| See the below referral guide for who to contact for help about your type of issue | ||||
| For People Who | Help with | Go To | Telephone | Website |
| Are elderly or have a disability | Home care, aged care facility, Enduring Power of Attorney, administration orders, QCAT, Government funded aged care services and community care services | ADA Australia | 3637 6000
1800 818 338 |
www.adaaustralia.com.au/ |
| Are disabled and/or receiving social security benefits | Social security and disability discrimination matters | Basic Rights Queensland | 3847 5532
1800 358 511 |
www.brq.org.au/ |
| Have low income or are disadvantaged | Consumer, employment and family matters, and general advice | Caxton Legal Centre | 3214 6333 | www.caxton.org.au/ |
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Pass eligibility criteria: means test, fundng guidelines, merits test. |
Discrimination, employment, social security, veterans, consumer or debt matters, young people who have been excluded from school and services | Legal Aid Queensland | 1300 651 188 | www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/ |
| Have a disability | Disability matters | Speaking Up for You | 3255 1244 | www.sufy.org.au/ |
| People with Disability Australia | 1800 422 015 | www.pwd.org.au/ | ||
| Independent Advocacy Townsville | 4725 2505 | www.independentadvocacy.org.au | ||
| Mackay Advocacy Inc. | 4957 8710 | www.mackayadvocacy.com.au/ | ||
| Abuse and neglect, decision making, discrimination, health, intellectual or cognitive disability, mental health, NDIS support | Queensland Advocacy Inc. | 3844 4200 | www.qai.org.au/ | |
| Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples | Domestic violence, family violence, sexual assault | Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services | 1800 012 255 | www.atsils.org.au/ |
| QLD Indigenous family Violence Legal Service | 1800 887 700 | www.qifvls.com.au/ | ||
| Moreton Bay area | Discrimination, residential, social security, employment, debt, wills and estates | Moreton Bay Regional Community Legal Service | 5495 5916 | www.mbrcls.org.au/ |
| Youth | Education issues, criminal and child protection matters in Children’s Court, matters affecting young people | Youth Advocacy Centre | 3356 1002 | www.yac.net.au/ |
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Are in Logan and surrounding areas |
Disability, youth, employment, mental health, money and debts, accommodation, domestic and family violence | YFS Legal | 3826 1500 | www.yfs.org.au/ |
| Cannot obtain Legal Aid or afford a lawyer | Referrals, self-representation advice, health | LawRight | 3846 6317 | www.lawright.org.au/ |
| Are under 65yrs of age, Brisbane area who have a disability | Non English speaking Advocacy in Brisbane | Amparo Advocacy Inc. | 3354 4900 | www.amparo.org.au/ |
| Are in Rockhampton and Livingstone areas | Disability support advocacy | Capricorn Citizen Advocacy | 4922 0299 | www.capca.org.au/ |
| Are in Sunshine Coast area | Disability support advocacy | Sunshine Coast Citizen Advocacy Programme | 5442 2524 | www.citizenadvocacy.com/ |
| Are in Cairns, Yarrabah, Mareeba and Atherton | Disability matters | Rights in Action | 4031 7377 | www.rightsinaction.org/ |
| Have a disability or mental illness | The Advocacy & Support Centre | Toowoomba – 4616 9700
Ipswich – 3812 7000 Warwick – 4616 9700 |
www.tascnational.org.au/ | |
| Ipswich Regional Advocacy Service | Roma – 4523 6000
3281 5409 |
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| Older persons receiving aged care | Commonwealth aged care service complaints and access problems |
ADA Australia |
1800 818 338 |
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| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women in Townsville and rural North Queensland | Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Women’s Legal Services NQ | 1800 082 600 | www.atsiwlsnq.org.au/ | |
| Bayside and surrounding areas | All help areas except immigration, taxation, business and commercial and property litigation | Bayside Community Legal Services Inc. | 3162 3282 | www.bcls.org.au/ |
| Gold Coast area | Family, domestic violence, tenancy, debt, QCAT, employment, social services, enduring Power of Attorney, administration | Gold Coast Community Legal Centre & Advice Bureau Inc. | 5532 9611 | www.advicebureau.org.au/ |
| Goondiwindi and surrounding areas | Goondiwindi Community Legal Service | 4670 0700 | www.caregoondiwindi.com.au/ | |
| People who identify as LGBTI | Family, separation, domestic violence, employment, gender identification, administrative matters | Lesbian Gay Bisexual Trans Intersex Legal Service Inc. | 0401 936 232 | www.lgbtilegalservice.org/ |
| Are in Mackay, Whitsunday and Isaac areas | Excludes commercial law, conveyancing and native title | Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre | 4953 1211 | www.mrclc.com.au/ |
| Are women in North Queensland | Family, domestic violence, child protection, discrimination | North Queensland Women’s Legal Service | 4772 5400 | www.nqwls.com.au/ |
| Are in Gold Coast region | Robina Community Legal Centre Inc. | 0423 466 286 | https://www.mycommunitylegal.org.au/ | |
| Seniors over 60 in the Fraser Coast | Elder abuse, mistreatment, financial exploitation | Seniors Legal and Support Service (Fraser Coast) | 4194 3000 | https://www.legalaid.qld.gov.au/Listings/Organisations-directory/Seniors-Legal-and-Support-Service-SLASS/Seniors-Legal-and-Support-Service-SLASS-Hervey-Bay |
| Family matters, domestic violence, debt, wills, enduring powers of attorney, child protection | South West Brisbane Community Legal centre | 3372 7677 | www.communitylegal.org.au/ | |
| Are in Sunshine Coast and Noosa areas | Family matters, domestic violence, child safety, debts, consumer issues, workplace, discrimination, elder issues | Suncoast Community Legal Service | 5443 7827 | www.suncoastcommunitylegal.org |
| Are women who do not qualify for Legal Aid and cannot afford a private lawyer | Family matters, domestic violence | Women’s Legal Service | 1800 957 957 | www.wlsq.org.au/ |
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