The Law Handbook 2024

Chapter 2.4: Legal services that can help 89 Web: www.barwoncommunitylegal.org.au Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC) Suites 2–4, 30–32 East Esplanade, St Albans Vic 3021 Tel: 8592 9077 Email: legal@comm-unityplus.org.au Web: www.comm-unityplus.org.au/legal-services/ community-legal-centre The BMCLC assists people who live, work or study in Bacchus Marsh, Brimbank or Melton. Consumer Action Law Centre (CALC) Tel (legal advice line): 1800 466 477 (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 10 am to 1pm) Tel (workers legal advice line): 9602 3326 (10 am to 1 pm Monday to Friday; 2 pm to 5 pm Monday, Thursday and Friday; 3 pm to 5 pm Wednesday) Tel (Koori help line): 1800 574 457 (10 am to 1 pm, and 2 pm to 5 pm, Monday to Friday) Web: www.consumeraction.org.au CALC is a specialist community legal centre that provides free legal advice to Victorians with fair trading or consumer finance problems. Disability Discrimination Legal Service (DDLS) Ross House, Level 2, 247 Flinders Lane, Melbourne 3000 Tel: 9654 8644; 1300 882 872 (rural callers) Email: info@ddls.org.au Web: www.ddls.org.au The DDLS is a state-wide community legal centre that specialises in disability discrimination matters. Djirra: Aboriginal Family Violence Legal Service Tel: 1800 105 303 Email: info@djirra.org.au Web: www.djirra.org.au Djirra – Melbourne office (head office) 292 Hoddle Street, Abbotsford Vic 3067 Tel: 9244 3333 Djirra’s Melbourne office services metropolitan Melbourne. Djirra – Bairnsdale office Tel: 5153 2322 Djirra’s Bairnsdale office services all of Gippsland. Djirra – Bendigo office 52 Queen Street, Bendigo Vic 3550 Tel: 4435 0500 Djirra – Echuca office Tel: 4411 7200 Djirra – Mildura office 151 Langtree Avenue, Mildura Vic 3500 Tel: 5021 3200 Djirra’s Mildura office services Mildura, Robinvale and Wentworth. Djirra – Morwell office 246 Commercial Road, Morwell Vic 3840 Tel: 5100 1700 Djirra’s Morwell office services the Latrobe Valley. Djirra – Warrnambool office 125A Kepler Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280 Tel: 5562 5755 Djirra’s Warrnambool office services Framlingham, Geelong, Hamilton, Heywood, Portland and Warrnambool. Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC) ECLC – Box Hill office (head office) Suite 3, Town Hall Hub, 27 Bank Street, Box Hill Vic 3128 Tel: 1300 325 200 Email: eclc@eclc.org.au Web: www.eclc.org.au Outreach: Ashburton, Bulleen, Deakin University, Hawthorn, and Ringwood Magistrates’ Court The ECLC Box Hill office assists people who live, work or study in Boroondara, Manningham or Whitehorse. ECLC – Boronia office Suite B, 6 Floriston Road, Boronia Vic 3155 Tel: 1300 325 200 Outreach: Ringwood Family Relationships Centre, Ringwood Magistrates’ Court and Rowville The ECLC Boronia office assists people who live, work or study in Knox or Maroondah. ECLC – Healesville office At Healesville Community Link, 110 River Street, Healesville Vic 3777 Tel: 1300 325 200 Outreach: Lilydale, Monbulk, Ringwood Magistrates’ Court and Yarra Junction The ECLC Healesville office assists people who live, work or study in the Yarra Ranges. Emma House Domestic Violence Services 131–133 Kepler Street, Warrnambool Vic 3280 Tel: 1800 366 238 Email: www.emmahouse.org.au Outreach: Camperdown, Hamilton, Portland and Terang