law Centre

Car Crashes

  • What is the Youth Law Centre?
  • I’ve been in a car crash – What do I do?
  • What can the Youth Law Centre do?
  • I was injured in a car crash – What can I do?
  • How is the Youth Law Centre different to Legal Aid?
  • I was in a car crash, and now an insurance company wants me to pay for the damage
  • How can I contact the Youth Law Centre?
 
  • Community Legal Education
 

Centrelink/Medicare Issues

Criminal Law

  • Centrelink has refused my application, what do I do?
  • I've got a summons to attend Court, what do I do?
  • I'm having a problem with public housing, who can I talk to?
  • I’ve been charged with an offence, but I want to contest it
 
  • I’ve been charged with a traffic offence, but I can’t lose my licence
 
  • I was the victim of a crime, what do I do?

Debt

Employment

  • I have a debt that I can’t afford, what do I do?
  • I’ve just been fired, what do I do?
  • I have a debt that I didn’t incur/it was someone else’s debt (ie ex-partner)
  • I Think I’m Being Underpaid
  • Someone owes me money, what can I do to get it from them?
  • I’m being bullied/discriminated against at work
 
  • Sexual harassment at work
 
  • I was injured at work, what do I do?

Family, Relationship and Sex Issues

 
  • Separating from a Partner/Spouse
  • I Was a Victim of Sexual Assault/Rape/Harassment, What Do I Do?
  • My Partner is Abusive, Violent, or I’m Worried That He/She Will Become Abusive or Violent
  • I am Separated from my Partner and Want to Change Arrangements for Care of our Child
  • My parents are divorced, and I want to change my living arrangements
  • I Want to Access Child Support/Maintenance or I want to Challenge/Change Existing Child Support Arrangements

Tenancy

Migration

  • I’m having a dispute with my landlord over damage/bond
  • The Youth Law Centre and Legal Aid do not currently have a migration department.
  • My landlord has told me I need to move out
 
  • I want to move out/break my lease
 
  • My housemate/s won’t pay their rent/bills