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Victorian bushfire legal help line
The Victorian bushfire legal help line provides free legal information to people affected by bushfires. Call 1800 113 432.
The help line is open from 8.45 am to 5.15 pm, Monday to Friday. See the Bushfire legal help website for more information.
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VLA Legal Information Service
We give free legal information over the phone to help you with your legal problems.
Funding cases
If you can’t afford a lawyer, you can apply for a grant of legal assistance to help you pay for a lawyer to run your case.
Latest news
Launch of the Bendigo Legal Assistance Forum
Date: 16 November 2009
A new legal assistance forum makes its mark in Bendigo
VLA amongst LIV award winners
Date: 16 November 2009
Several VLA staff and Board member Mary Anne Noone were honoured at the Law Institute of Victoria's annual awards.
New edition of Briefcase calls for more family funding
Date: 16 November 2009
The December edition of Briefcase includes a call from Attorney-General Rob Hulls for more Commonwealth funding for family law matters.
New summary criminal justice procedures
Date: 22 October 2009
Feedback is invited from anyone affected by pilots currently underway of the new processes in summary procedure.
2008-09 annual report released
Date: 15 October 2009
Victoria Legal Aid's fourteenth statutory annual report was tabled in State Parliament this morning.