A sentence for a criminal offence that does not involve imprisonment. The offender would normally be sentenced to a form of rehabilitation. See also ICO (intensive correction order).

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The Law Handbook 2024
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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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Save Community Legal Centres
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Fitzroy Legal Service calls on governments to end the funding crisis
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August 22, 2024
Fitzroy Legal Service calls for family law system reforms to protect victim-survivors of family violence
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Changes to the FLS Board
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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MEDIA RELEASE: Victorian Government must fix outdated and unfair driving laws that punish those prescribed medical cannabis    
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The Law Handbook 2024
July 8, 2024
Fitzroy Legal Service launches 46th edition of The Law Handbook    
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Carol Andrades, Former Fitzroy Legal Service Board member and long-term Night Service volunteer
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Five minutes with former Fitzroy Legal Service Board member and longstanding volunteer, Carol Andrades  
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Night Service victim-survivor of gendered violence
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Gemma’s case is not unique (CW: gendered-violence) 
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FLS appoints new CEO Hamish McLachlan
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Fitzroy Legal Service’s Board appoints new CEO, Hamish McLachlan
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Job Expo for Lived and Living Experience
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Groundbreaking jobs expo to challenge barriers for women locked out of employment 
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IDAHOBIT DAY
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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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Australia must do more to secure a ceasefire in Palestine
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FLS's free Divorce Clinic
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Family Law and Family Violence team reignite FLS’s Divorce Clinic
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A msg from the CEO, Hamish McLachlan
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Message from the CEO – April 2024  
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Amity Mara, Manager, Policy, Advocacy and Projects
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April 15, 2024
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March 28, 2024
Message from the CEO – March 2024  
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Rebecca Johnston-Ryan, Service Director and Principal Lawyer, Night Service
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Five minutes with FLS Night Service Director and Principal Lawyer, Rebecca Johnston-Ryan
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March 26, 2024
FLS welcomes new volunteers for 2024 
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March 15, 2024
FLS submission to amend Australia’s Family Law Act  
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February 29, 2024
Message from the CEO – February 2024  
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FLS 2024 Trainee Lawyer
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Welcoming FLS’s 2024 Trainee Lawyer
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A message from the CEO, January 2024, Hamish McLachlan
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Message from the CEO – January 2024  
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January 18, 2024
Fitzroy Legal Service doors remain open this Invasion Day
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Hamish McLachlan
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Introducing FLS Interim CEO, Hamish McLachlan  
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FLS announces CEO departure following a legacy of purposeful growth
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Solicitor and former Australian Government Solicitor, Michael Kingston
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Five minutes with former FLS volunteer, Michael Kingston
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Human Rights News
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Victoria Police breaches human rights and its own policies at cannabis legalisation rally
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May 26, 2023
FLS submission on a medically supervised injecting service in the City of Melbourne
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March 31, 2023
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March 10, 2023
FLS joins calls for a Supervised Injecting Service in the CBD
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January 24, 2023
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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