Pamper Day for Barkly Women

What does the perfect day of pampering look like…? Hair … ✅ Nails … ✅ Face Treatments … ✅ Meeting some awesome likeminded women … ✅   Join the teams from CAWLS, CAAFLU, NT Legal Aid & NAAJA for a day of beauty and chats in Tennant Creek 🗣️   📌 Wednesday 14 October 10.30am to 1.00pm…

New Staff at CAWLS

Over the past three months, our team has strategically expanded to welcome seven new staff, across both our legal and non-legal departments.   👤 Julianna Marshall, CLE & Policy Solicitor Julianna joins the CAWLS team as CLE & Policy Solicitor. Jules moved from Victoria, where she worked in a wide-range of roles including Judicial Education…

‘Worst is yet to come’: Legal services desperate for money ahead of domestic violence wave

📢 Specialist women’s legal services are urgently calling for an extra $25 million a year in next Tuesday’s federal budget. In a letter to the Attorney-General, Women’s Legal Services Australia have also called for the Commonwealth Government to ensure that funding directed towards domestic violence includes funding that is specifically targeted to specialist women’s legal…

$4m in Grants for Domestic Family Violence Financial Counselling

Earlier this year, the Financial Counselling Foundation announced funding of 10 full-time specialist DFV financial counsellor positions for three years around Australia, of which the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service (CAWLS) was one of the successful recipients. “CAWLS is very fortunate to receive funding for a financial counsellor” said CAWLS Managing Principal Solicitor, Janet Taylor.…