The Law Handbook 2024

Chapter 8.1: Understanding disability and the law 793 Fair Work Ombudsman Melbourne office: 414 La Trobe Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel: 13 13 94 Web: www.fairwork.gov.au Gippsland Disability Advocacy Incorporated Suite 2, First Floor, 6-8 Gray Street, Traralgon Vic 3844 Tel: 5175 0444 Email: administration@gdai.org.au Web: www.gdai.com.au The GDAI promotes awareness and understanding of the needs and abilities of people with disability and provides people with disability, families and professionals with advocacy support services. Grampians disAbility Advocacy Shop 2, 32 Tuson Street, Ararat Vic 3377 Tel: 1800 552 272 Email: admin@grampiansadvocacy.org.au Web: www.grampiansadvocacy.org.au Grampians disAbility Advocacy provides free advocacy support for people with disability across the Grampians region. Independent Family Advocacy and Support (IFAS) Web: www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/what-we-do/ independent-family-advocacy-and-support IFAS is a service that provides non-legal advocacy and support to parents and primary carers who are involved in the child protection system at the early stages. JobWatch Level 10/21 Victoria St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 9662 1933 Web: www.jobwatch.org.au Independent, not-for-profit employment rights community legal centre supporting workers, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) 570 Bourke Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Tel (admin): 9093 3701 Tel (support line): 1300 947 820 Email: contact@imha.vic.gov.au Web: www.imha.vic.gov.au IMHA supports people who are receiving compulsory mental health treatment to make decisions and to have a say about their assessment, treatment and recovery. Leadership Plus Anzac House, Level 4/4 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 9489 2999 Email: admin@leadershipplus.com Web: www.leadershipplus.com Assists with housing, employment, empowerment, and independent living for people with disability. Melbourne East Disability Advocacy Level 1, 79 Mahoney’s Road, Forest Hill Vic 3131 Tel: 9877 7990 Email: office@meda.org.au Web: www.meda.org.au MEDA is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights and interests of people with intellectual disabilities. Mental Health Legal Centre Suite 2, Level 2/491-495 King St, West Melbourne VIC 3003 Tel: 9629 4422 Email: mhlc@mhlc.org.au Web: www.mhlc.org.au The MHLC provides free legal services to anyone who has experienced mental illness where their legal problem relates to their mental illness. National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Tel: 1800 800 110 Email: enquiries@ndis.gov.au Web: www.ndis.gov.au NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission Level 4, 271 Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3000 Tel: 1800 035 544 Email: contactcentre@ndiscommission.gov.au Web: www.ndiscommission.gov.au New Horizons Self Advocacy Group, auspiced by Eastern Access Community Health (EACH) 9 Greenwood Avenue, Ringwood Vic 3134 Tel: 1300 003 224 Email: info@each.com.au Web: www.each.com.au/service/eachchoice-new- horizons-self-advocacy-group/ New Horizons is self-advocacy and mutual support group for adults with an intellectual disability living in the outer east suburbs of Melbourne.