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  • Fewer families assisted
    Date: 15 Oct 2009
    Victoria Legal Aid’s annual report tabled in Parliament today reveals that fewer families are being assisted to resolve children’s issues while overall demand for services remains strong.
  • Victoria Legal Aid can help when family violence needs action
    Date: 25 Aug 2009
    The Victorian government’s family violence laws and Victoria Legal Aid are together helping people affected by family violence, says Bevan Warner, managing director at Victoria Legal Aid.
  • Legal issues for seniors
    Date: 12 Aug 2009
    As Australia’s population continues to age, helping to raise awareness of seniors’ legal rights is becoming increasingly important.
  • Victoria Legal Aid helps people keep informed about debt
    Date: 23 Jun 2009
    As the end of the financial year approaches, Victoria Legal Aid managing director Bevan Warner is encouraging people with financial problems to act early, get on top of their situation and take advantage of Legal Aid’s free legal information services.
  • Legal assistance rolled out to bushfire victims
    Date: 13 Feb 2009
    Media release about the free legal assistance available to people affected by Victoria's bushfires.
  • Co-operative federalism required for legal aid
    Date: 26 Nov 2008
    Victoria Legal Aid managing director, Bevan Warner, urged private practitioners protesting about legal aid work to act responsibly and not place their clients at risk.
  • Legal help for gas leak residents
    Date: 16 Sep 2008
    How Brookland Greens Estate residents can access a range of legal services to help them with legal issues associated with the gas leak from a former municipal rubbish tip in Cranbourne.