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Presenter: You can get free and culturally safe legal advice from Legal Aid Queensland.
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Presenter: For learn more about the role the lawyer go play in getting a cultural recognition order, talk for a legal service provider wasse Legal Aid Queensland.
Presenter: For learn more about applying for a cultural recognition order, contact the Office blo the Commissioner Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa.
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