In this issue:
Our community legal education (CLE) program educates the community about legal issues. It also helps community, workers, community lawyers and financial counsellors to access legal services for their clients.
Acknowledgement of Country
Legal Aid Queensland acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we work, the Jagera and Turrbal people, and we pay our respects to Elders past and present.
Blurred Borders Queensland update
It’s been a huge year for our Blurred Borders training program!
Our trainers have delivered 66 training sessions to over 550 workers from Thursday Island through to the Gold Coast. We have distributed more than 420 kits to staff at Aboriginal health services, community justice groups, First Nations organisations, community organisations, government agencies and universities. We also co-designed and delivered tailored Blurred Borders training sessions for justice sector agencies with more training requests rolling in for 2025.
Thank you to everyone who has come along to a Blurred Borders training session. We’re pretty passionate about the Blurred Borders resources so it’s wonderful to see so many of you are avid supporters of the resources as well. Finally, a big thank you to our wonderful, dedicated trainers Edwina, Neil, Sue and Anthony for helping so many workers feel confident in using the story cards with their clients. Our trainers have other roles at Legal Aid Queensland, either in CLE, engagement, or client liaison, so we appreciate them taking on Blurred Borders training on top of their existing workload. It really is a passion project for all of us.
What’s on for 2025
Register now for our first training sessions for 2025 in Brisbane!
- Tuesday 25 March: 9am and 1pm
Register here or visit our website.
We listened to your feedback! From early 2025 our story card sets will be available to purchase separately. This is a great cost-effective option if you need a few more sets of cards but don’t need the whole kit again.
We are also developing special training sessions to show you how to use the story cards for specific legal issues eg coercive control and applying to change bail conditions.
Legal Aid Queensland sells the kits just to cover our printing costs.
Would you like us to deliver a free training session to your colleagues or attend one of your staff meetings to talk about the Blurred Borders kits? Please get in touch by emailing cle@legalaid.qld.gov.au
Order more Blurred Borders kits, stickers or wallet cards
Visit our website to order more Bail and criminal process or Family violence tool kits for your organisation. Legal Aid Queensland sells the kits just to cover our printing costs. You can also order extra stickers or wallet cards to top-up your kits.
All the Blurred Borders resources can be downloaded or printed via our website at no cost.
Free legal information webinars
Watch our free webinars to learn about our services, legal issues your clients may be facing and how to refer them to Legal Aid for legal help.
Register for our first 2 webinars for 2025:
Watch our 2024 webinar recordings on YouTube:
For more information about our webinars phone 07 3917 0456 or email webinars@legalaid.qld.gov.au
It was great to get out into the community this year and talk to workers and community members about our services and how we can help with a range of legal problems. NAIDOC Week, Homeless Connect, Child Protection Week, disaster recovery, community fun days and financial literacy events were just some of community events we attended this year.
Want Legal Aid to run an information stall at your community event in 2025? Email us at cle@legalaid.qld.gov.au.
CLE Collaboration Fund opens in March 2025
The fund supports CLE projects in the legal assistance sector that promote collaboration between legal assistance and community support services.
Videos, podcasts, websites, workshops, publications and community engagement are some of the resources and activities that have been funded to help people identify legal problems early, understand their legal rights and how to access legal help when they need it.
The CLE Collaboration Fund will open for applications on Monday 10 March 2025 with grants up to $30,000 (ex GST) per project available.
The fund guidelines and application form will be published on the Legal Aid Queensland website in February 2025.
Need more information? Visit our website or contact the CLE team.
New publication: How do I ask for a review about my ABSTUDY debt?
This new guide provides legal information about how to ask Centrelink to review their decision about an ABSTUDY debt.
Order free publications and resources
Visit our website to browse, download, print or order copies of our free legal information publications and resources (including free delivery).
Request an information session about the law
Would you like us to speak to your colleagues or clients about Legal Aid Queensland’s services and how to access them?
Request an information session about the law.