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Justice, Court & Legal Services

In case of emergency please contact Victoira Police: 000

Offenders in local communities are supported by Community Corrections Officers to ensure they meet the conditions of their court or parole orders, including connecting them with community work options.

 

Benalla

Telephone: 03 5723 6444

Address: 17 Bridge Street Benalla VIC 3672

 

Wangaratta

Telephone: 1300 182 973

Address: 119 Murphy Street, Wangaratta 3676

 

Wodonga

Telephone: 02 6043 7077

Address: 5 Elgin Boulevard Wodonga VIC 3690

 

Website:  https://www.corrections.vic.gov.au/community-corrections

Services:

  • Assessment, case management and referral for problems relating to drug & alcohol abuse, mental health, disability and homelessness.
  • Assistance is also provided specifically for Koori defendants.

Website: https://www.mcv.vic.gov.au/find-support/bail-support-cisp

Services:

  • Providing support and information about going to court
  • Attending court with a court user during their appearance
  • Explaining how the courts and legal systems operate
  • Showing a court user around court beforehand, so they can become familiar with where they have to go on the day of their court case
  • Providing a safe place at court for the court user
  • Referring to other community services

Address: Wangaratta and Wodonga Magistrates Court

Website: https://courtnetwork.com.au/

Djirra is an Aboriginal community controlled organisation.

They provide a range of legal services, including advice and advocacy in relation to:

  • Intervention Orders issued in relation to family violence
  • Family Law
  • Child Protection
  • VOCAT assistance
  • Legal issues connected to a family violence situation such as: complaints about police; assistance with Centrelink or the Child Support Agency; and problems with the Office of Housing about house damage.

Paralegal support Workers can assist with:

  • Information about family violence
  • Information about legal and other options available following an incident of family violence
  • Information about court processes
  • Court support for attending court hearings
  • Support when reporting crimes to the police.

Djirra provides legal services to Aboriginal women, men and children who are victims/survivors of family violence or sexual assault or who are at immediate risk of family violence or sexual assault. Djirra also assists non-Aboriginal parents of Aboriginal children who are victims/survivors of family violence or sexual assault.

Djirra can also arrange:

  • counselling session;
  • Aboriginal workers to accompany Aboriginal women to appointments;
  • safety planning discussion and follow up support.
  • Djirra provides both telephone and face to face legal advice.

Telephone: 1800 105 303

Address: Statewide

Website: https://djirra.org.au/

State-wide independent community legal centre that specialises in disability discrimination legal matters.

 

Services:

  • Information, referral and advice
  • Casework assistance
  • Community legal education
  • Policy and law reform

Telephone: 03 9654 8644

Website: http://www.ddls.org.au/

Services:

  • family law
  • family violence
  • separation and divorce
  • youth law
  • motor vehicle accidents
  • credit and debt issues
  • consumer complaints
  • traffic offences
  • fines
  • other everyday legal problems

Address:

  • Wodonga
  • Wangaratta
  • Bright
  • Corryong

Telephone: 02 6055 8090

 

Website: Community Legal – Community legal centre providing free legal assistance to people in North East Victoria and the Southern Riverina of New South Wales

As the independent Australian arm of the International Social Service (ISS) network, ISS partner with around 140 other ISS organisations around the world.

 

 

ISS Australia provides intercountry social work, legal and mediation services for children and families separated by international borders.

 

Services:

  • assistance for families experiencing international parental child abduction
  • international child welfare and kinship care
  • international post adoption tracing and reunification
  • international family mediation
  • family tracing and reunification
  • child consultation; and other services where appropriate for children and families separated by international borders

Telephone: 1300 657 843

Address: Nationwide

Website: International Social Service Australia (ISS Australia)

There are a number of courts and tribunals in Victoria. Their role is to interpret the law, decide who is right or wrong in a dispute, and impose penalties on those that have broken the law.

 

Benalla Magistrates Court

Telephone:

Address:

Phone: 03 7003 4114

Location: 17 Bridge Street, Benalla VIC 3672

 

Corryong Magistrates Court

Telephone: 03 9087 5731

Address: 11 Jardine Street, Corryong VIC 3707

 

Mansfield Magistrates Court

Telephone: 03 9063 0110

Address: 88 High Street, Mansfield VIC 3722

 

Myrtleford Magistrates Court

Telephone: 03 9063 0114

Address: Myrtle Street, Myrtleford Victoria 3737

 

Wangaratta Magistrates Court

Telephone: 03 9087 5728

Address: 24 Faithfull Street, Wangaratta Victoria 3677

 

Wodonga Magistrates Court

Telephone: 03 9087 5731

Address: 5 Elgin Boulevard, Wodonga VIC 3690

 

Website: Homepage | Magistrates Court of Victoria

Services:

  • Telephone Advice Line
  • Evening Advice Service
  • Day time casework, including full legal representation
  • Temporary Protection Visa (TPV) Clinics
  • Strategic ‘test case’ litigation
  • Client and community information sessions

All of Refugee Legal advice and casework and strategic litigation services are free.

 

Telephone: 03 94 13 0101

Address: Level 5, 333 Exhibition Street, Melbourne VIC 3000

Website: Refugee Legal

Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Teams (SOCITs) are made up of specialist detectives who are trained to investigate the complex crimes of sexual offences and child abuse.

 

Telephone:

Website:https://www.police.vic.gov.au/sexual-offences

VCAT is a tribunal that hears and decides civil and administrative legal cases in the State of Victoria.

 

Telephone: 1300 018 228

Website: https://www.vcat.vic.gov.au/

Services:

  • Information about your rights
  • Advice about reporting a crime
  • Information about the legal process, including after the offender is in jail
  • Help applying for compensation and financial assistance
  • Connections to other support services, such as the Victims Assistance Program.

Telephone: 1800 819 817

Website: https://www.victimsofcrime.vic.gov.au/

The GLLOs provide a contact point for LGBTI community members and provide advice, assistance and recommendations to Victoria Police on the policing needs of LGBTI people.

 

Website: https://www.police.vic.gov.au/lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-and-intersex-liaison-officers

Services:

  • Free legal information, advice and legal aid in the areas of criminal, limited civil and family violence intervention order matters.
  • Community education

Telephone: 1300 792 387

Address: Statewide

Website: https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/

The service assists women experiencing disadvantage who are facing legal issues arising out of violence or relationship breakdown.


Services:

  • assistance with Intervention orders
  • Children and family law
  • Division of property after separation
  • Victims of crime applications
  • Child Protection

Services are provided this through:

  • Free legal advice by phone on the Legal Advice Line: Tues and Thurs 5.30pm – 8.00pm
  • Free advice and representation at the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court through the Legal Advice and Representation Clinic: Mon-Fri 9.30am to 1.00pm
  • Legal representation to women facing significant barriers to accessing justice where assistance will have the greatest impact.

A Worker Advice Line provides preliminary family violence and family law assistance to family violence workers, financial counsellors, and other support workers working with women who have experienced family violence: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm.

Telephone: 1800 133 302

Website:https://www.womenslegal.org.au/