🔎 Central Australian Women’s Legal Service provides legal services for all women in Central Australia and Barkly region with offices in Alice Springs and Tennant Creek. At CAWLS, we are committed to providing representation and excellent outcomes for our clients through law reform, legal advice and representation, community legal education and outreach. Our staff are…
CAWLS is currently experiencing technical difficulties, due to a national network outage Should you call our office, the line will cut out halfway through talking – or, not call at all. If you need urgent assistance, please contact NT Police via 000 or 131 444 📍 Update – 12:21pm : Phones still down
Keep Going … & if you need some advice, CAWLS is here to help 🙏💚 ☎️ 1800 684 055
Saturday Self Love 💕 It’s ok to keep learning how to love yourself 🙏 If you would like to speak to a lawyer, we are here and ready to assist 📞 1800 684 055
CAWLS strongly supports the introduction of a bill to remove the presumption of equal shared parental responsibility (ESPR) from the Family Law Act. Experts have been advocating for the removal of the ESPR and it is time the law caught up to the nuances of domestic and family violence. An overwhelming 60-85% of matters under…
New economic research emerging in the wake of COVID-19, demonstrates that women continue to suffer greater disadvantage in relation to part-time and ongoing employment opportunities due to additional caring responsibilities in the home 😔 🙅♀️ Further, women have not had the greater benefit of Government stimulus packages throughout this time, as funding available has disproportionately assisted male-focused…
During the COVID19 Pandemic, Monash University surveyed 166 Family Violence Victim Support Practitioners, over a four week period, to ascertain the impacts the virus was having in our community. Sadly, 60% of practitioners explained they saw an increase in the frequency of violence against women… 🗣 Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon stated, “the research highlights the importance…
Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Caitlin O’Brien, whose life was ended by her partner of ten years in June last year. He had previously been convicted for assaulting her in 2010. Yesterday, the man was sentenced to 22 years’ jail and will be eligible for parole after serving 16 years……
Excitingly, our Tennant Creek office has now reopened! The COVID-19 Pandemic may have forced a shutdown of our physical office, however, our Tennant Creek legal practitioner, Anisha, continued to work for women from her home office during this period If you are in Tennant Creek and would like to speak with a lawyer, call us…
We are all healing from something… Let’s be kind & look out for each other, always 🙏🌻 If you need to speak with a lawyer for some advice, we are here and ready to assist ☎️ 1800 684 055
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