Monday 21 October 2013 Strangers’ Dining Room Parliament House Macquarie Street, Welcome to the 2013 Justice Awards

The Law and Justice Foundation’s annual Justice Awards recognise the contributions of individuals and organisations to improving access to justice in NSW, particularly for socially and economically disadvantaged people. The Awards presentation is a unique opportunity for the Foundation to highlight the achievements of so many, and for our guests to celebrate and congratulate them.

Program for the evening 6.30pm Welcome Presentation of the LIAC Centre of Excellence Award Presentation of the Community Legal Centres NSW Award Presentation of the Law Society President’s Award Presentation of the Law and Justice Volunteer Award 8.00pm Dinner 8.30pm 2013 Law and Justice Address, delivered by The Hon. Chief Justice Robert French AC, Chief Justice of the High Court of 9.00pm Presentation of the Pro Bono Partnership Award Presentation of the Aboriginal Justice Award Presentation of the Justice Medal

10.30pm Close

2 Your host this evening The Hon. Paul Stein QC AM Chair, Board of Governors, Law and Justice Foundation of NSW The Hon. Paul Stein was appointed as Chair of the Law and Justice Foundation of in 2005. He became a Judge in 1983 and was appointed to the Land and Environment Court in 1985. In 1997 he was appointed to the Court of Appeal where he remained until his retirement in 2004. He has undertaken a number of reports and reviews for the Government and is the former Chair of the Board of the Environmental Protection Authority. He has chaired committees and associations, in particular the Council of the Community Justice Centres and the National Consumer Affairs Advisory Council. He has contributed articles and papers on environmental, administrative and consumer law as well as human rights and discrimination.

The 2013 Law and Justice Address The Hon. Chief Justice Robert French AC Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia Robert Shenton French was appointed Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in September 2008. At the time of his appointment he was a judge of the Federal Court of Australia, having been appointed to that office in November 1986. He graduated from the University of Western Australia in science and law. He was admitted in 1972 and practised as a barrister and solicitor in Western Australia until 1983 when he went to the Western Australian Bar. From 1994 to 1998 he was President of the National Native Title Tribunal. At the time of his appointment he was an additional member of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory and a member of the Supreme Court of Fiji. He was also a Deputy President of the Australian Competition Tribunal and a part-time member of the Australian Law Reform Commission. From 2001 to January 2005 he was president of the Australian Association of Constitutional Law. Chief Justice French was appointed a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia in 2010. Your MC this evening Richard Glover Richard Glover presents the top rating Drive show on ABC 702 Radio in Sydney and his weekly column has been published in the Sydney Morning Herald for over 20 years. On television he appears regularly on Sunrise and The Morning Show, both on Network Seven, and has been a guest on programs such as the ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club, the Nine Network’s 60 Minutes and The Late Session on SBS. Richard is the author of twelve books, the latest of which is George Clooney’s Haircut − and Other Cries for Help, a collection of his comic pieces as featured on ABC radio’s Thank God It’s Friday. His other books include The Mud House, a memoir about building a house in the Australian bush, the best-seller Desperate Husbands which is also published in translation in Italy and Poland, The Dag’s Dictionary, In Bed with Jocasta and The P-Plate Parent (co-written with Angela Webber). Richard has also written two short novels for children, The Dirt Experiment and The Joke Trap, plus a version of the Dag’s Dictionary for kids, under the title The No-Minute Noodler.

3 LIAC Centre of Excellence Award

The winners are:

Manly Library Wagga Wagga City Library Manly Library’s service includes ‘Manly Wagga Wagga City Library has developed Afloat’, a mobile library that operates at a ‘marketing to the max’ strategy Manly Wharf each weekday morning. For to promote the availability of plain Presented by: this year’s Law Week, the mobile library language legal resources to the local was used to promote the Find Legal community throughout the year. The Dr Alex Byrne Answers service to commuters at Manly library uses a range of promotional NSW State Librarian and Wharf. tools to inform and engage a broad Chief Executive With 29% of Manly Council residents range of community members including State Library of NSW using public transport to travel to work traditional media such as posters, flyers, (compared to 20% in greater Sydney), badges, newsletters, local radio, and local newspapers; and social media channels Sponsored by: and a large commuter population from other local government areas visiting such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Legal Information Access Manly Wharf, the location presented an Pinterest. Centre (LIAC), opportunity to promote awareness of In addition to actively marketing Find State Library of NSW the Find Legal Answers service to a large Legal Answers on an ongoing basis, the number of people. library holds special events during Law Manly Library’s mobile vehicle, known Week, participates in community events such as the Henty Field Days, and works The Centre of Excellence Award as ‘Bessie’, was suitably decorated with Law Week flags and posters, and used in partnership with other local legal recognises innovative and service providers such as the Family Law creative projects that increase to display plain language books and pamphlets from the Find Legal Answers Pathways Network and the Cooperative community awareness of and Legal Service Delivery program. access to LIAC. collections. A laptop was set up to demonstrate the Find Legal Answers The library’s wide-ranging, innovative LIAC is a statewide service website and free showbags were given and ongoing marketing of Find Legal providing free community away. Answers resources has led to increasing access to legal information. The library’s strategy led to increased awareness of the service among local LIAC is an initiative of the State use of the plain language legal resources residents and organisations. Library of NSW and the Law available in the library and an increase in and Justice Foundation of requests for legal information following NSW, and is jointly funded by Law Week. the Public Purpose Fund and the Library. LIAC services are provided through the Centre in the State Library of NSW and through the Find Legal Answers service in public libraries across NSW and online. legalanswers.sl.nsw.gov.au

4 Community Legal Centres NSW Award

The nominees are:

Corrs Chambers Westgarth Ms Suzie Leask and Pro Bono Secondee Program, Ms Andrea Stolarchuk Marrickville Legal Centre Suzie and Andrea are solicitors from Since 2007, Corrs Chambers Westgarth McCullough Robertson’s Newcastle office who attend Hunter Community Presented by: has volunteered the services of its solicitors through a pro bono Legal Centre one day a week to provide secondment program with Marrickville telephone advice in employment and Ms Anna Cody industrial relations matters. There are few Legal Centre’s Youth Legal Service. Corrs Chair specialists in this complex area of law in solicitors are seconded for a period of Community Legal Newcastle and the support of Suzie and six months, during which they spend Andrea enables the Centre to respond Centres NSW one day a week at the Centre. This more effectively to the heavy demand of commitment has ensured that larger requests for advice in employment and Sponsored by: numbers of young people in NSW have industrial relations law. been able to access the advice and case Community Legal work services of the Youth Legal Service. Mr David McMillan Centres NSW David has volunteered for community HIV/AIDS Legal Centre (HALC) legal centres since 1977, beginning Volunteer Law Students this commitment at Redfern and The Community Legal Centres HALC’s volunteers are a dedicated and Marrickville Legal Centres. He has been NSW Award this year is committed team of law students, law with Kingsford Legal Centre (KLC) for presented to an individual graduates and solicitors who work 26 years, volunteering at the Centre every fortnight on a Tuesday night. In or a group of individuals tirelessly at the Centre to increase access to justice for people living with HIV. HIV this time, he has provided over 1550 who, in a voluntary capacity remains a highly stigmatised medical quality advices to KLC’s most socially and in a NSW community legal condition in the general community, economically disadvantaged clients. He centre, have demonstrated and has significant impact upon a is seen as the heart of the KLC volunteer outstanding commitment to person’s ability to live their life free from program and essential to its high quality improving access to justice discrimination and stigma. In 2012, there community lawyering. in NSW, particularly for were up to seven volunteers a day at the socially and economically Centre who contributed 5710 days of work. disadvantaged people. This may have been demonstrated Illawarra Legal Centre’s in a range of activities over an Volunteer Law Students extended period, or in a single (Thursday evening roster) significant activity. Illawarra Legal Centre’s volunteer law Community Legal Centres students have been coming to the centre NSW provides secretariat every Thursday evening for three and a support to NSW community half years to be involved with assisting clients. Research has shown that the legal centres working for the southern suburbs of Wollongong have a public interest, particularly high level of legal need, and the students for disadvantaged and have helped to meet that need by marginalised people and connecting clients with legal and other communities. assistance. www.clcnsw.org.au

5 Law Society President’s Award

The nominees are:

Mr Eric Butler Dr Patricia Hansen Butlers Will Dispute Lawyers HansenLegal Eric is the Head of Butlers Will Dispute Patricia is the Principal of HansenLegal, Lawyers, a division of Armstrong a firm that is committed to the law and Legal. He was admitted as a solicitor to social justice, which specialises in the Presented by: of the Supreme Court of NSW in 1968, areas of child care and protection, family initially practicing in the areas of family law, wills and estates and conveyancing. Mr John Dobson law, commercial and property law. Before practicing law full time, Dr Hansen President Throughout his career he has become had a distinguished career as a social The Law Society of an expert in wills and estates law, with work academic and is currently Adjunct New South Wales particular emphasis on will disputes. He Professor at the Australian Catholic is a strong supporter of The Law Society University. Over the past year, Patricia has Pro Bono Scheme and has happily taken made a significant contribution to The Sponsored by: referrals in what are often complex estate Law Society Pro Bono Scheme in taking matters. a number of family law and child care The Law Society of and protection matters, including the New South Wales Mr Robert Christie ongoing representation of an applicant Jesus’ Advocacy International to the Scheme since 2012. Robert is the Principal of Jesus’ Advocacy The Law Society President’s International. Robert is a strong Ms Greta King Award is presented to an supporter of The Law Society Pro Bono King Legal individual solicitor for pro bono Scheme and has made a significant Greta is the founder and Principal of contribution particularly over the past King Legal. She has expertise in a wide work through the Law Society year. His contributions to the Scheme range of practice areas, although her Pro Bono Scheme. The Scheme have included matters in tenancy, debt focus is predominantly on family and aims to increase access to justice and credit, and unfair dismissal. commercial law matters. Greta adopts by accepting applications from a personal approach to her clients disadvantaged people and and has an excellent reputation for referring them to solicitors delivering effective legal solutions. prepared to act on a pro bono Greta readily assists The Law Society Pro Bono Scheme, and has demonstrated basis. great patience and understanding when The Law Society of NSW is the dealing with clients who are victims of professional association for the domestic violence or in complex family solicitors’ branch of the legal law matters. profession, representing more than 23,000 lawyers in New South Wales. The Law Society encourages its members to undertake pro bono legal assignments as part of their wider community responsibility as legal practitioners and as confirmation that the conduct of pro bono work has been, and continues to be, part of legal practice. www.lawsociety.com.au

6 Law and Justice Volunteer Award

The nominees are:

Mr Dave Bell Ms Frances Haller Nominated by Ms Glenda Buckley, Nominated by Ms Maria McNuff, Land and Housing Corporation Sisters of Charity Outreach (Community Renewal) Frances began as a volunteer with the Uncle Dave is a respected Aboriginal Sisters of Charity Outreach Court Support Presented by: Elder who has a passionate commitment Service at Liverpool Court in 1992 and to helping disadvantaged youth and to over the period of 20 years, she has Mr Arthur Moses SC working with young offenders to avoid dedicated countless hours to helping Senior Member recidivism. After seeing the success of people to navigate their way around the The New South Wales similar programs in other areas, around court. In addition, for the past 15 years, Bar Association two years ago Dave initiated the Young Frances has undertaken the critical role Spirit Mentoring Program in the Airds of volunteer coordinator, organising Bradbury area; he did this on a voluntary 19 volunteers to work in pairs, five days Sponsored by: basis and with limited resources. The per week, 48 weeks of the year. She also program supports young people by organises and chairs quarterly meetings, The New South Wales combining physical activity with mental trains and mentors new volunteers, Bar Association fitness training, mentoring and guidance. manages the team dynamics and Dave runs Young Spirit sessions three ensures there are tea/coffee supplies to days per week from 6am to 8am, and support their work. Frances is known as each session attracts up to 40 Aboriginal someone with an energetic personality, The Law and Justice Volunteer and non-Aboriginal young people from who gives freely of her knowledge and Award is presented to an the area. Through this program, Dave has experience (gained from working many individual or a group of steered a number of young people away years in government) to nurture and individuals, who, in a voluntary from the criminal justice system and lead a team of volunteers to assist the capacity, have demonstrated helped them to rebuild their reputations many disadvantaged people attending an outstanding commitment in their local community. Liverpool Court. to improving access to justice, Ms Linn Bourke Muslim Women Support particularly for socially and Nominated by Ms Sidonie Gnauck, Centre (MWSC) Volunteers economically disadvantaged Central Coast Community Legal Centre Nominated by Ms Maha Abdo Krayem, people. This may have occurred (CCCLC) United Muslim Women Association in a range of activities over an For the past four years, at least two days The MWSC volunteers support women extended period, or in a single per week, Linn has provided invaluable and children escaping domestic violence significant activity. Nominees administrative and paralegal assistance to rebuild and regain control their lives. must not be current legal to CCCLC on a voluntary basis. Last The team of 11 volunteers, some of year the Centre assisted around 2000 practitioners. whom were previous clients and have people and Linn was the first point of been with the Centre between 5 to 17 The New South Wales Bar contact for most of those clients. Linn is years, remain strong and committed to Association is a voluntary empathetic to the needs of clients and providing a culturally specific service association of practicing she provides a familiar and caring face for Muslim women, and an inclusive barristers. Its aims include to some of the regular clients with an service that assists domestic violence promoting the administration intellectual disability who visit the office victims from other communities to and require particular attention. CCCLC of justice, and making access support services. The volunteers takes pride in being able to provide provide a holistic service by helping recommendations with respect clients with a ‘real person’ to assist them clients in a range of ways such as taking to legislation, law reform, rules with their legal problem and with Linn’s them to appointments at Centrelink or of court, and court business help, the Centre is able to achieve this Housing NSW, advocating on their behalf, and procedure. It has a strong aim. Linn makes herself available to help teaching them English and helping them commitment to pro bono, both the Centre at short notice and she has to become independent. They also assist through its Legal Assistance become a valuable member of the team. clients who have entered on a spousal Her ability to contribute her expertise in Referral Scheme, and the pro visa to apply for Permanent Residency record keeping, data entry, information to remain in Australia. The support of bono work carried out informally and office systems has enabled the the volunteers assists the women to by members of the Bar. CCCLC staff to focus on providing legal develop the confidence and skills to make www.nswbar.asn.au assistance to clients. informed decisions and move forward with their lives.

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Ms Pieta Thornton Women In Prison Advocacy Nominated by Ms Leanne Hillman, Network (WIPAN) Volunteer Victims and Witnesses of Crime Court Mentors Support (VWCCS) Nominated by Ms Tara Williams, WIPAN Pieta co-founded VWCCS in 2007, with Since its commencement in May a view to providing a service focused 2010, WIPAN’s mentoring program specifically on supporting victims and has recruited 61 volunteers who have witnesses attending court. Pieta began committed to providing one-on-one VWCCS by recruiting six volunteers who mentoring and support, for at least shared her vision and passion, and has one year, to women who are in the since grown the team to 115 volunteers, criminal justice system. The mentors who in 2012 provided 4559 hours of aim to empower the women to make support to 2317 victims and witnesses better life choices and lessen the feeling at Downing Centre, Parramatta and of isolation some women experience Orange courts. Over the past six years, post-release when they can’t return to Pieta has dedicated around three to five their previous networks. By meeting the days each week to managing, mentoring women at least once or twice weekly and and training VWCCS volunteers. Through maintaining regular phone contact with Pieta’s excellent management of them, the mentors are able to help them VWCCS, she has been able to negotiate with legal and non-legal issues such improvements for victims and witnesses as accessing legal assistance, job/skills attending the court. In October 2010, in training, and regaining visitation rights. response to volunteers’ feedback that The role modelling provided by the victims/witnesses attending Downing volunteers is seen as an integral part of Centre felt anxious at the ‘intimidating assisting the women to positively engage environment’, she negotiated for the with government agencies and service establishment of a Police Witness providers. For some of the women, the Meeting Area at the court, which serves connection with the mentor is the first as a private, dedicated waiting area. non-judgmental, grounded and trusted Ms Anne Willems relationship they have established. Nominated by Ms Pauline Nunn, Mission Australia Anne has been nominated for her 13-year commitment as a full-time volunteer with Mission Australia’s Court Support Service (MACSS). Over this time, Anne has volunteered approximately 15,000 hours and provided support to around 1500 people, many of whom are from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds, and she willingly travels to wherever she is needed throughout Sydney, the greater metropolitan area and to regional courts. She has worked tirelessly to promote the rights of victims and has provided support to them with professionalism, compassion and sensitivity. In addition to providing court support, Anne recruits and trains new volunteers for the service and she takes on additional roles in the evenings (such as supporting victims who are involved in Forum Sentencing). Anne is known to have a deep commitment to social justice, and as someone who is always willing to go beyond the call of duty to assist MACSS.

8 Pro Bono Partnership Award

The nominees are:

Anti-Slavery Australia (ASA) skilled-up lawyers who can advise on with Clayton Utz GLBTI issues, as well as freeing up the Centre to dedicate more resources to For over four years, ASA and Clayton Utz casework and developing submissions to have worked in partnership to pioneer challenge discriminatory laws. a path to compensation for women in Presented by: NSW who have been sex-trafficked into Public Interest Advocacy Australia and forced to work in sexual Centre (PIAC) Indigenous Mr John Corker servitude. Since its establishment in Director 2009, the partnership has opened up Justice Program with Allens National Pro Bono a new avenue of compensation for The partnership between PIAC’s Resource Centre hundreds of women sex-trafficked into Indigenous Justice Program (IJP) and NSW each year, as well as achieving Allens began in 2001, and over the past excellent outcomes for this group of 12 years, Allens has not only advised Sponsored by: highly disadvantaged clients, many of on matters and accepted referrals for whom do not speak English, and who disadvantaged Indigenous clients, it has National Pro Bono have lived in fear for their and their provided substantial ongoing financial Resource Centre family’s safety, experienced serious funding for PIAC to employ a dedicated assault and had their dignity and rights solicitor for the program. One of the denied. Through the partnership, clients partnership’s major achievements This Award is presented to have been able to seek compensation was the submission of over 500 stolen wages cases to the NSW Government’s private law firms, community in a supported environment and receive Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment organisations and/or community a high level of legal advice they would otherwise have not been able to access. Scheme which was operational from legal centres in NSW that have In the 2012−2013 financial year, Clayton 2004 to 2011. Allens was instrumental in developed an outstanding Utz and ASA assisted 22 clients to obtain helping IJP to overcome the difficulties pro bono legal assistance statutory compensation for trafficked in referring matters through the Stolen relationship resulting in clients in NSW, and the partnership Wages Referral Scheme and the firm improved access to justice for currently has 17 clients with applications assisted beyond the call of duty by disadvantaged people in the pending. accepting any number of cases in a given month. Through the partnership, community. Inner City Legal Centre (ICLC) the IJP also provides legal advice and The National Pro Bono Resource with Gilbert + Tobin undertakes casework in the areas of Centre is an independent, non- The partnership between ICLC and racial discrimination, deaths in custody, profit organisation committed Gilbert + Tobin has supported and unlawful arrest and in civil claims against to supporting and promoting enabled one of the smallest community NSW Police. pro bono legal services in legal centres in NSW to assist a broad Redfern Legal Centre (RLC) range of disadvantaged people living in Australia. As advocate, broker, the inner city with their legal problems. with Clayton Utz coordinator, researcher and Based in Kings Cross, ICLC attracts Five years ago RLC and Clayton Utz resource provider, the Centre a diverse client base from a densely established a partnership to assist and plays a unique leadership and populated area, with many clients represent people who have been unfairly coordination role. presenting in the later stages of their dismissed from their employment, problems, and/or with multiple legal in conciliations at the Fair Work www.nationalprobono.org.au problems in areas such as tenancy, Commission. Without the support of the small claims, employment law and partnership, RLC’s disadvantaged clients discrimination. In addition to providing (who are typically on a low income and pro bono solicitors, Gilbert + Tobin have limited literacy and communication provides ICLC with support in other skills) would otherwise have to areas including research and drafting go through an adversarial process submissions, as well as assisting with unrepresented in claims against their the Centre’s basic corporate and employer. The partnership operates on administrative needs such as hosting a secondee model which allows RLC and community legal education functions Clayton Utz to work jointly and closely, and GLBTI training for volunteers, and provides clients with continuity in and printing. The partnership enables service provision. Clients who have been ICLC to draw upon a greater pool of assisted through the partnership have a high rate of settlement of their matters

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and have received a settlement at a higher level of compensation than the national average. Salvos Legal Humanitarian with Salvos Legal This unique partnership formally began in 2010 with the institutional support of the Salvation Army, and it represents an innovative business model where income from the corporate firm (Salvos Legal) subsidises a free legal service for disadvantaged and marginalised people (Salvos Legal Humanitarian). Recently, in October 2012, the partnership achieved a significant milestone in its history in becoming self-sustaining financially, and thereby transforming from an experimental social enterprise operating out of one office to a successful business model providing services from ten offices across Sydney. Through the partnership, Salvos Legal Humanitarian aims to fill a gap by helping people who are on a low income but who are ineligible for Legal Aid and cannot afford a lawyer to act on their behalf. The free service currently provides advice and assistance in over 260 cases per fortnight on issues such as refugee and immigration law, criminal law, family and children’s law, welfare, debt and housing. An additional benefit of this unique partnership model is that the value of pro bono work is promoted on a broader scale to Salvos Legal corporate clients, who are regularly updated with information and case studies of Salvos Legal Humanitarian clients.

10 Aboriginal Justice Award

The nominees are:

Mr William (Will) Bon Ms Annette Lonesborough Nominated by Mr Phil Naden, Nominated by Ms Leonie Sinclair, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre Will is a descendant of the Moa and Annette is a member of the Yuin Nation Murray Island people of the Torres Strait and she grew up on the mission at Presented by: Islands and he has been a dedicated Rosebery Park (Orient Point). She has member of the Aboriginal Legal Service worked for nearly 30 years at the ALS The Hon. Greg Smith SC MP (ALS) team in Lismore for the past 15 office in Nowra and her longevity and Attorney General and years. While working full time at the commitment is seen as one of the key Minister for Justice ALS, Will undertook paralegal training reasons for the strong and trusted then went on to complete a law degree. relationship between the service and In his own time, he volunteers with the local Aboriginal community. She Sponsored by: special needs children and he has is a well-respected Elder who works fostered children of his own. He has been to ensure better outcomes for her Department of Attorney described as a genuine humanitarian community, ‘not because it’s her job, General and Justice NSW and a great communicator when dealing but because she cares’. Annette is the with Aboriginal communities. Will has administrative linchpin of ALS Nowra earned the respect of magistrates, and she has established such confidence The Aboriginal Justice Award court personnel and police prosecutors within the community that people come is presented to an Aboriginal for his knowledge of the Aboriginal into the office specifically to seek out individual or group of individuals community and the complex legal issues her help. In addition to her role, Annette who have demonstrated they experience. Will is the first point actively networks with other community of contact for many in the Aboriginal organisations, she supports and outstanding commitment to community who experience legal facilitates activities for the Shoalcoast improving access to justice for problems and he is known to make Cooperative Legal Services Delivery Aboriginal people in NSW. This himself available 24/7 for his community. program, and she is a board member of may have occurred in a range of Waminda (South Coast Women’s Health activities over a long period, or in Mr Neville Kim and Welfare Aboriginal Corporation). a single significant activity. Nominated by Mr Ross Mackay, NTSCORPS Limited Uncle Lyall Munro (Snr) The Foundation acknowledges Neville is a Bundjalung man whose Nominated by Mr Mark Holden, the support of the Department work to improve access to justice for EDO NSW of Attorney General and Justice Aboriginal people in the area of land A well-respected Elder in Moree, Lyall is NSW. rights has spanned decades. Four a Gomeroi man and a direct descendant years ago, Neville left his role as CEO of the Myall Creek area. Now in his 80s, www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au of Nambucca Heads Lands Council to he has dedicated his life to improving work as the community facilitator at access to justice for Aboriginal people NTSCORPS, where he provides support and he continues to actively fight for to Aboriginal communities across the justice today. Lyall’s involvement with state on Native Title claims. In this short the Aboriginal Rights Movement is time, he has supported and facilitated legendary, having taken part in the the progression of around 14 Native Freedom Rides and lead the fight to Title claims, some of which have been remove Moree’s segregation policies. ongoing for many years. Neville has been He served as an Advisor in Aboriginal highly successful in gathering all the Affairs to the Whitlam and the Fraser people who have a stake in the claim to governments; and he was part of the meet and he has earned respect within group who fought for the recognition the communities even though in most of the civil and land rights of Aboriginal cases he is an ‘outsider’. Neville is seen people and who recommended the as a critical link between the lawyers, establishment of the Aboriginal Legal researchers and the clients, and he often Service and the Australian Legal Aid works all hours and travels beyond what Commission. His achievements include his role requires to visit claim group leading the campaign that successfully members, listen to their needs and advocated for NSW Parliament to ensure their representation at meetings. recognise the significance of the Myall Creek Massacre; fighting to preserve the only Aboriginal drug and alcohol centre

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in Moree; and more recently, leading the has been described as a quiet achiever, Ms Nancy Walke campaign to preserve Taylors Oval in whose persistence and tactful lobbying Nominated by Ms Angela Pollard, Moree as a community facility. on behalf of the Darug community Northern Rivers Community Legal resulted in a significant victory when Mr Shane Phillips Centre (NRCLC) the local council agreed to permanently Nancy is a Bundjalung woman, who Nominated by Mr James Hoff, fly both the Aboriginal and Torres Strait comes from the first group of people to WEAVE Youth Family Community Islander flags at council chambers and to settle on Cabbage Tree Island. Now in Shane is a Bundjalung, Wonnarua and change the signage welcoming people her 70s, Nancy worked as nurse in the Bidjigal man who grew up on The to the Hawkesbury area to acknowledge military, then in a senior government Block in Redfern, and who has worked the Darug people. role and in a range of Aboriginal for many years to see change in his community organisations in the state. community, and in the areas of juvenile Mr Peter (Pete) Townsend She returned to her community and justice and Aboriginal deaths in custody. Nominated by Ms Michelle Smith, began working at the NRCLC as the He is currently the Chairman and CEO Yetta Dhinnakkal (Brewarrina Aboriginal Legal Access Worker around of the Tribal Warrior Association (TWA), Correctional Centre) 15 years ago, bringing with her a and he was instrumental in establishing Pete is a Gamilaroi man who has wealth of knowledge and experience. TWA’s successful Mentoring Program, dedicated over 17 years of his life to At NRCLC, in addition to assisting many which works in partnership with Redfern helping Aboriginal people in the criminal Aboriginal clients with their legal issues, Local Area Command to steer youth justice system through his work in NSW Nancy has demonstrated a creative away from the criminal justice system. Corrective Services. Pete was formerly the and insightful approach to community Under Shane’s leadership, the program Manager of the Indigenous Classification legal education. She not only aims to participants have grown from an initial Scheme before taking on his present inform, but to empower people to make 10 to 70 Aboriginal youths, many of role as Manager at Yetta Dhinnakkal better decisions. Her initiatives include whom have not reoffended. Shane has Correctional Centre in Brewarrina. Yetta gathering women to meet in ‘safe circles’ personally driven the program’s success Dhinnakkal was designed as a unique where they can share their experiences by mentoring and transporting the ‘open gaol’ for young men aged 18 and knowledge, and running workshops youth to their early morning sessions, to 30 years who were imprisoned for with Aboriginal girls to address issues connecting them with other services and minor offences, and in the space of only such as body image, technology and groups to foster a positive connection to 13 months, Pete has been credited as mobile phones. For the past two years, culture, and helping them to clear a path reinvigorating the centre and steering it Nancy and her co-worker Karin Ness have towards paid employment, training and towards its original vision of a positive, run a successful two hour weekly radio life skills. productive and supportive rehabilitation show covering legal topics such as wills, environment for young Aboriginal employment law, family violence and Ms Joanne (Jo) Ravot offenders. Pete’s initiatives such as human rights. The program has proved Nominated by Ms Emma McPherson, reemploying a full-time teacher to deliver very popular and has an estimated Hawkesbury Nepean Community a vocational program, along with his listenership of 100,000 people across Legal Centre (HNCLC) genuine respect for the young people 13 Aboriginal communities. Jo is a Wiradjuri woman who has lived and his sincere willingness to make a in the Hawkesbury area from a young difference to their lives, has resulted in a age and who has earned respect in the noticeable turnaround in staff and inmate community for her strong commitment morale. Pete is known as someone who is to improving access to justice for the wholeheartedly committed to supporting local Darug people. She worked in Aboriginal people in the criminal justice Aboriginal organisations as a domestic system and he continues to make himself and family violence worker for a number available to support inmates he has of years before joining HNCLC as their helped in the past. Aboriginal Legal Access Worker four years ago. Jo has worked far beyond the requirements of her role to organise and gather people for community events and to help vulnerable individuals resolve their legal problems. Jo also founded the Young Darug People’s Youth Group, which comprises around 15 young people who have been meeting weekly for the past two years to work through their legal and non-legal issues. She

12 Justice Medal

The nominees are:

Ms Alison Churchill defended Australian prisoners’ right to Law and Justice vote before a Senate Inquiry in 2006. Brett OF NEW Nominated by Ms Laura Conlon Foundation SOUTH WALES For over 25 years, Alison has dedicated continues to take a hands-on, one-on- her personal and professional life to one approach to mentoring and assisting assisting vulnerable members of the clients, many of whom are marginalised Presented by: community and their families to access and disadvantaged, and in some cases The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason support for their legal problems. She ‘unpopular’ members of the community. is currently the CEO of the Community His willingness to take on the hard cases AC KBE Restorative Centre (CRC), a specialist has been described as a testament to Patron service for prisoners, ex-prisoners and his immovable belief that everyone is Law and Justice their families, that aims ‘to change lives entitled to justice and assistance. Brett’s Foundation of NSW and reduce crime’. Alison’s work at the resilience and persistence in pushing for Centre has spanned two decades and the rights of people who are incarcerated her achievements include growing the has been seen as helping to drive positive Sponsored by: Centre from a base of 20 to 60 staff, change in law reform and the treatment securing funding to expand CRC into a of prisoners. Law and Justice multi-disciplinary, cross-portfolio service Ms Betty Egan for clients, and creating a work culture Foundation of NSW Nominated by Ms Helen West, Women’s that encourages staff retention. Under her Domestic Violence Court Advocacy leadership, CRC has rebuilt and developed Service (Wagga Wagga) partnerships with key stakeholders, and The Justice Medal is presented Betty (or Aunty Betty as she is respectfully the organisation has earned respect as a to an individual for outstanding known in the Wagga Wagga Aboriginal knowledgeable, competent and trusted achievement in improving access community) has worked in a range of service provider. Prior to CRC, Alison was a government and community roles to to justice in NSW, particularly youth worker and sexual assault worker in improve access to justice, particularly for socially and economically Australia and the UK, and she continues to for Aboriginal people. For the past seven disadvantaged people. This keep in touch with people she has helped years, Betty has been the Southern may have been demonstrated in the past. As a community worker, Alison Region Regional Domestic Violence has been described as being ‘in a class of in a range of activities over an Coordinator, a role based at NSW Police her own’ and as someone who genuinely extended period or work over a Wagga Wagga that services five local cares about people. As the leader of shorter period but of exceptional area commands. She is known to work CRC, she has been credited as having tirelessly, often travelling long distances impact. a significant role in improving service between communities and working delivery for prisoners and their families, www.lawfoundation.net.au beyond the call of duty in the evenings and ensuring they have a voice in law and on weekends, to gain stakeholder reform. and community support for key Mr Brett Collins programs and initiatives such as Yellow Nominated by Ms Kat Armstrong, Card meetings, and the Tackling Violence Women in Prison Advocacy Network and White Ribbon Day campaigns. A staunch and outspoken advocate Betty’s ability to nurture positive working for the rights of detainees, mental relationships between community, health patients and prisoners, Brett police and service providers has resulted has committed the past 30 years to in increased participation in network improving access to justice for people meetings, the reestablishment of key who are institutionalised, particularly forums for information and resource sharing, and an improvement in domestic through his role as coordinator of Justice violence statistics in her region. Betty Action and as a spokesperson for the is known for her deep and passionate Prisoners Action Group. Brett began commitment to her community which advocating and representing prisoners has been demonstrated by her work on while he was in prison serving a 17-year numerous committees, and she has been sentence for armed robbery and he credited as having ‘the wonderful ability continued in this role after his release. of bringing people together’ to address His achievements include leading public domestic violence issues. campaigns advocating for prisoners’ rights and leading the team that

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Mr Luke Geary funding climate to grow the centre to Ms Monique Hitter Nominated by Ms Kathryn Greiner AO over 50 staff providing assistance across Nominated by Magistrate Teresa Luke has been the key driver behind ten service areas. Her achievements O’Sullivan, NSW Local Court the unique and sustainable business include securing funding for MLC’s Described as ‘creative and visionary’, partnership between Salvos Legal and Children’s Court Assistance Scheme and Monique has been the Director of the Salvos Legal Humanitarian, which he the statewide Home Building Advocacy Civil Law Division at Legal Aid NSW since originally founded in 2005 as Courtyard Service; and successfully partnering 2007, having joined the organisation Legal in Auburn. Over the space of eight with the University of Western Sydney in 2004 to develop and implement the years, the service has provided legal to establish the Parramatta Community innovative Co-operative Legal Services advice and assistance to thousands of Justice Clinic. Maria has been described Delivery Program, which has now been disadvantaged people in NSW, many of as a passionate champion of the implemented in 13 regions across whom are on a low income and ineligible community legal sector; and a behind- NSW. Prior to Legal Aid NSW, Monique for Legal Aid. Luke was a successful the-scenes advocate who has built worked as a pro bono lawyer and social partner at a leading national law firm successful partnerships with government worker for over 15 years, where she when he began his association with the and non-government agencies, and gained extensive, first hand knowledge Salvation Army as a volunteer. In 2010, actively sought out opportunities to of the legal problems that many he left the firm to take on the challenge increase legal assistance services for disadvantaged people face. Monique’s of transferring his corporate and legal disadvantaged people. achievements at Legal Aid NSW include skills to establishing not only a new law Ms Claudia Guajardo reshaping and growing Legal Aid firm, but a new pro bono partnership NSW’s civil law practice to a staff of Nominated by Ms Deborah Cameron, model that would realise the vision 93, and increasing early intervention Fairfield City Council of the Salvo’s founder William Booth, legal services for people experiencing Claudia has been committed to who in 1890 wrote of a need for ‘a poor problems of everyday life through the addressing family and domestic violence man’s lawyer’. Luke has demonstrated establishment of specialist services for at a community level for two decades, extraordinary commitment to ensuring older people, prisoners, and consumers and she worked in this area in various the success of the partnership, often with credit and debt problems. Monique community and government roles prior working around the clock to provide a is known as a strategic thinker who to becoming the Crime Prevention Officer high level of professionalism to all the thinks outside the box, and who works at Fairfield City Council ten years ago. Salvos Legal clients, both corporate and well above and beyond her duties to Claudia’s achievements include leading humanitarian. He has been described as improve legal service delivery. Her work and supporting the activities of the a natural leader, a talented lawyer and as at Legal Aid NSW has been credited Fairfield Domestic Violence Committee someone who has limitless energy and as having ‘changed the landscape of for 15 years, and successfully engaging genuine compassion for helping people delivery of legal services to socially and with culturally and linguistically diverse in need. disadvantaged people in NSW and set communities to participate in projects the benchmark for excellence in legal aid that deal with highly sensitive, cultural Ms Maria Girdler services in Australia’. Nominated by Ms Debra Ronan, myths about domestic violence. Claudia Macquarie Legal Centre is known as someone who willingly takes Ms Margaret Howard For more than 15 years, Maria has on the leadership role needed to drive Nominated by Ms Julie Foreman, been working in the community legal projects to completion, and who isn’t Tenants’ Union of NSW sector to improve access to justice for complacent when legal or social issues Margaret has been the Coordinator disadvantaged people across NSW, and are identified. Her energy and drive have of the Mid Coast Tenants Advice particularly for people in the Greater seen her work above and beyond her Service (MCTAS) for the past 15 years Western Sydney area. Prior to taking on role to ensure the successful production and she has been described as a her current role of CEO at Macquarie of community legal education resources ‘freedom fighter’ when it comes to Legal Centre (MLC) in 1998, Maria worked such as Under the Law and Family Matters, advocating for residential parks tenants’ for many years in government and then and the delivery of training programs rights in disputes with landlords. as a solicitor at Campbelltown/Macarthur for police, government and community Her achievements at MCTAS include Legal Centre, where she specialised in workers. Among her peers, Claudia is negotiating outstanding results for consumer credit and debt issues, and known as a ‘go-to’ person, with an in- thousands of tenants in regional NSW advocated for a holistic approach to depth knowledge of the government who are living in social housing, private helping people on low incomes better and community services sectors. rental and residential parks. Many of the deal with their financial and legal clients Margaret assists are vulnerable, problems. When Maria began at MLC, disadvantaged and geographically it was a small centre providing three isolated; and many are elderly, with services and since then, she has worked limited means and low literacy levels. consistently hard in a challenging Margaret is known to regularly travel

14 long distances, outside her work hours lawyers to be’, as he is not only dedicated and on weekends, to help tenants to social justice but to providing the best with legal issues. She assists clients possible legal representation to clients. with their tenancy disputes, helps them to understand and complete Ms Leeanne Livens forms, represents clients at Tribunals Nominated by Inspector Paul Nicholls, and advocates on their behalf with Brisbane Water Local Area Command, government agencies. At a local level, NSW Police Force Margaret’s strong negotiation skills have For over 13 years, Leeanne has lobbied, resulted in Housing NSW re-evaluating argued and worked hard to secure and their approach with some social housing sustain funding for a service to assist clients who had insurmountable victims of domestic violence in the unpaid debts or faced eviction due to Central Coast. Today, after a number of incarceration. Margaret has also been iterations and challenges, this service an official Community Visitor to group exists as Central Coast Area Domestic homes for people living with disability Violence Integrated Case Management and she volunteers on a number of & Education (CC ADVICE), with Leeanne committees assisting homeless people as the manager and linchpin, and and Aboriginal communities in the NSW Police Brisbane Water Local Area Kempsey/Macleay areas. Command as the auspice organisation. Leeanne has upheld that for such a Mr Patrick Latham service to be effective, stakeholder Nominated by Ms Sharon Tomas, agencies had to think beyond their silos National Association of Community and work collaboratively to provide Legal Centres victims with a supported environment For the past ten years, Patrick has been in order to facilitate their attendance at dedicated to his local community in court. Her ability to build strong working Dubbo, where he is currently the Senior partnerships with police and stakeholder Solicitor in Civil Law in the region’s agencies has been seen as a key Legal Aid NSW office. As an Accredited contributing factor to the 22% decrease Personal Injury Specialist, he utilises his in repeat victims of domestic violence in-depth knowledge of and experience in the area. Most recently, Leeanne in civil law, and his experience working established a partnership between in the courts, to level the playing field CCADVICE and the Gosford mental health for clients in Western NSW who have division of NSW Health, which has helped complex legal needs but limited capacity to raise stakeholder and consumer to deal with their legal problems. He awareness of the relationship between is known as fearless and tenacious in domestic violence and mental health his commitment to ensuring his clients problems. who are socially, economically and geographically isolated, are treated equally before the law and have access to expert legal representation. Patrick has achieved excellent outcomes for clients in matters of wrongful imprisonment and he has successfully fought matters where vulnerable people were unfairly taken advantage of and discriminated against. In addition to his paid role, Patrick also served as the President of the Orana Law Society for more than five years and he is currently the Chair of the Western NSW Community Legal Centre. He also gives freely of his time and knowledge to train graduate solicitors in regional areas. Patrick has been described as ‘the lawyer you would want all community

15 Acknowledgements

Prof. Michael Adams Ms Neva Collings Ms Sidonie Gnauck University of Western Sydney Orange Door Eco Central Coast Community Legal Centre Ms Theodora Ahilas Ms Laura Conlon Ms Elsie Gordon Maurice Blackburn TAFE Dubbo Mr Rodney Cook Ms Bronwyn Ambrogetti Sydney Indigenous Coordination Centre Magistrate Harriet Grahame Central Coast Community Legal Centre NSW Local Court Mr John Corker Mr George Anastasi National Pro Bono Resource Centre Det. Sgt. Sandy Green Inner City Legal Centre Wagga Wagga Local Area Command, Det. Sen. Sgt. Vivienne Crawford NSW Police Force Dr Tim Anderson Brisbane Water Local Area Command, NSW Police Force Mrs Kathryn Greiner AO Ms Kylie Anderson-Clarke Ms Anne Cregan Mr Stephen Grieve Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT Ashurst Community Restorative Centre Ms Debra Anthonisz Ms Geraldine Daley Lt. Col. Kerry Haggar Guthrie House Colin Daley Quinn Salvation Army Ms Kat Armstrong Ms Lynne Dalton Mr Trevor Haines AO Women in Prison Advocacy Network Volunteering NSW Ms Judy Harper Mr Nassim Arrage Mr Les Darcy Australian Red Cross Mid North Coast Community Corrective Services NSW Mr David Hillard Legal Centre Ms Fiona David Clayton Utz Mrs Michelle Astrup Walk Free Ms Leanne Hillman Sisters Housing Enterprises Inc Ms Joanna Davidson Victims & Witnesses of Crime Court Prof. Eileen Baldry Inner City Legal Centre Support University of New South Wales Ms Dianne Day Mr James Hoff Mr Badger Bates Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre WEAVE Youth Family Community Barkandji #8 Claim Group Mr John Dobson Mr Mark Holden Mr Jason Behrendt Law Society of NSW EDO NSW Chalk and Fitzgerald The Hon John Dowd AO QC Ms Leeanne Hunter Mr Ross Bennett Department of Attorney General A/Prof. Andrea Durbach and Justice NSW Mrs Noeline Briggs-Smith OAM Australian Human Rights Centre Dhiiyaan Indigenous Unit of the Ms Deirdre Hyslop Ms Imelda Eames Northern Regional Library Corrective Services NSW Hawkesbury Nepean Community Ms Mel Brown Legal Centre Mrs Brenda Ibbotson Spirit Dreaming Australia Department of Attorney General Superintendent Dave Eardley and Justice NSW Ms Julia Brown Bankstown Local Area Command, Australian Red Cross NSW Police Force Mr Goran Jakovski Department of Attorney General Ms Glenda Buckley Ms Lee-Ann Emzin and Justice NSW Land and Housing Corporation Department of Family and Community (Community Renewal) Services NSW Mrs Diana Jazic OAM Mission Australia Ms Sarah Burke Ms Sally Fitzpatrick Legal Aid NSW Australians for Native Title & Mr Peter Juchau Reconciliation Commonwealth Bank Ms Jodi Burnstein Barnardos Australia Ms Julie Foreman Mrs Maha Krayem Abdo OAM Tenants’ Union of NSW United Muslim Women Association Dr Alex Byrne State Library of NSW Mr Bill Grant OAM Dr Cathy Kezelman Legal Aid NSW Adults Surviving Child Abuse Ms Deborah Cameron Fairfield City Council Mr Lloyd Gibbs Mr Stephen Lawrence SHINE for kids Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT Ms Anna Cody Kingsford Legal Centre Mr Danny Gilbert AM Ms Jill Lay Gilbert + Tobin Office of The Hon. Tanya Plibersek, Ms Barbara Cohen Federal Member for Sydney SHINE for kids

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Ms Raewyn Leota Ms Eleonora Raffo Mr Wayne Watson Airds Bradbury Community South West Sydney Community Mr Arthur Wellington Change Makers Legal Centre Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT Dr Ken Lum Senator Lee Rhiannon Mrs Helen West NTSCORPS Limited Greens Senator for NSW Women’s Domestic Violence Court Mr Ross Mackay Mrs Debra Ronan Advocacy Service (Wagga Wagga) NTSCORPS Limited Macquarie Legal Centre Ms Tara Williams Ms Kristy Masella Ms Kirsty Ruddock Women in Prison Advocacy Network Office of Aboriginal Affairs NSW Australian Competition and Consumer Ms Leanne Wollins Commission Mr Steve Maxwell Central Coast Community Legal Centre Department of Attorney General Mr Stephen Ryan Mr Victor Wright and Justice NSW NSW Aboriginal Land Council Corrective Services NSW Ms Maria McNuff Mrs Nadia Saleh Mrs Wafa Zaim Sisters of Charity Outreach Riverwood Community Centre United Muslim Women Association Ms Emma McPherson Mr Alex Sentana Hawkesbury Nepean Community Fairfield Local Area Command, Legal Centre NSW Police Force The Hon. Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE Mr John Sheahan SC Wentworth Chambers Mr Arthur Moses SC NSW Bar Association Ms Leonie Sinclair Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre Mr Phil Naden Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT Ms Chris Smith Newcastle Local Area Command, Inspector Paul Nicholls NSW Police Force Brisbane Water Local Area Command, NSW Police Force The Hon. Greg Smith SC MP NSW Attorney General and Ms Pauline Nunn Minister for Justice Mission Australia Ms Michelle Smith Ms Hai-Van Nguyen Corrective Services NSW Clayton Utz The Hon. Paul Stein QC AM Ms Paula O’Brien NSW Health Mr Daniel Stubbs Inner City Legal Centre Mr Peter O’Brien O’Brien Solicitors Prof. Julie Stubbs University of New South of Wales Ms Emma O’Callaghan EK Law Group Ms Jacqui Swinburne Redfern Legal Centre Magistrate Teresa O’Sullivan NSW Local Court Mr Brendan Thomas Department of Attorney General Mr Navi Pandher and Justice NSW Australian Federal Police Ms Sharon Tomas Ms Lindy Peck National Association of Community Port Macquarie Neighbourhood Centre Legal Centres Ms Julie Perkins Chief Superintendent Tony Tritcher Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT NSW Police Force Ms Caitlin Perry Ms Quynh Truong Darwin Community Legal Services Cabramatta Local Area Command, Ms Angela Pollard NSW Police Force Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre Ms Louise Walsh Mr Peter Quarmby Philanthropy Australia Community Sector Banking Mrs Kelly Watson Department of Attorney General and Justice NSW

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The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW would like to thank the following organisations for their support of the 2013 Justice Awards.

King & Wood Mallesons is a leading The focus of Herbert Smith Freehills Gilbert + Tobin believes pro bono commercial law firm with a focus on Asia longstanding pro bono and community work is an important part of the Pacific; we are recognised for our ability practice is to increase access to legal profession’s contribution to the to combine consistently rigorous analysis justice and opportunity, prioritising betterment of our community. We with astute judgment. Our vision for reconciliation, homelessness, disability share a responsibility to ensure that community involvement is to provide and health, and global rule of law. our legal system is just and equitable, support in diverse, complementary ways. The work includes transactional and and that everyone in our society has The depth of the King & Wood Mallesons litigious matters for charities and access to legal representation and in the Community Program is reflected individuals, solicitor secondments, advice. Law firms are in the privileged in its three key components: pro bono systemic advocacy and community position of having the resources to advice and representation, workplace legal education. In 1993, the firm assist people who cannot afford legal giving, and volunteering. The program is established the Shopfront Youth Legal services. We are committed to working underpinned by a number of significant Centre which is operated with Mission with all lawyers to build a successful partnerships with organisations Australia and the Salvation Army. It and sustainable pro bono culture including the National Children’s and offers legal services to homeless people throughout Australia that improves Youth Law Centre. aged 25 and under. In 1992, Herbert access to our legal system. www.kwm.com Smith Freehills established its first pro www.gtlaw.com.au bono solicitor secondment in NSW to

Kingsford Legal Centre, which continues to this day. www.herbertsmithfreehills.com

18 Minter Ellison has a long-standing To improve access to justice, and to commitment to pro bono legal services make a contribution to the broader — the cornerstone of our Community community, Seven Wentworth partners Investment Program. We are proud with a number of firms and organisations of our leadership role in establishing to provide pro bono advice and the Homeless Persons’ Legal Service advocacy services. Seven Wentworth is in partnership with the Public Interest proud to be associated with the Justice Advocacy Centre. Our staff derive Awards, and the recognition they give enormous satisfaction from our weekly to the community legal sector and its legal clinics at the Women’s and Girls’ hardworking volunteers. Emergency Centre and our broader pro www.sevenwentworth.com.au bono program. Our aim is to target our assistance to communities in greatest need, with a focus on breaking the cycles of homelessness and disadvantage. www.minterellison.com

19 The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW is an independent, statutory, not-for-profit organisation established in 1967 to improve access to justice for the people of NSW. It is incorporated by the Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000 (NSW).

The Foundation’s purpose is to advance the fairness and equity of the justice system, and to improve access to justice for socially and economically disadvantaged people.

Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales Level 14, 130 Pitt Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone: +61 2 8227 3200 Fax: +61 2 9221 6280 Email: [email protected] www.lawfoundation.net.au