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Legal services

• National Services
• Australian Capital Territory
• New South Wales
• Northern Territory
• Queensland
• South Australia
• Tasmania
• Victoria
• Western Australia

See also: Community Legal Services Directory

National Services

• National Children's and Youth Law Centre
  Law Building
  First Floor
  University of New South Wales 2052
  (access via gate 2)
  Ph: (02) 9385 9588
  Fax: (02) 9385 9589
• Lawstuff
  An internet site providing information about the legal rights of young people.
• Community Legal Service Directory
  A directory of Legal Centres by state and information about legal aid.

Australian Capital Territory

• Legal Aid
  4 Mort St Canberra City
  Ph : (02) 6243 3411

New South Wales

• National Children's and Youth Law Centre
  32 Botany St Randwick 2031
  Ph : (02) 9398 7488
• Legal Aid Commission
  323 Castlereagh St Sydney 2000
  Ph : 1800 806 913
  Ph : 1800 101 810 - Youth Hotline
• Shopfront Youth Legal Service
  Ph : (02) 9360 1847
• Marrickville Legal Centre's Children's Legal Service
  338 Illawarra Rd Marrickville 2204
  Ph : (02) 9559 2899
• Burnside, Cabramatta Adolescent Legal Service
  Ph : (02) 9728 4411

Northern Territory

• Darwin Community Legal Service
  8 Manton Street, Darwin
  Ph : (08) 8982 1111
  Ph : 1800 812 953
• Northern Territory Legal Aid Commission
  9 -11 Cavenagh St
  Ph : (08) 8999 3000
• Aboriginal Legal Aid Services
  • North Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
    Ph : (08) 8982 5100
  • Central Australian Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
    Ph : (08) 8952 2933
  • Katherine Regional Aboriginal Legal Aid Service
    Ph : (08) 8972 1133

Queensland

• Legal Aid Queensland
  Brisbane 44 Herschel St 4000
  Ph : (07) 3238 3444
  Ph : 1300 651 188 - Youth Legal Aid
• Logan Youth Legal Service
  Ph : (07) 3208 8199
• Youth Advocacy Centre
  52 Inwood St Wooloowin 4030
  (07) 3857 1155
• Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Legal Services
  Ph : (07) 3211 3522

South Australia

• Children's and Youth Legal Service of SA
  Ph : (08) 8342 1800
• Children's Interest Bureau
  11 Hindmarsh Square, Adelaide, 5000
  Ph : (08) 8226 6721
• Legal Services Commission of SA
  82-98 Wakefield Street, 5000 (plus local centres)
  Ph : (08) 8463 3555
  Advice : 1300 366 424

Tasmania

• Legal Aid Commission
  123 Collins St Hobart 7000
  Ph : (03) 6234 6544
• Hobart Community Legal Service
  Hobart 166 Macquarie St 7000
  Ph : (03) 6223 2500

Victoria

• Youth Central, Victoria - the law and you
• Youthlaw
  Ph : (03) 9611 2412
• Oz Child - Youth Legal Service
  Ph : (03) 9794 5428
• Victoria Legal Aid
  Ph : (03) 9269 0234

Western Australia

• Youth Legal Service (WA)
  8 Pier Street, Perth, 6000
  Ph : 1800 199 006 (Freecall)
  Ph : (08) 9202 1688
• Legal Aid WA
  Ph : (08) 9261 6293
  Ph : 1300 650 579
• Law Society of WA - Shopfront Lawyer Service
  89 St George's Tce Perth 6805
  Ph : (08) 9221 4402

Recent publications

• Youth (in)justice: Oral language competence in early life and risk for engagement in antisocial behaviour in adolescence
  12 April 2012
• Technical and background paper: Measuring juvenile recidivism in Australia
  24 May 2011
• What makes juvenile offenders different from adult offenders?
  23 February 2011
• Police diversion of young offenders and Indigenous over-representation
  23 March 2010
• Covert and cyber bullying
  26 February 2010
• Juveniles' contact with the criminal justice system in Australia
  28 September 2009
• Intrafamilial adolescent sex offenders: psychological profile and treatment
  22 July 2009
• Adolescence, pornography and harm
  04 March 2009
• Implementing safer school leavers' celebrations
  22 November 2007
• Targeting youth gangs at a grassroots level
  02 October 2007
• Pre-court diversion in the Northern Territory : impact on juvenile reoffending
  04 June 2007
• Child protection and Indigenous status
  01 August 2006
• Juvenile justice supervision in Australia
  20 June 2006
• Experiences of neglect and abuse amongst juvenile detainees
  14 March 2006
• A micro-simulation model of the juvenile justice system in Queensland
  04 February 2006

Recent events

• Young people, risk and resilience: The challenges of alcohol, drugs and violence conference
  07 March 2011
• Multi-problem risk profiles of youth in custody
  15 February 2011
• The role of schools in crime prevention
  01 October 2002
• Children, Young People and Communities - The Future is in our Hands
  27 March 2001
• Children and crime : victims and offenders
  11 June 1999