An order that authorises medical treatment for a patient who has been admitted to a psychiatric hospital without their consent. The treatment takes place in the community.
A message from the CEO – September 2024
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Other news
FLS Life Member reflects on 46 years of community service
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Fitzroy Legal Service’s Law Handbook 2024 is now available as a free online resource for the community
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Fitzroy Legal Service calls on governments to end the funding crisis
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Fitzroy Legal Service calls for family law system reforms to protect victim-survivors of family violence
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Fitzroy Legal Service announces new appointments and changes to the Board
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MEDIA RELEASE: Victorian Government must fix outdated and unfair driving laws that punish those prescribed medical cannabis
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Fitzroy Legal Service launches 46th edition of The Law Handbook
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Five minutes with former Fitzroy Legal Service Board member and longstanding volunteer, Carol Andrades
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Gemma’s case is not unique (CW: gendered-violence)
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Fitzroy Legal Service’s Board appoints new CEO, Hamish McLachlan
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Groundbreaking jobs expo to challenge barriers for women locked out of employment
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Fitzroy Legal Service and Q+Law celebrate IDAHOBIT Day
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Australia must do more to secure a ceasefire in Palestine
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Family Law and Family Violence team reignite FLS’s Divorce Clinic
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Message from the CEO – April 2024
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Migration Bill denies safe pathways for people seeking asylum in Australia
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Message from the CEO – March 2024
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Five minutes with FLS Night Service Director and Principal Lawyer, Rebecca Johnston-Ryan
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FLS welcomes new volunteers for 2024
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FLS submission to amend Australia’s Family Law Act
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Message from the CEO – February 2024
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Welcoming FLS’s 2024 Trainee Lawyer
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Message from the CEO – January 2024
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Fitzroy Legal Service doors remain open this Invasion Day
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Introducing FLS Interim CEO, Hamish McLachlan
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In the future, people like Thuy will no longer face unfair barriers
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FLS announces CEO departure following a legacy of purposeful growth
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Five minutes with former FLS volunteer, Michael Kingston
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Reflections on a harm reduction intervention in the Inquest into Veronica Nelson’s passing
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Victoria Police breaches human rights and its own policies at cannabis legalisation rally
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FLS submission on a medically supervised injecting service in the City of Melbourne
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Q+Law: A new legal service with and for LGBTIQA+ communities
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FLS joins calls for a Supervised Injecting Service in the CBD
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Fitzroy Legal Service joins in calls from Aboriginal, legal, and human rights organisations for the urgent reform of Victoria’s bail laws.
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Vale Uncle Jack
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Human Rights don’t stop at prison gates. It is time to end routine strip searching of people in prison!
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A message from the CEO – May 2025
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