Divorce workshops
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There has been a steady demand for Divorce advice and assistance which we continue to deliver via our Divorce workshops, held quarterly and conducted in English and Vietnamese. Read more...
End of year round-up and business hours
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We are now in the final stages of 2018, BMCLC would like to take this opportunity to commend the team (staff and volunteers alike) for their tireless efforts throughout the year. Read more...
commUnity Plus Annual General Meeting 2018
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The commUnity Plus Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 29 November 2018 and was well attended. Read more...
BMCLC congratulates Talia on her new Graduate lawyer role
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BMCLC would like to introduce you to Talia Tringali, Graduate lawyer.Read more...
White Ribbon Day at CommunityPlus
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The White Ribbon event hosted by CommunityPlus was well attended. The afternoon was organised by Hilary Bucumi, Neighbourhood House Officer at CommUnityPlus and Greta Haywood, Solicitor with Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre who also took on the role of Master of Ceremony. The key note speaker was Sergeant Ken Anderson, Police Liaison Officer with Melton Police. Rachna Muddagouni, Chief Executive Officer of CommUnityPlus made everyone welcome and took the White Ribbon oath, setting the tone of the event. Read more...
Welcome Mark Moussalli
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We would like to warmly welcome Mark Moussalli to the Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre. Read more...
$30,000 of fines wiped after successful review
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Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC) is a generalist community legal centre. One of our largest practice area is Infringements and recently Lachlan Tom (solicitor) assisted a single mother who had numerous traffic fines. An outline of her case follows. Read more...
Family Violence Presentation during Adult Learner's Week
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Well done to Greta Haywood (Family Violence Coordinator with the Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre) who gave a engaging presentation on Family Violence to our English-language students. The presentation was well-attended and highly informative. Greta ought to be commended for her efforts to push ahead with the presentation despite suffering a broken foot. Read more...
Victorian Law Reform Commission visits the Centre to discuss its important work
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Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre (BMCLC), a program of Comm Unity Plus Services Ltd, received a visit from Anna Beesley of the Victorian Law Reform Commission (VLRC) in August this year. Read more...
Renters to get help from pop-up advice centres
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Brimbank Melton Community Legal Centre, in partnership with Tenants Victoria, are conducting pop-up tenancy clinics to local renters in Brimbank and Melton throughout April and May to provide advice to local renters. The clinics will be open in St Albans, Melton and Sunshine.Read more...