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If you've been affected by an emergency or disaster, you don't have to face it alone. See what help is available in your local area.
Getting help from Justice Connect
Have you been affected by an emergency or disaster? You might be able to get free legal help.
Justice Connect has information and services to help individuals, community organisations, and small business owners.
Other ways to get help
Depending on your location, you can access emergency support and disaster legal help from one of the organisations below.
- Disaster Assist
https://www.disasterassist.gov.au/ - National Emergency Management Agency
https://nema.gov.au - Community Legal Centres Australia
https://clcs.org.au/legal-help/ - Beyond Blue
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/mental-health/natural-disasters - Headspace
https://headspace.org.au/our-impact/campaigns/mental-health-after-natural-disaster/ - Lifeline
https://toolkit.lifeline.org.au/topics/natural-disasters/support-services-for-natural-disasters
- Emergency services:
- TasALERT
https://alert.tas.gov.au - TasRECOVERY
https://alert.tas.gov.au/recovery
- TasALERT
- Legal help:
- Community Legal Centres Tasmania
http://www.clctas.org.au - Tasmania Legal Aid
https://www.legalaid.tas.gov.au
1300 366 611
- Community Legal Centres Tasmania
- Emergency services:
- ACT Emergency Services Agency
https://esa.act.gov.au
132 500
- ACT Emergency Services Agency
- Legal help:
- ACT Law Society
https://www.actlawsociety.asn.au/for-the-public/legal-help/community-legal-centres - Legal Aid ACT
https://www.legalaidact.org.au
1300 654 314
- ACT Law Society
- Emergency services:
- SecureNT
https://securent.nt.gov.au
- SecureNT
- Legal help:
- Community legal services in NT
https://nt.gov.au/community/multicultural-communities/support-for-communities/community-legal-services - Law Society NT
https://lawsocietynt.asn.au/nt-legal-directory/other-legal-links-1.html
- Community legal services in NT
- Emergency services:
- Emergency WA
https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au
- Emergency WA
- Legal help:
- Community Legal Western Australia
https://www.communitylegalwa.org.au - Legal Aid Western Australia
https://www.legalaid.wa.gov.au
1300 650 579 - Law Access WA
https://lawaccess.org.au/legal-assistance-disaster-relief/
- Community Legal Western Australia
- Emergency services:
- Get Ready Queensland
https://www.getready.qld.gov.au
07 3740 1700 - Queensland Government – Disaster support and recovery
https://www.qld.gov.au/community/disasters-emergencies
1800 173 349
- Get Ready Queensland
- Legal help:
- Your local community legal centre. To find your local centre, visit
https://www.communitylegalqld.org.au/find-legal-help - Legal Aid Queensland – Natural disaster legal help line
https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/Find-legal-information/Work-and-money/Natural-disaster-legal-help
1300 527 700
- Your local community legal centre. To find your local centre, visit
- Emergency services:
- Recovery South Australia
https://www.recovery.sa.gov.au
1800 302 787
- Recovery South Australia
- Legal help:
- Disaster Legal Support Program
https://www.communityjusticesa.org.au/how-can-we-help/dlsp
1300 850 650 - Legal Services Commission South Australia
https://lsc.sa.gov.au
1300 366 424 - Community Legal Centres (SA). For more information, visit
https://www.clcsa.org.au/
1300 860 529
- Disaster Legal Support Program
- Emergency services:
- VicEmergency
https://www.emergency.vic.gov.au
- VicEmergency
- Legal help:
- Disaster Legal Help Victoria
https://www.disasterlegalhelp.org.au
1800 113 432 - Your local community legal centre. To find your local centre, visit
https://www.fclc.org.au/find_a_community_legal_centre - Victoria Legal Aid
https://www.legalaid.vic.gov.au
1300 792 387
- Disaster Legal Help Victoria
- Emergency services:
- Service NSW
https://www.service.nsw.gov.au
13 77 88
- Service NSW
- Legal help:
- Disaster Response Legal Service NSW
https://disasterhelp.legalaid.nsw.gov.au
1800 801 529 - Your local community legal centre. To find your local centre, visit https://findlegalhelp.clcnsw.org.au/
- Legal Aid NSW
https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/
1300 888 529
- Disaster Response Legal Service NSW
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