Annual Report 2018-2019

1 Table of Contents

About the legal centre 3 Our Mission 3 Our Catchment 3 Our Practice Areas 3 Funding and Support 3 Acknowledgements 3 Our Volunteers 5 Our Board of Management 6 Our Staff 6 Our expanding centre 6 Board Chair’s Report 7 Executive Officer’s Report 8 Our Generalist Legal Services 9 The Wills Clinic 9 The Safe from Harm Program 10 The Family Law Clinic 10 CONTACT US HOURS OF OPERATION Community Outreach and Legal Education 10 Moonee Valley Family Violence Network 11 Flemington and Kensington Monday to Friday: 9am – 5pm Community Legal Centre (FKCLC) The stories of our clients 12 Night Service Address: P.O. Box 487, Monday fornight 6pm– 7pm Bringing war-torn families together 13 FLEMINGTON VIC 3031 Closed public holidays Police Accountability Project 14 22 Bellair Street, The police complaints clinic 14 KENSINGTON Vic 3031 Civil Litigation 14 Phone: 03 9376 4355 Independent Investigations 15 The Police Powers & Your Rights booklet 15 Fax: 03 9376 4529 Policing Family Violence: Changing the Story 16 Email: [email protected] Walking Alongside Program & the Peer Advocacy Team 17 Website: www.flemkenlegal.org Without Suspicion: The campaign to end racial profiling in Victoria 18 www.policeaccountability.org.au Volunteering at Flem Ken 19 www.safefromharm.org.au Office, administration & finance 21 ABN: 38 029 753 353 Financial Report for the year ended 30 June 2019 25

2 About the legal centre

Our Mission Our Catchment Funding and Support We work for inclusive and safe The Flemington and Kensington The Centre’s core funding is provided communities and the full realisation of Community Legal Centre generalist by Victoria Legal Aid and the human rights. We believe in equality program provides services to people Commonwealth Community Legal before the law and aim to ensure that who live, work or study in Flemington Services Program as part of the National all people have access to justice and or Kensington. Our Migration program Partnership Agreement for Legal protection of the law regardless of their and Police Accountability programs Assistance Services (2015-2020). income or power. We assist people accept clients and referrals from around We acknowledge other critical support from: and communities to assert their rights Victoria on a case by case basis. Our and access justice fully and freely. We Safe from Harm program focuses on • Department of Justice & Regulation - advocate for systemic change in many the Flemington Housing Estate. We CLC Assistance Fund areas and are committed to working also make and accept referrals from • Victorian Department of Justice and toward human rights compliant and surrounding Community Legal Centres Community Services Integrated accountable policing. (CLCs) on a case by case basis. Services Fund 2018-19), administered by the Federation of the Community The Centre does this by: Our Practice Areas Legal Centres. • Providing free, accessible, high-quality • Debts (Consumer debts) • The Reichstein Foundation legal casework, advice and assistance, • Fines (Infringements) • Melbourne University Law School • Developing strong collaborative • Social Security (Centrelink and other • Myer Foundation networks and relationships with local social security matters) community agencies and groups, • Federation of Community Legal Centres • Tenancy and state-wide and national legal and • Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation • Consumer rights human rights networks, • Debbie Jacobs • Criminal law (summary) • Driving and supporting law reform • Ian Melrose and policy advocacy on behalf of and • Motor vehicle accidents • Rodney Vlais alongside our clients and communities, • Employment (Limited) • Robinson Gill Lawyers • Providing community legal education • Family violence • Dr Richard Williams - Melbourne through production of online and offline • Family Law resources, tailored training sessions, Social Equity Institute • Police Accountability – (Inquests, talks, forums and via the media, • Cohealth criminal, discrimination, FOI, police And all of our smaller donors to whom • Training and support for legal students complaints, civil litigation, appeals) and other community members we remain eternally grateful. • Migration: Offshore Refugee/ through a strong, accessible volunteer Humanitarian applications Tax deductable donations can be made program and law graduates completing at www.flemkenlegal.org/donate/ practical legal training. • Power of Attorneys. • Wills 3 Abselom Nega, Iempower Emrys Nekvapil Justice Connect Mary CoHealth Penny van den Berg, (Mahlabs Costs) Adam Bandit (Member for Melbourne) Emily Clark Arts Generator Peter Rozen Ahmed Dini Erin Ramsey Karen Argiropoulos Peter Crowley Alison Thorne Eva Wynn Kate Fischer-Doherty Progressive Law Network All of our brave clients who stand up Federation of Community Kathleen Foley Rachel Doyle SC for their rights and the rights of others Legal Centres Katrina McAuley, Merri Outreach Rebecca Wilson Support Services Amanda Burnnard Everyone at the Community Law Reichstein Foundation Australia (formally NACLC) Krystyna Grinberg Andrew Diamantis Robert Stary Andy Naidoo Fiona Dowsley (Victoria Crime Kyle McDonald Statistics Agency) Robinson Gill Lawyers Arnold Bloch Liebler Law Aid Fiona Spencer Ron Peno Audry Foley Law Institute of Victoria (LIV) Fiona Ryan Rosemary Madden, Centrelink Australian Communities Foundation Legal Services Board Fitzroy Legal Service Ruth Shann Australian Lawyers Alliance Leighton Gwynn Flat Out Sam Wakhlu Australian Lawyers for Human Rights Liberty Victoria Flemington Community Centre Sarah Leighfield Australian Progress Lily Boskovski, Slater & GordonLoddon Fleur Spitzer Campaspe Community Legal Centre Senator Gavin Marshall Bigididge Pty Ltd Foundation House Lord Mayors Charitable Shorna Moore, WestJustice Bindy Gross –Muckleford Holdings Gabi Crafti Foundation (LMCF) Simon Moglia Border Crossing Observatory, Louise Martin Smart Justice for Young People Monash University Gailey-Lazarus Foundation Luke Hilikari and Matt Kunkel, Springvale Monash Community Brad Penno Gemma Cafarella Victorian Trades Hall Council Legal Service Catherine Boston Get Up Lynda white Stella Gold Charandev Singh Greg Hughan Lyn Morgain, cohealth Stephen Davies Facilities Centre for Innovative Justice, RMIT Harry Venice Mahlab Costs St Kilda Legal Service Christine Melis Human Rights Law Centre Maki Issa Property Management Services City of Melbourne Hopetoun Early Years Centre Acknowledgements Maria Autridge City of Melbourne City of Moonee Valley Indigenous Social Justice Association Stephen Donaghue QC (Melbourne and Sydney) Melbourne Activist Legal Claire Harris Support (MALS) Stephen Warne This centre works on the land of the Inner Melbourne Community Clare Land Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nations Legal (IMCL) Melbourne University Law School Sue Ball Legal Services Board Clyde Sharady who have never ceded sovereignty. Islamic Council of Victoria Melanie Poole, Federation of Tim Fitzpatrick (African Media Association) Community Legal Centres We acknowlede the continuing impacts Natalie Hallam Tony French Cohealth Merys Williams of colonisation and the resilience and Victorian Accreditation Coordinator Trevor Monti QC Colourcode, Roj and Shen Michael Stanton strength of Aboriginal and Torres Straity Jennifer Kanis Mark Zirnzac, Uniting Church in Australia, David Manne Michelle Old and everyone at Flatout Synod of Victoria and Tasmania Islander communities. We pay our Jenny Young Danny Pearson MP Micelle Bennett & Ruth Barson, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) deepest respects to Country and (State member for Essendon) Jen Ward, Andrea Staunton, Michele Human Rights Law Centre Lee and Monica Ferrari from the VLA Victorian Council of Social Services to Elders past and present. Dan Stubbs, Inner Melbourne Community Legal Education team. Miguel Belmar (VCOSS) Community Legal FKCLC wishes to extend our sincere Jeremy Hearne and Karen Min Guo Victorian Law Foundation (VLF) Djirra thanks to everyone who has assisted and Ingram, cohealth Moonee Valley Legal Service (MVLS) Vincent Ryan Dr Leanne Weber, Monash University supported us over the past year including; Jeremy King, Robinson Gill Lawyers Moonee Valley Local Learning Warren Smith Melbourne University Jessica Tester Employment Network (MVLLEN) WestJustice Dr Diana Johns, Melbourne University Jill Reichstein Moya O’Brien Women’s Legal Service (Vic) Drum Youth Services Jim McKenna Nesam Macmillan YouthLaw Dyson Hore-Lacy (Melbourne University) City of Melbourne Zero Partos Education-Justice Partnership Noel Russell Reference Group Paula Shelton 4 Our Volunteers Volunteers 2018 to 2019 Aaron Batchelor Alarion Bishay Allison Paxton-Hall Ashley Stocco Ayrton Roy Benjamin Stern Bernadette Koh Britta Maunder Brittany Baker Caitlin Setter Caitlyn Goldney Carlo Dellora Catherine Priest Charina Nepomuceno Christine Bulos Christopher Skehan Clare Van Balen Crystal Roman Daniel Anderson-Luxford Daniel Lucanus David Youren By the numbers: Delinna Ding Devina Pather We trained and Dinu Kumarasinghe Dylan Pietrocola supported 75 volunteer Emily Rutherford law students and 10 Finbar Larkin Finbar Piper pro-bono lawyers lent Heather Boyle their assistance. Hodan Ali Ikram Nur Inidgo York Jaclyn Robertson Intake & Referral volunteer, Jasmine Ali Ikram Nur Jazmine Rosart Jenny Au Jessica Van Dyk Laura Chan Michael Mazzone Paula Castillo Sophie Deane Joanna Taylor Lenny Guardia-Glas Nadine Di Blasi Peter Divictos Sophie Wenderoth Joshua Green Liam Currie Nasra Hersi Rhiannon Dickson Sverre Gunnersen Julia Sheridan Luke Karakas Natalie Tripodi Robert Daly Tabea Hansen Julius Chikwe Lynnette Barratt Naveen Raghavan Roberto Guzman Tashi Gonpo Jusleen Katarina Singh Maria Tucci Ned Jackson Saba Butt Timothy Siu Karan Desai Mario Masino Nick Bugeja Sabine Johnson Tony French Kenneth Cheng Marje Matthew Nicholas Henry Sarah McNeil Vincent Ryan Kingsley Okafor Mark Spence Nimet Gurleyen Samira Athuay Vivian Lai-Tran Lachlan Holmes Megan Buttigieg Sophia Liu William Hart 5 Our Board of Management Our expanding centre Joel Townsend Chairperson Peer Jenny Si Secretary Advocacy Nimet Gurleyen Treasurer Outreach Genevieve Nihill Member Policing Team Karen Pyke Member Family Violence: Linda Gale Member Story Telling Walking Somali Project Nina Vallins Member since March 2019 Woman’s Alongside Legal Needs Program Our Staff Project Police Anthony Kelly Executive Officer 2018 Safe From Harm (Family Complaints Carmen Tommasi Office Manager Without Violence) Clinic (PILC Deng Maleek Peer Advocacy Team Coordinator Melb Law Suspicion WILLS Project Denise Gardner Migration Agent School Clinic Erin Buckley Family Violence Police Complaints Project Officer Feb - August 2018. George Ghobrial Solicitor Migration Gregor Husper Principal, Police Accountability Solicitor -from January 2019 Service Police Julian McDonald Solicitor/Clinic Supervisor - until Jan 2019 Generalist Accountability Practice Lauren Caulfield Law Reform & Advocacy Officer Project Matt Wilson Locum Solicitor Nadine Bradilovich Family Violence Solicitor Safe from Harm Nimet Gurleyen Outreach lawyer until Jul 2018 Sofia Todorova Solicitor- Family Violence from January 2019 Flemmington Sue Brown Principal Solicitor, Generalist Practice Kensington Thuan Nguyen Administration & Finance Officer Community Tieea Jaya Solicitor/Clinic Supervisor - from March 2019 Legal Centre Verity Smith Police Accountability Solicitor until Jan 2019 Witt Gorrie Outreach Support Worker from March 2019

6 Board Chair’s Report

This year, again, staff and volunteers continues, and a particular highlight is the strong commitment to community As always, I’m enormously grateful to all have done an extraordinary job of serving the work the Centre has done in respect which each centre exemplifies. The those who have given their time to the the community, having a huge impact of police and family violence, with the Board feel that a merged centre will help Centre, whether as employees, volunteers with limited resources. Our generalist case of Tara Smith a signal example us to continue to serve the community or Board members. Thanks to Anthony service responds to the wide range of our impact in this area. Our police well, to push for systemic change, and and others, who have helped the Board of legal need of people in Flemington accountability work is of huge interest to to elevate the voices of the marginalised, understand the work of the Centre, and to and Kensington experiencing profound funders and to the wider community. while helping us to grow our staffing and think strategically about its future. disadvantage. From infringements our work and managing the risks posed Along with this wide range of work, we Joel Townsend, Chair to traffic offences, to motor vehicle by the funding context and the changing have been working towards a merger Flemington Kensington Community accidents criminal and civil law matters, shape of Melbourne. proposal, to go to members in the first Legal Centre Board of Management our service is endlessly adaptable and half of 2020. With Inner Melbourne effective. Our work in family violence also Community Legal, we’ve been working towards a proposal which will maintain

7 Executive Officer’s Report

We ended 2018 as part of a huge Gregor Husper joined the team as and rapidly growing Policing Family continue to support our most difficult network of community organisations Principal Solicitor in January 2019. Violence: Changing the Story project. and challenging work. These grants calling upon candidates in the Victorian Gregor was a high-volume case worker and donations are deeply appreciated This new six member PAP team State Elections to keep racism out at Flemington Kensington Community by all of us. represents the first time we have had a of politics. Although the racialised Legal Centre for 14 years and was completed individual advocacy – to legal We have continued our close crime panic largely failed to translate an active part of the centre’s police advocacy– to systemic advocacy pathway collaboration with Inner Melbourne electorally, the real harms of years of shootings campaign in the early 1990’s. and represents a huge boost to our ability Community Legal but with renewed vigor strategic racism continue to be felt by Gregor brings a wealth of experience in to enact the sort of brave, ‘full spectrum’ and focus over the past 12 months. The communities today through housing and client-centred casework, strategic and advocacy we have long aspired to. in-principle agreement that was signed in employment discrimination and in the collaborative advocacy and law reform April between the two boards to develop intense, targeted and racialised policing and a lifelong commitment to social justice. This year marked Denise Gardner’s 30th plans for merging our centres was a key our clients and peer advocates report. year of employment at the Flemington Tieea Jaya also joined the team as step. In the coming year we will continue Kensington Community Legal Centre Also in 2018 the racist and sexist rantings Police Accountability Solicitor in March this exciting change process as we work making her one of, if not the, longest of the head of Victoria Police’s Professional 2019 replacing Julian McDonald as Clinic toward building a community legal centre continually employed worker in the Standards Command, Brett Guerrin, was Supervisor. Tieea has defended people that our communities will be proud of in entire community legal sector. We are revealed, not by any internal review system, from communities long targeted and treated 40 years time. immensely proud to have Denise here but by the careful work of investigative prejudicially by police and is relentless at Flem Ken. Her knowledge of the Anthony Kelly journalism at The Age. This was personal when it comes to the rights of people and community is second to none. Her skills for our centre, with Guerin playing a key achieving fair and just outcomes. Executive Officer and experience is immensely valued role in ‘managing’ the community outcry One of my proudest achievements this not just by us, but by so many clients, over the local racial profiling operations year has been the re-establishing of our workers and families throughout Victoria. over ten years ago which prompted our Walking Alongside Program and the Haile-Micheal case. We were pleased Our growing staff team remains partnership with cohealth, which has when IBAC launched an investigation but inspiring in their skills, determination and By the numbers been planned for so many years. are yet to see any detail of its outcomes. commitment to the work and they make Witt Gorrie (nee Church) took on the this little centre the powerhouse that it is. 90.5% of our client are After the shocking police raid on the role of Outreach Support Officer as experiencing financial Hares and Hyenas bookshop in May I would like to acknowledge and thank part of the Walking Alongside Program, 2019 we instantly called for the incident our primary funders, the Community hardship with 74% on funded by a grant from the Lord Mayors to be independently investigated. IBAC Legal Services Program (CLSP) from a government pension, Charitable Foundation. Witt is an announced an own-motion investigation the Commonwealth of Australia and the experienced social worker and brings benefit or allowance into the matter within a few days. We State of Victoria. extensive experience to the PAP team in and 1.2% reporting no should recognise incidents such as this critical para-legal outreach position. Building on this recurrent funding, we income source at all these as tangible indicators of our received significant and timely grants This year we have also welcomed Sofia ever-growing, collective impact. from Department of Justice, Department Todorova, our Policing Family Violence Late last year we said goodbye to of Premier and Cabinet, Lord Mayor’s Solicitor to the team providing specialist Julian McDonald and Verity Smith and Charitable Foundation and Reichstein family violence and police accountability welcomed several new members to the Foundation. Generous private donations legal support and assistance in the critical Police Accountability team . 8 Our Generalist Legal Services

Firstly I would like to acknowledge the areas of the law. Requests for assistance contributions of our volunteers. Our in infringements matters and road traffic current, previous and ongoing volunteers offences comes on the top of the list, and played an important role in delivering an increase in criminal matters as well. our service. They allowed us to manage In addition, we are still assisting clients a large workload. For those who left us in a variety of matters including debts, due to work commitments I would like to Centrelink issues, tenancy and public thank them for their dedicated service. housing matters, citizenship applications Recently, many Flem Ken volunteers and consumer affairs matters. There is also received remarkable job offers and found the assistance for victims of crime with their The Wills Clinic team, Vivian Lai-Tran, Tony French & Robert Guzman to be of great value for the employers applications to the VOCAT and to people The Wills Clinic within the profession. We wish them all who received a deportation notice from the The Thursday morning Wills Clinic has The opportunity to work within the Wills the best in their future careers. Department of Home Affairs. retained its popularity in 2019. Pro-Bono Clinic has also proven to be an invaluable We continue to experience high level of George Ghobrial Lawyer and Lawyer Tony French is our ever dedicated experience for our volunteers. Wills Clinic demand for our legal services in most Sue Brown Principal Solicitor Pro Bono lawyer and he is supported paralegal, Vivian Lai-Tran, states; by Wills Clinic paralegals. This service provides legal advice and casework for “As a law student, the experience Wills and Powers of Attorney. of meeting with vulnerable clients for interviews, taking notes, and To date the Clinic has assisted over a hundred clients, most of which would drafting their Wills has been have otherwise lacked the means or invaluable and a highly practical understanding to arrange for a Will to addition to my studies. The be prepared. For these reasons, the Wills Clinic helps to build the Clinic continues to play a valuable role skills employers seek and most within the community, offering clients importantly, is a contribution to the access to professional and experienced community to secure vulnerable legal support in the preparation of their documents. We refer complex Wills to financial and familial positions.” private law firms, when required. Through the generosity of Tony, who Our clients are a clear reflection of the has been attending this service every diversity of our community, which has Thursday for many years now. We are largely been the result of a number of providing our clients sound advice. impressive outreach events, such as the Many times you will see an older person FKCLC Bills+ Day which not only helped somewhat tense before the interview but advise a number of disadvantaged when they leave they come out smiling community members on legal and and happy with the outcome. Tony is truly financial matters, but saw a major influx one of our treasured Pro bono lawyers. Principal Solicitor Sue Brown with client of clientele to the Wills Clinic. 9 The Safe from Harm Program

All people have the right to safety and The Family Law Clinic Community Outreach and Legal Education to make informed decisions about The Family Law Clinic model was We provide a range of free educational • The Flemington Community Centre family relationships. Our Safe from Harm developed in response to feedback from and advocacy activities. Some of our is a community hub in a safe and project, a major partnership with Moonee our clients and community as one way CLE activities this year: accessible location adjacent to public Valley Legal Service, continues to provide housing estates. Co-located services to reduce barriers to accessing legal • Kensington Public Housing Estates critical assistance to those experiencing and programs provide access to a services. It was designed to provide a Wellbeing Group (46 people) legal issues as a result of violence from a first point of contact that has integrated range of parenting groups, support family member or relationship breakdown service delivery, in recognition that a • Board of Imams (8 people) services and community and cultural and works to reduce barriers to seeking strength of the Safe from Harm project • Relationships Australian Family groups and events. this assistance. is the diversity of legal issues that can Violence Support Group (15 people) • Hopetoun Early Years Centre houses be addressed by one solicitor, in a safe • Flemington Seniors Group (32 people) Maternal Child Health Nurses and and easily accessible way. • Vietnamese Womens Parental Support early childhood care and programs. It The Clinic experiences consistently high Group (18 people) is located adjacent to public housing demand and continues to assist clients • Presenting the Seniors Forum: The estates and routinely accessed by with a wide range of legal issues resulting Journey Ahead (over 100 attendees) and parents in the area, making it a safe and from family violence or relationship attending Refugee Week celebrations accessible location to seek legal help. breakdown, including divorce, parenting ‘Very informative, friendly, caring ‘The lawyer always helps the women plans and orders, debt and other and responsive to my questions. I refer to her. They tell me that she financial issues and legal responses to treats them with respect and in a family violence including intervention Very important information on laws way that is sensitive to our culture. orders. Services have been expanded related to family.’ in order to respond to an increase - legal education event participant: I feel more empowered to help women in my community if they in the number of senior community Our legal outreach locations are targeted members seeking legal assistance in to the needs of victims of family violence, experience domestic violence.’ future planning decisions (including in recognition that all people should be Quote from feedback, client of service: powers of attorney, loan and guarantor able to access legal help in a way that arrangements, family care arrangements is safe, easily accessible and integrated ‘I didn’t know where to go for help and wills etc.) in response to or to reduce with other services. Our outreach and met (the lawyer) at an event the potential impact of, pressure placed services this year: for seniors. When I saw her at from family members especially in her office she helped me straight relation to financial matters. away and I was able to resolve my legal issue with my son. Having a local service that is available to help when needed is wonderful. Fantastic service, thank you!’ – local community worker

10 Moonee Valley Family Violence Network The Moonee Valley Family Violence Network (MVFVN) was established by and is co-convened in partnership with the Moonee Valley City Council and the Safe from Harm project, represented by lawyers from the Flemington and Kensington Community Legal Centre and the Moonee Valley Legal Service. This year the MVFVN has continued to meet bi-monthly and has convened two well attended community forums. There are currently 50 regular members Members of the Moonee Valley from a diverse range of community and Family Violence Network government organisations who share a collective commitment to addressing family violence and improving the accessibility, co-ordination and availability of services to those who have experienced family violence. This integrated approach aims to inform the development of service responses to a person who connects with the community service sector, and ensure workers are equipped to identify social and legal need and to refer appropriately. The meetings also serve as an opportunity to share service updates and trends and as a professional development opportunity for members. Some of our guest speakers this year include Gerard Mansour the Commissioner for Senior Victorians and Ambassador for Elder Abuse Prevention, Gary Ferguson from Seniors Rights Victoria and Sara Shinkfield from the Forced Marriage Prevention and Capacity Building project |at the Australian Red Cross. Nadine Bradilovich Solicitor, Family Law & Family Violence

11 The stories of our clients

Amburo is a single parent who referred An elderly gentleman Ahmet, attended Charlie was facing a serious indictable to us by the Salvation Army early in our service with his son in order to obtain charge when he approached us 2018. Amburo was originally a refugee a Power of Attorney. At the start of the for assistance. Charlie worked in a and came to Australia in the late 1990s. interview it was discovered that the son government department where he was She was homeless as a result of family was to be sole executor. Our lawyer at risk of losing his job and having a violence when she received multiple advised Ahmet’s son that he would have permanent criminal record. infringements which amounted to more to leave the room in order to ensure that Charlie was out drinking with friends than $12,000. the power of attorney was not made when the incident occurred. As a result under any undue influence or duress. Flem Ken applied to Fines Victoria for a of the incident, he had been suspended Our client’s son was reluctant to leave review of Amburo’s infringements under the from work until the matter heard in court. his father as he wasn’t sure if we could Family Violence Scheme. In its submission interpret his father’s requests. We engaged and briefed a barrister to to Fines Victoria, we highlighted the family appear for the client, who raised the violence she experienced. Fines Victoria We then arranged for a telephone potential for diversion. The prosecutor determined that our client was eligible interpreter. The interpreter advised us took into account the good background to have most of her infringement fines that Ahmet was confused as to why of the client, along with the remorse withdrawn. For those fines not eligible he had to execute any documents and he had shown. One of our volunteer for the Scheme as they related to safety was adamant that he did not need a solicitors argued for diversion at the issues, Flem Ken was able to assist her power of attorney. Ahmet was then given Melbourne Magistrates Court which was with a payment plan. additional information concerning why granted. Our client avoided a criminal people need these documents and was record and was able to continue working told to discuss with his children. in his position. Ahmet was then advised that we would book an onsite interpreter when they next came. Ahmet seemed happier to consider this and returned with two executors and an onsite interpreter was arranged. Somalia, Ethiopia, Sudan and Eritrea make up our client’s four most common countries of birth after Australia.

12 Bringing war-torn families together

Again, a change in the demographics I am in regular contact with Penny Vine Finally I need to thank my colleague Marj saw increasing numbers of Congolese a doctor working with refugees living in Mattew for her stoic and sensible help and Tibetan refugees come into our Albury. I am also involved with Tenzin and also to welcome Maria Tucci who Migration practice. Iraqi, Iranian and East Lobsang Khangsar from the Tibetan has recently become a Migration Agent. Africans make up the majority remaining. Council of Australia seeking to correct Denise Gardner the dates and places of birth of a number It is interesting to realise that families who of clients. We have approached Justice Migration Agent arrived as refugees about 10 to 20 years Connect to obtain assistance from a ago are reluctant to leave ministry housing private law firm to help with this. and therefore increasingly I am seeing Refugee Week at Kensington Neighbourhood House, people from outside our official catchment. From left: Carmen, Heather, Nadine & Thuan. Despite criticism of the accommodation provided on the High Rise for many families it means easy access to employment. The thirty floor blocks have generated their own communities and ease of access to medical and study opportunities for new arrivals and their Aussie born children. The newest of refugees now find homes in Werribee or Craigieburn. As a result I have many, many clients referred by the Unaccompanied Minor Program, Foundation House and MyCare attempting to reunite families. The work is incredibly frustrating when a clearly extremely intelligent young person is refused a visa to join their family here. Tearful when a client needs a family member to support them and their children as they approach the end of their life. Anger when I’m shown the marks left by a torturer. But then a client, who spent the first hour of our first interview sobbing, has the joy of phoning me to let me know that their daughter is on that magic plane. And yes I wasted an hour or so on the Flight Tracker website with her watching as that plane crossed the Timor Sea.

13 Police Accountability Project

The Police Accountability Project continues The police complaints clinic Sofia & Gregor in the PAP office to build on its work of previous years, whilst PAP has run a high-volume police adopting a number of strategic shifts in complaints clinic for four years. Our response to client legal need. clients told us credible personal stories We have now wound up our state-wide of police misconduct. They wanted police complaints clinic, substantially police accountability, including police developed our response to police family disciplinary responses, apologies violence duty failures, refocussed on and behaviour change. Unfortunately, criminal defence work and appointed an that was rarely the outcome, with a outreach support worker. substantiation rate of 3%. The civil litigation practice completed This highlighted the shortcomings of a number of large cases from previous Victoria’s police complaints system years, creating capacity to take on new and provides a credible evidence matters focusing on racialised policing of base to challenge the lack of police young people. accountability. Our clients also provided feedback that they wanted criminal defence and litigation advice, and we have shifted our focus into those areas. The clinic has operated as a valued partnership with the Melbourne Law School and the support of the public interest legal clinic students, and we acknowledge their invaluable support over the years. Civil Litigation The litigation practice had strategically reduced its case volume in previous years, to some ten civil matters before the courts. Significantly, we finalised our Supreme Court test case of Smith v The State, which the centre had been running for five years. Smith stands for the proposition that police may owe a duty of care for failing to adequately protect a survivor-victim of family violence from harm. This represents a significant shift in the law of police torts in Victoria.

14 The Police Powers & Your Rights booklet The Flemington Kensington Community Legal Centre, in partnership with the Legal Aid Commission and then Victoria Legal Aid, has been putting out the Police Powers & Your Rights booklet since 1991 when Jude McCulloch was employed at the centre as a Project Worker for the Police Shootings Campaign. We have seen 24 editions of this popular and very widely distributed booklet, with the latest being edited, updated and published in August 2019. It remains an accessible and valuable resource for all Victorians who may come into contact with police. Thanks to Jen Ward, Andrea Staunton, Michele Lee and Monica Ferrari from Victoria Legal Aid, Community Legal Education team for all their work on Independent Investigations the publication. A collection of our Police Powers booklets since 1991 Our long-term advocacy for a truly government departments, bodies, Gregor Husper, Principal, Police independent and effective police complaints commissions and key stakeholders. Accountability Project system in Victoria has gone from strength to Our media work in this area speaks for strength. In September 2018 the Report on itself, raising the stories of victims of Inquiry into the external oversight of police police misconduct, drawing them to the corruption and misconduct in Victoria was attention of decision-makers and helping tabled in Parliament. We congratulate the to ensure that so many incidents are IBAC Committee on its powerful, thorough investigated and brought before courts. and ground breaking report into police oversight in Victoria. After such a tumultuous year of scandals the need to establish a Police Corruption and The tabling of this report was truly an Misconduct Division in IBAC to ensure that it historic moment in police accountability can independently and effectively investigate in Victoria and has formed the basis of complaints is strikingly clear. our work to ensure Parliament puts all 69 of its recommendations into action. Our latest 2019 Briefing Paper, now in the hands of every Member of Parliament We have continued to work within a wide in Victoria, speaks directly to these and diverse network of agencies as we recommendations. guide, advise and advocate for this critical systemic changes within parliament, We look forward to the Victorian Government’s response. 15 Policing Family Violence: Changing the Story During the 2018-19 period we continued, respond to and prevent the criminalisation violence and police accountability legal During this period we provided training built and grew our ‘Policing Family Violence: of women through family violence policing. support and assistance; expanding and police accountability support to Changing the Story’ project, providing Walking Alongside worker Witt Gorrie’s other workers and agencies, and also With referral numbers increasing and direct support to people, primarily women role to provide social work support, and ran a centralised practice forum for family a better understanding of support and children, for whom police responses providing ongoing non-legal advocacy, violence lawyers and support workers needs and sector gaps, we moved to family violence raised accountability or other casework support. We also to identify and respond to police family to a wraparound socio-legal support safety issues, or caused harm. continued and expanded our narrative- violence duty failures. model to provide an integrated family therapy based ‘storytelling project’, as an During this time we moved to guide violence and police accountability case We continued our own police individual option to document stories and and steer the project through a working work response to people contacting the accountability public and sector advocacy, experiences outside the police complaints group of our own Police Accountability service - providing criminal law advice including via media commentary system, and at the systemic level, to Project together with Flat Out, The Law and assistance to people through Tieea and stories, parliamentary lobbying, gather a co-authored evidence base & Advocacy Centre for Women, Inner Jaya’s role, welcoming Sofia Todorova, submissions to the IBAC parliamentary regarding the lived experiences of family Melbourne Community Legal and St Kilda our Policing Family Violence Solicitor inquiry aimed at achieving independent violence policing. Legal Service, with a focus intervening to to the team, to provide specialist family investigation of police complaints made by family violence survivors and numerous sector forums and joint groups. Lauren & Sofia delivering a Policing Family Violence Given the level of need for police training session accountability responses around family violence policing, the harm related to levels of ‘misidentification’ of survivors, criminalisation of women and people experiencing family violence, trends in duty failures, and people responding to violence by police officers, we are committed to continuing and deepening this work. This will be made possible via ongoing Integrated Services grants funding, and funding through the Legal Services Board that will enable us to expand the level of legal assistance and casework support we provide, and to extend our civil litigation capacity. We are immensely grateful for this funding. We thank all of the people we work with through the project who ultimately direct and shape this work, and who resist and survive both family and state violence with resilience and incredible insight. Lauren Caulfield, Advocacy Coordinator

16 Walking Alongside Program & the Peer Advocacy Team This year, with the generous support of partners and funders, we have been able to reinvigorate the Walking Alongside Program. With its focus upon racialised and criminalised communities this program is unique in the sector. The Walking Alongside Program and its assertive outreach and youth engagement focuses upon discriminatory processes, systems and institutions and the harms they cause to young people. It draws on the strengths of young people as agents of change through pathways to empowerment and advocacy. The Peer Advocacy Team is a rights based empowerment model and creates unique pathways for advocacy – for the voices of young people from impacted communities to be heard in the media, in Parliament and through legal advocacy. It is also a unique health-justice partnership that provides an integrated referral and support model – warm links and clinical supervision for staff – who work within a multi-disciplinary socio- legal team. Our partnership with cohealth closely integrates youth/health workers within a legal – advocacy team. This embedded nature and long-term client support is unique and important.

This project has been proudly supported to date by The Reichstein Foundation, cohealth. Pick My Project and the Lord Mayors Charitable Foundation. A screenshot from ABC 4 Corners, Crime and Panic, 5 Nov 2018

17 Without Suspicion: The campaign to end racial profiling in Victoria The Without Suspicion campaign is working to end discriminatory policing and racial profiling by police in Victoria, using an integrated strategy of political advocacy and law reform work, targeted media and communications, strategic litigation and community organising. Without Suspicion incorporates the work of the Police Accountability Project (PAP) team; CEO Anthony Kelly, Peer Advocacy Coordinator Deng Maleek Deng, with advocacy and law reform work coordinated by Lauren Caulfield. It works in closely with the legal practice and the client support work of Witt Gorrie. Racial profiling by Victoria Police and the harmful impacts of media distortion, stereotyping and racism were exposed in a hard-hitting look at Victoria’s racialised crime panic on national television. ABC’s Four Corners interviewed staff at length and included the stories of several of peer advocates and clients who have experienced some shocking incidents of racial profiling such as being ordered Victoria Police are yet to take racial external and internal pressure needed to Coordinator Deng Maleek and out of public libraries for no other reason peer advocate, Sajda Yakub. profiling seriously and ensure that all bring Victoria Police’s racial profiling ban than their skin colour. police are held accountable for unlawful into practice. ABC 4 Corners, Crime and Panic, stops based on bias or stereotypes. We We have also engaged IBAC via a series of Monitoring and engagement with the went to air on 5th November, 2018. regularly hear from young people who are meetings and correspondence to ensure Chief Commissioner’s Human Rights targeted by police based on their race. its police complaints handling processes The Victoria Police has finalised what they Advisory Group has continued as well as are cognisant of and actively monitor labelled Phase two of the Equality Is Not We have renewed our calls for Victoria meetings directly with senior command, infringements of human rights and systemic The Same (ENS) Action Plan, originally Police to institute statewide stop-data targeted correspondence, generating and discrimination such as racial profiling. developed in response to the settlement monitoring in order to reign in what supporting community advocacy with of the Haile Michael Federal Court case appears to be endemic racial –profiling in Victoria Police regarding their commitments Our approach to ensure Victoria Police but this has failed to deliver substantive various fora over the past year. to end racial profiling particularly advancing institutes state-wide stop-data monitoring action or the internal reforms in operational the recommendations in our ‘Monitoring has shifted over 2019 to examine high Stop-data monitoring is an internationally practices and institutional attitudes needed. Racial Profiling’ (2017). impact legal strategies once again. recognised practise to facilitate the 18 Volunteering at Flem Ken

I signed up for the Police Accountability A lot of the time, simply navigating Clinic during my second last year of law available options is in itself a challenge for school. I didn’t expect to find myself many clients, let alone obtaining a desired one year later, not only having gained outcome. Often, just having FKCLC assist direct exposure to the police complaints with filling out forms, making enquiries, process, but also infringement reviews, following up on applications and victims of crime applications, criminal explaining processes goes a long way. law, consumer complaints, and a myriad Contact with clients is something that of other issues faced by clients of cannot be learnt in the classroom. Flemington and Kensington Community Volunteering has been the only way for Legal Centre. me to participate in client interviewing, Being a generalist volunteer means which has been dynamic, challenging not necessarily knowing what issues and instructive. and tasks you will be grappling with on Volunteering at FKCLC provides students Our front desk volunteers are also Finally, one of the drawcards of any given day. As a law student, this is with the opportunity to gain practical legal gaining invaluable experience in general volunteering at FKCLC was the centre’s challenging and hugely educative. experience and work closely with the administrative and reception tasks and focus on, not only casework, but broader community alongside legal professionals, also in legal referrals; developing their Volunteering at FKCLC has given context social change. It has been a pleasure some of whom are also volunteers. knowledge of the community legal sector to my in-class learnings. By assisting with to contribute to a CLC that balances and other opportunities in our community The practical legal knowledge gained casework, I have gained insight into the addressing legal need with combating and elsewhere in Victoria. while volunteering at FKCLC is invaluable. challenges faced by a significant number structural racism, family violence, Practical experience for our volunteers Personally, I have learnt a great deal from of people in our community when they inequality and highlighting the flaws includes drafting letters, sitting in on the staff at FKCLC and I am extremely find themselves with a legal problem. in the police complaints process. client interviews, conducting legal appreciative of their kindness and Clare Van Balen, Volunteer paralegal research and more! support throughout my time as Volunteer Co-ordiantor. Additionally, volunteers always have the opportunity for feedback from their I’d like to thank all of our volunteers, past supervising solicitor, allowing them to and present, for their hard work and improve and develop their practical legal dedication to FKCLC. We are greatly skills. This is essential for their future appreciative of the time they have devoted career in law as they begin putting to helping each and every client while into practice the knowledge gained also balancing their University and work throughout their degrees. commitments. It has been an honour to volunteer alongside such an incredibly We have had volunteers gain experience in intelligent and passionate group of people. many areas of the legal centre; including our Generalist practice, Police Accountability Ashley Stocco, Volunteer Co-ordinator Clinic, Safe from Harm Program, Migration and in Advocacy and Research.

19 Volunteering with the Safe From Harm Project Volunteering at FKCLC with the Family team very warm and accommodating. Law Clinic has been a rewarding learning There is always a friendly face available to experience. Working with this team I have answer questions and no one is too busy been exposed to a wide range of legal to provide assistance when it is needed. matters and have gained skills that will Being surrounded by experienced transfer to my future career in law. There solicitors and other law students fosters is no such thing as an average day at the a comforting environment for anyone legal centre. seeking experience in the community law sector. I would particularly like to thank Legal issues involving family relationships Nadine for taking me under her wing and can be very emotional for clients and providing invaluable mentoring. we generally are the first interaction they have with the legal system. This can be Volunteering with FKCLC has given me daunting and seeing a lawyer be able a holistic understanding of family and to ease their concerns with information, elder law beyond what could be gained legal advice and other resources is a in the classroom. It has enriched my law rewarding experience. degree beyond measure. Coming into this role with no practical Jackie Robertson, Volunteer legal experience, I found the FKCLC Law Student Safe from Harm

SFH para-legals Jackie Robertson & Sabine Johnson Volunteering at FKCLC, in the Generalist I have been rostered on different days Practice has been an eye opening throughout the week, and although the experience for me. It has exposed me to people around me are different, they a large range of work, where every client are still all friendly and pleasant. On has a different situation, which requires Mondays, during lunch we would sit in different tasks. For most cases, I would be one of the rooms and play a game to constantly on the phone trying to gather figure out what happened on a specific updates on clients’ situations. Other times, day. On Thursdays, I would go down with I would be researching how to be resolve other students to buy a glorious bahn mi. a situation, or drafting up documents to The people are what make volunteering at be submitted to relevant authorities. this centre so worth it. It is why I get up in As a law student, I found volunteering the mornings to continue working here. at FKCLC an invaluable experience as David Youren, Volunteer Law Student it has taught me soft skills which are Generalist Monday and Thursday transferrable to other professions, such as dealing with clients, drafting letters and emails, and legal research. 20 Office, administration & finance

It has been an incredibly busy year, with the topic is too broad and it is not really lots of changes happening at our Centre. relevant to our set up. I remember when I first started to work On the last week of the 2018-2019 at Flemington & Kensington Community financial year, I participated in the Legal Centre (FKCLC) more than 15 Community Legal Assistance Services years ago as an Admin/Finance Officer. System (CLASS) Data Report onsite At that time, I felt like I was working training by Kieran of the Federation of under a friendly and supportive family Community Legal Centres. I now know environment of a very small team of six more about the Data Report, and I am part-time staff. We have had quite a few still learning the new program day by day. staff changes throughout the years and We thank you our monthly contributors we now have thirteen part-time State and for their generous donations, these Commonwealth funded staff and non- being: Genevieve Nihill, Kathryn government funded project workers. This Richardson, Marion Singer, Kate is more than “double” when I started. O’Connor, Amy Knight, Hazel Kearns- Despite our legal Centre often having Rees & Jasmine Pilbrow. “new faces” throughout the years, it is always a pleasure to welcome new staff We also need to thank individual donors: on board. Importantly, I still enjoy working Rodney Vlais, Glenn Osboldstone, Patrick at this Centre year after year. Emerton, Eann Lister, Zeiya Speede, Charlie Somerville, Bruce Sims, Dianne Couch, My role is the same, I am still responsible Russell Byard, Daniel Crute, Genevieve for finance and administration fields and I Nihill, Irene Gale, Susan Hillman-Stolz, Adam have learnt a little bit more experience in Lodders, Piergiorgio Moro, Emma Belfield, my daily role every year. Nola Frawley, Siobhan McGrath, Enzo In late August 2018, our Centre had an Tommasi and Sean Cribbin. onsite training by Victoria Legal Aid staff Again, a huge thank you to our board teaching how to use Orbit for referrals. members and volunteers for their This is a more detailed referral for front valuable time here especially reception/ desk/reception workers/volunteers. I find front desk volunteers. Thanks also go it a bit useful, however, it takes more time. to our Migration Agent - Denise for her On 31 October 2018, I participated in the “quality stationery hunting” at her regional Community Legal Assistance Services op-shop to donate to the centre. System (CLASS) CLC training and Thank you for taking your time to read consultation workshop in the city hosted my “annual boring report” and see you by National Association of Community next year. Legal Centres and Federation of Community Legal Centres. I honestly did Thuan Nguyen, not learn much from this workshop as Administration and Finance Officer 21 Office management

The centre certainly packs in a lot of Centrelink, Medicare, or Fines Victoria. work and responds to many situations “Just google it” may not work for people where you have to act very quickly and with no internet or low levels of English try to resolve these issues. One of my skills. Face to face interaction is what we core areas seems to be attending to all require. Many times callers are just equipment, building and IT issues as they happy to speak to reception staff and if arise. The older the building, the more we take on their matter you can feel their problems you encounter. For example, sigh of relief that they are being taken off door knob to the caseworker’s room falls the referral round-about. off, potentially leaving staff trapped in the We are in our second year of the room. Or there is always software and National data base known as CLASS. hardware grumbles. Each year the system improves but still As the centre continues to support people has its limits. Having the support of eth and communities from our catchment area, Help Desk has assisted us and we look we have noticed an increased number of forward to updates in 2020. homeless clients and referrals from other The centre strives to operate on the services to us. Some of this arises when smell of an oily rag. Donations of goods other legal centres are experiencing staff or funds is always helpful. Without the shortages, or conflict of interest referrals. dedication of our staff, and volunteers Many times these cases are worthy of this centre would not be able to have the us taking on. However, due to staff being public profile it has in our communities. overloaded with their own casework, or Our work is spread between our local the issue is not our area of expertise, then community and statewide service these matters are referred elsewhere. provision. We continue to make a Another reason for increased referrals difference for vulnerable individuals or is that the legal system is becoming groups. It is not uncommon for some more complex. Fewer interactions to drop into the centre to say hello, to with government authorities such as me that indicates that we have had an impact on their lives. Carmen Tommasi Office Manager

22 Age of clients 2018-2019 Our work by numbers

0-17 (5.5%) 18-24 (7.4%) 25-34 (18.3%) Financial Disadvantage 35-49 (31.1%) for clients 2018-2019 50-64 (19.3%) 65+ (12.4%) UNKNOWN (5.9%) EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL GENDER of clients 2018-2019 DISADVANTAGE (90.5%) NOT EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL DISADVANTAGE (9.5%)

MALE (53.8%)

FEMALE (45.9%)

OTHER (0.3%) Client income source 2018-2019

EARNED (21.8%) GOVERNMENT PENSION, Area of Law 2018-2019 BENEFIT OR ALLOWANCE (74.4%) INCOME SOURCE OTHER (1.4%) NO INCOME (1.2%) NOT STATED (1.2%)

CIVIL LAW (673)

CRIMINAL LAW (136)

FAMILY LAW (126)

* Services delivered NOT number of client e.g Can have five services for one client 23 Frequent Legal Matters Our work by numbers By Problem Type 2018-2019

GOVT/ADMIN COMPLAINTS AGAINST POLICE 346

ALL OTHER PROBLEM TYPES 124

WILLS/PROBATE POWER 199 91 OF ATTORNEY Total number of IMMIGRATION REFUGEE/ legal advices OFFSHORE/OTHER 88 provided FAMILY L AW 77

FAMILY VIOLENCE 49

ROAD TRAFFIC AND 47 MOTOR VEHICLE OFFENCES 485 GOVT/ADMIN ISSUES 37 RELATING TO FINES cases we closed

TENANCY OTHER 21 in this time

Top 10 countries of birth 579 for OUR clients 2018-2019 FAMILY LAW/VIOLENCE CASES 2018-2019 Total clients 2018-2019 ITALY 9

INDIA 9 CASES OPENED CHINA (EXCLUDES SARS AND TAIWAN) 10 LEGAL ADVICE AFGHANISTAN 18 77 30 49 17 370 VIETNAM 21 Total number FAMILY LAW FAMILY VIOLENCE of referrals ERITREA 26 * Opened cases only provided SUDAN 33

ETHIOPIA 44 SOMALIA 70 357 AUSTRALIA 203 cases we opened * Non casework statistics are under reported for this financial year. Due to reallocating the correct CLASS data entry fields for projects services i.e. CLE, law reform and advocacy. in this time 24 Expenditure 2019 $ 2018 $ Financial Report for the year Amenities 1,306 1,206 Annual Leave Loading 3,328 4,197 ended 30 June 2019 ASC Lodgement Fees - 114 Audit 4,300 4,300 Bank Charges 2,217 2,342 statement of Profit or loss and other comprehensice Cleaning 5,031 5,060 Depreciation 1,110 2,416 income for the year ended 30 June 2019 Electricity, Gas & Fuel 3,844 3,994 Income 2019 $ 2018 $ Insurance 5,916 4,344 CLC Recurrent - Commonwealth 116,724 115,040 Library & Subscriptions 4,166 4,523 CLC Recurrent - State 224,636 220,232 Membership 1,008 2,028 Commonwealth VLA - SACS ERO Contribution 13,576 11,360 Migration Agents Certificate 105 105 State VLA - SACS ERO Contribution 65,780 53,904 Minor Equipment Purchases 506 147 State VLA - SACS ERO Extra - 20,336 Other 7,70 9 4,839 VLA one-off/Innovation Grant 23,888 50,286 Postage 1,900 1,813 CLC Advance carried froward to next year (2,043) - Practising Certificates 943 469 Service Generate Income 5,186 3,209 Provision for Annual Leave (502) 2,744 Interest received 11,639 11,311 Provision for Long Service Leave 4,415 12,813 Fundraising/Donations 320 4,101 Funded Program - Auspicing for Local Group - 24,225 Sundry - Salary Recoupment (W/Cover) 45,920 45,104 Funded Program - Safe From Harm 56,715 61,484 Other Administration recovery income 9,156 19,200 Funded Program - Without Suspicion 28,150 77,8 8 0 Other Income 4 07,6 56 479,495 Funded Program - PAP Costs Recovered 953 38,273 922,438 1,033,578 Funded Program - PAP Donation 89,864 48,611 Funded Program - Peers to Peer 60,806 64,478 Funded Program - LSB Police Complaints Clinic - 16,945 Funded Program - Melb Uni Police Complaints Clinic 10,724 22,841 Funded Program - DoJ Police Complaints Clinic 49,674 26,049 Funded Program - Family Complaints 45,684 30,376 Funded Program - Walking Alongside Project 11,925 - Funded Program - Somali Women’s Project 7,6 32 20,739 Rent 8,775 8,100 Salaries 316,269 327,973 Stationery & Photocopying 8,265 14,739 Superannuation 30,141 30,609 Telephone 8,103 10,828 Training 2,842 5,214 Travel 120 11,665 VLA Innovation Expenses 23,888 50,286 Work Cover Insurance 1,047 1,794 Work Cover Salary 45,920 44,224 854,799 994,787 Surplus/(Loss) before income tax 67,6 3 9 38,791 Income tax expense - - Surplus/(Loss) after income tax 67,6 3 9 38,791 Retained Surplus/(Loss) at the beginning of the financial year 158,540 119,749 Retained Surplus/(Loss) at the end of the financial year 226,179 158,540

25 25 Statement of financial position Statement of Cash flows for year ended 30 June 2019 for the year ended 30 June 2019 2019 $ 2018 $ 2019 $ 2018 $ Current Assets Cash Flows from Operating Activities Cash 810,432 491,649 Receipts from government grants (recurrent) 413,603 403,906 Trade and other receivables 1,262 3,516 Receipts from customers 751,032 392,326 Total Current Assets 811,694 495,165 Payments to suppliers and employees (855,832) ( 9 57,616 ) Non-Current Assets Interest received 11,639 10,615 Property, plant and equipment 2,849 2,300 Net Cash provided by operating activities 320,442 (150,769) Total Non-Current Assets 2,849 2,300 Cash Flows from Investing Activities Total Assets 814,543 497,465 Payments for purchase of property and equipment (1,659) (2,056) Current Liabilities Net Cash provided by (used in) investing activities (1,659) (2,056) Trade and other creditors 41,215 39,263 Net increase (decrease) in cash held 318,783 (152,825) Amounts received in advance 398,400 151,344 Cash at the beginning of the year 491,649 644,474 Provisions 130,752 127,5 0 4 Cash at the end of the year 810,432 491,649 Total Current Liabilities 570,367 318,111 Non-Current Liabilities Provisions 17,9 97 20,814 Total Non-Current Liabilities 17,997 20,814 Statement of changes in equity Total Liabilities 588,364 338,925 for the year ended 30 June 2019 Net Assets 226,179 158,540 Share Reserves Retained Total $ Capital $ $ Earnings $ Members’ Funds Balance at 1 July 2017 - - 119,749 119,749 Retained profits 226,179 158,540 Surplus attributable to the entity - 38,791 38,791 Total Members’ Funds 226,179 158,540 Other comprehensive income - - - Shares issued - - Balance at 30 June 2018 - - 158,540 158,540 Surplus attributable to the entity 67,6 3 9 67,6 3 9 Other comprehensive income - - - Shares issued/(forfeited) - - Balance at 30 June 2019 - - 226,179 226,179

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