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Legal Aid News – March 2025 25 March 2025

In the March edition of Legal Aid News, we share the results of National Legal Aid’s recent survey of 1,000 private lawyers who do legal aid work.
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Free legal help available for cyclone-affected residents 06 March 2025

Legal Aid NSW lawyers are on standby to provide free legal help to people impacted by Tropical Cyclone Alfred in NSW.
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Legal Aid intervenes in Centrelink test case 03 March 2025

Legal Aid NSW is intervening in Full Federal Court proceedings on March 6 to challenge the way the Department of Social Services wants to calculate Centrelink debts.
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