Legal Aid Schemes and Services Approval 2023
The Legal Aid Schemes and Services Approval 2023 commenced on 22 September 2023.
It allows people who receive legal assistance from the providers listed within it to be exempt from court fees (e.g. document filing or service provision fees).
It applies to court fees payable in proceedings before the:
- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia
- Federal Court of Australia
- High Court of Australia.
The 2023 approval instrument updates the 2021 approval instrument to:
- reflect organisational name changes
- incorporate new legal assistance providers receiving government funding
- remove providers that no longer exist or that no longer receive government funding.
Approved legal aid schemes and services
New South Wales
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd
Arts Law Centre of Australia
Animal Defenders Office
Australian Centre for Disability Law
Central Coast Community Legal Centre
Central Tablelands and Blue Mountains Community Legal Centre
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
Far West Community Legal Centre
Far West Community Legal Centre Incorporated – Warra Warra Legal Service
Financial Rights Legal Centre
Gurehlgam Corporation Limited - Many Rivers Family Violence Prevention Legal Service
HIV/AIDS Legal Centre Incorporated
Human Rights Law Centre
Hunter Community Legal Centre Inc
Illawarra Legal Centre Inc
Immigration Advice and Rights Centre Inc
Inner City Legal Centre
Intellectual Disability Rights Service Incorporated
International Social Service Australia
Justice Connect
Justice Support Centre Inc
Kingsford Legal Centre
knowmore Legal Services Limited
Macarthur Legal Centre Incorporated
Marrickville Legal Centre
Mid North Coast Legal Centre
Northern Rivers Community Legal Centre Inc
North & North West Community Legal Service Inc
Public Interest Advocacy Centre Inc
Redfern Legal Centre Ltd
Refugee Advice and Casework Service (Australia) Inc
Senior Rights Service Limited
Shoalcoast Community Legal Centre Incorporated
Shopfront Youth Legal Centre
Tenants Union of NSW
The University of Newcastle Legal Centre (UNLC)
Thiyama-li Family Violence Service Indigenous Corporation
Welfare Rights Centre Ltd
Western NSW Community Legal Centre Inc
Western Sydney Community Legal Centre
Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre
Women’s Legal Services (NSW)
Yoorana Gunya Family Healing Centre Aboriginal Corporation – Binaal Billa Family Violence Prevention Legal Service
Youth Law Australia
Victoria
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation Family Violence Prevention and Legal Service (Victoria) - Djirra
AED Legal Centre
Anglicare Victoria (Gippsland Community Legal Service)
Animal Law Institute
ARC Justice – Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre and Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Ballarat and Grampians Community Legal Service
Barwon Community Legal Service Inc
Comm Unity Plus (Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre - Community West Inc)
Consumer Action Law Centre
Disability Discrimination Legal Service Inc
Environmental Justice Australia
Eastern Community Legal Centre Inc
Emma House Domestic Violence Services
First Step Legal Service
Fitzroy Legal Service
Inner Melbourne Community Legal
International Social Service Australia
inTouch Multicultural Centre Against Family Violence
Job Watch
Justice Connect
knowmore Legal Services Limited
Law and Advocacy Centre for Women Limited
Mallee Family Care (Murray Mallee Community Legal Service)
Mental Health Legal Centre Inc
Monash Law Clinics
Moonee Valley Legal Service
Northern Community Legal Centre
Peninsula Community Legal Centre Inc
Refugee Legal
Senior Rights Victoria
Social Security Rights Victoria
South-East Monash Legal Service Inc
Southport Community Legal Service
Southside Justice Inc
Tenants Victoria
Upper Murray Family Care (Hume Riverina Community Legal Service)
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service
Villamanta Disability Rights Legal Service
WEstjustice
West Heidelberg Community Legal Service Incorporated
Whittlesea Community Connections Inc (Whittlesea Community Legal Service)
Women's Legal Service Victoria (also operates as Family Law Legal Service)
Young People's Legal Rights Centre Inc (Youthlaw)
Young Workers Centre
Queensland
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (Qld) Ltd
Aboriginal Family Legal Service Southern Queensland Indigenous Corporation
Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia Ltd
Basic Rights Queensland Inc
Bayside Community Legal Service Inc
Cairns Community Legal Centre Inc
Caxton Legal Centre Inc
Central Queensland Community Legal Centre Inc
Encircle Community Services Ltd
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
First Nations Women's Legal Services Qld Inc
Gold Coast Community Legal Centre and Advice Bureau Inc
Hervey Bay Neighbourhood Centre Incorporated
HUB Community Legal
knowmore Legal Services Limited
LawRight Inc
LGBTI Legal Service Inc
Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre Inc
North Queensland Women's Legal Service Inc
Northside Connect Inc
Prisoners' Legal Service Inc
Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) Aboriginal Corporation
Refugee and Immigration Legal Service Inc
Suncoast Community Legal Service Inc
TASC National Limited
Tenants Queensland Ltd
Townsville Community Law Inc
Wide Bay Burnett Community Legal Service
Women's Legal Service Inc
Youth Advocacy Centre Inc
YFS Ltd
Western Australia
Aboriginal Family Legal Services
Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (Inc)
Albany Community Legal Centre Inc
Circle Green Community Legal
Citizens Advice Bureau of WA Inc
Consumer Credit Legal Service (WA) Inc
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
Fremantle Community Legal Centre
Goldfields Community Legal Centre Inc
Gosnells Community Legal Centre (Inc)
Kimberley Community Legal Services Inc
knowmore Legal Services Limited
Law Access WA
Marninwarntikura Women’s Resource Centre
MIDLAS (Midland Information Debt and Legal Advocacy Service Inc)
Northern Suburbs Community Legal Centre Inc
Peel Community Legal Services Incorporated
Pilbara Community Legal Service Incorporated
Regional Alliance West Incorporated
Ruah Legal Services Ltd / Mental Health Law Centre (WA)
South West Community Legal Centre Inc
Southern Aboriginal Corporation
Southern Communities Advocacy Legal & Education Service Inc (SCALES)
Street Law Centre WA Incorporated
Sussex Street Community Law Service
Welfare Rights and Advocacy Service
Wheatbelt Community Legal Centre Inc
Women's Legal Service WA Inc
Youth Legal Service
South Australia
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement Inc
Community Justice Services SA Ltd
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
Family Violence Legal Service Aboriginal Corporation (SA)
JusticeNet SA Incorporated
knowmore Legal Services Limited
Northern Community Legal Service Inc
WestSide Community Lawyers Inc
Women's Legal Service (SA)
Working Women's Centre SA
Uniting Communities Law Centre
Tasmania
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
Hobart Community Legal Service
Launceston Community Legal Centre Inc
North West Community Legal Centre Inc
Refugee Legal Service Tasmania
SiS Tasmania Family Violence Prevention Legal Service
Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service Inc
Tenants Union of Tasmania Inc
Women's Legal Service (Tasmania) Inc
Australian Capital Territory
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd
Canberra Community Law
Care Consumer Law
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
Women's Legal Centre ACT & Region Inc
Northern Territory
Central Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Unit
Central Australian Women’s Legal Service Inc
Darwin Community Legal Service Inc
Environmental Defenders Office Ltd
Katherine Women's Information & Legal Service Association
knowmore Legal Services Limited
Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Women's Council
North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service
North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency Ltd
Top End Women's Legal Service Inc