CLCs Tasmania
@CLCsTas
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Representing Tasmania's Community Legal Centres
Joined January 2014
With a Tasmanian budget swimming in a sea of red ink, we need to look at smarter alternatives than just warehousing Tasmanians in prison. #politas @JailingsFailing
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RTI docs confirming that the Tas Prison Service has had a Transgender Prisoner Policy since 2009 but it was only implemented in 2017 add to Rosemary Harwood's calls for an inquest into death of transgender woman Marjorie Harwood #politas
https://t.co/qechmzPbvF
abc.net.au
A transgender prisoner policy was issued in 2009. It was meant to ensure the safety of transgender and other prisoners. But, over the next eight years, Marjorie Harwood was repeatedly placed with...
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It is unfair that staff at Community Legal Centres in Tas have the same clients as those in Legal Aid and yet are paid around 20% less #politas
https://t.co/XnesURNV9J
abc.net.au
Community legal centres from the bush to the CBD are reporting difficulty in hiring and maintaining legal staff, as pay lags behind the legal aid commissions and government positions.
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An appointment to see a lawyer at a Community Legal Centre in Tasmania is growing longer out due to a lack of funding #politas
https://t.co/XnesURNV9J
abc.net.au
Community legal centres from the bush to the CBD are reporting difficulty in hiring and maintaining legal staff, as pay lags behind the legal aid commissions and government positions.
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2700 empty homes in Hobart, Glenorchy and Launceston City Councils. Not Airbnbs. Just empty. For one whole year @jeremyrockliff needs to introduce empty homes levy = increased supply and lower rents #politas
https://t.co/B1TJobGii5
examiner.com.au
'Everyone is experiencing this, especially younger people who are new to the rental market.'
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A full-page ad in today's @themercurycomau is signed by wide cross-section of community who are worried that the State Government's proposed anti-protest laws will silence communities from having their voices heard #politas @humanrightsHRLC @TheAusInstitute
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According to the Tasmanian disability advocate at the heart of a significant case before the Full Bench of the High Court "We don't want an uphill battle. We just want equal access" #politas @AusHumanRights @BenGauntlettDDC
https://t.co/i3dScvG0YO
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The State Govt must appoint an independent assessor. In those cases in which it is determined that the Public Trustee has not acted in their clients "best interests" compensation should be awarded #politas
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Damian Bugg AM "...for 26 years the Public Trustee has genuinely misunderstood the duties of an administrator under Section 57". #politas
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The best chance the Legislative Council has of reviewing the Pokies Bill and to consider best practice harm minimisation measures is to have it referred to inquiry #politas
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We need to address the causes of crime by investing in rehabilitation programs not tougher sentences or more police #politas
https://t.co/79i9rn11di
examiner.com.au
Launceston's rate of crime has remained higher than the rest of the state for several years, but a...
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We support raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years of age @TamePunk @citizenmaloney #politas
https://t.co/uJESn9YLKu
theadvocate.com.au
Australian of the Year Grace Tame has praised the ACT for making the first move on the matter.
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CLC Tas President Jane Hutchison on the Anti-Protest Bill "If passed, this Bill will have a chilling effect on the community's right to protest" #politas @rightsagenda
https://t.co/JZdPgmMpLK
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10 Tasmanians die each year and 80 seriously injured in car crashes attributable to drink and drug driving. Expanding drug treatment orders to include alcohol will address the cause of offending and make our roads safer @RACTOfficial @ATDCtas #politas
https://t.co/M0bGhUiWa1
examiner.com.au
More than 1500 Tasmanians are sentenced each year for drink and drug driving.
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The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service and @rightsagenda are calling for reform after 841 strip searches of women in prison found only three items of contraband = 0.35 per cent #politas
https://t.co/TyaVwz6Jaw
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The Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service is calling for all Afghan community members to be granted permanent protection status. Some have been here almost a decade. #politas @JudyAugustine
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We are alarmed that $1.4M may be ripped out of @WomensLegalTas and provided to other services. The funding loss will be a disaster for women and access to justice #politas
https://t.co/IvkqgUtwrq
canberratimes.com.au
Women's legal services are wondering where the promised support for women has gone.
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While Tasmania's rate of recidivism over the last two years is the highest in Australia, @Sandy_Powell outlines how we can be smart on justice by investing in programs that address the underlying cause of offending #politas @ATDCtas
https://t.co/vYnv6SKKfL
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