News and Events
New Edition of "Keeping The 'Mates' in Housemates" brochure
The Keeping the 'Mates' in Housemates brochure is a joint publication of the Tenants Union and St Kilda Legal Service. A new edition of the brochure was published in May 2010. Click here to view the publication. For a full list of Tenants Union publications and for information about ordering Tenants Union publications visit: http://www.tuv.org.au/advice/resources.aspx
The St Kilda Human Rights Working Group
The Legal Service is one of the lead organisations in the St Kilda Human Rights Working Group. The Working Group recently held an information around:
Public Space Offences & Their Human Rights Implications
The session was presented by James Farrell, Manager/Principal Lawyer of the PILCH Homeless Persons' Legal Clinic and included information about the human rights implications of new legislation which drastically increases police powers to deal with public space ‘offenders’. These include:
- random search powers (including strip searches) in designated areas; &
- power to direct people to move-on from a certain area.
It is likely that those who will be disproportionately affected by this legislation will include those who are homeless, young people, those suffering mental illness and indigenous people as this has been the case where this type of legislation has been introduced elsewhere.
If you are interested in being informed of future information sessions and activities of the St Kilda Human Rights Working Group please contact Emma Asscher at the Legal Service via email: emma@skls.org.au to be included on the St Kilda Human Rights Working Group contact list.
Keeping Out of Debt brochure launched
The Keeping Out of Debt Z-Card brochure was launched in April 2010. It was produced by St Kilda Legal Service, YouthLaw and Consumer Action Law Centre as part of the St Kilda Legal Service Young People and Preventing Credit-Related Debt project.
The funding for this project and the Keeping Out of Debt brochure was provided from the Consumer Credit Fund on the approval of the Minister for Consumer Affairs. For more information and to order copies of the brochure while stocks last contact Emma Asscher: emma@skls.org.au
Click here to view pdf of Z-Card (977 KB).
