Law for Community Workers
Episodes
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Spotlight On International Social Services Australia
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
The ISSA is a free, national, legal and social work service that specialises in International Parental Child Abduction and returning children to their parent/families under the 1980 Hague Convention.
You can find links to their website, newsletter and social media pages below:
International Social Service Australia (ISS Australia)
ISS Australia Quarterly Newsletter January to March 2022
International Social Service Australia | LinkedIn
ISS AUSTRALIA (@iss_aus) / Twitter
International Social Service Australia (facebook.com)
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A transcript of the episode can be found here: Spotlight On ISSA Transcript PDF
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Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Shared parenting and COVID-19 restrictions - what you can do and who can help
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
Thursday Aug 19, 2021
This episode was recorded on 12 August 2021. The information was current at that time in accordance with the public health orders in place to manage the COVID-19 situation in NSW. At the time of publishing, it is a reasonable excuse to leave your home if you need to continue existing arrangements for access to, and contact between, parents and children. You can keep up to date with the changing rules around reasonable excuses using these links:
Greater Sydney restrictions | NSW Government
Regional and rural restrictions | NSW Government
We speak to Joshua Mestroni, a family lawyer with the South West Sydney Legal Centre. Joshua answers questions about how to manage shared parenting arrangements during the current COVID-19 public health order restrictions, particularly in Greater Sydney. The links below are for the organisations and resources mentioned during the conversation.
Free legal help from South West Sydney Legal Centre go to our website for all contact details - www.swslc.org.au
online referral form for community workers only – https://www.swslc.org.au/online-referral/
email address – info@swslc.org.au
For free legal help and referrals to family lawyers in other parts of Sydney and across the whole of NSW, call the Legal Aid NSW Family Law Early Intervention Unit on 1800 551 589
Federal Circuit Court National COVID 19 list - The Family Court of Australia and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia have each established a court list dedicated to dealing exclusively with urgent family law disputes that have arisen as a direct result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Go to http://www.federalcircuitcourt.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/fccweb/about/covid/covid-list/national-covid-list
Legal Aid NSW COVID-19 legal factsheets for families, relationships and children - https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/get-legal-help/covid-19
NSW Health COVID-19 factsheets - https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/isolation-guidelines.aspx
NSW Health Aboriginal Health COVID-19 resources - https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/covid-19/Pages/aboriginal-resources.aspx
Look after yourself - Family Relationships Online - https://www.familyrelationships.gov.au/covid-19
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