CLCs Tasmania

With a Tasmanian budget swimming in a sea of red ink, we need to look at smarter alternatives than just warehousing Tasmanians in prison. #politas @JailingsFailing

We are calling on all political parties and independent MPs to support the repeal of begging when it is debated next week #politas

RTI docs confirming that the Tas Prison Service has had a Transgender Prisoner Policy since 2009 but it was only implemented in 2017 add to Rosemary Harwood's calls for an inquest into death of transgender woman Marjorie Harwood #politas abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…

It is unfair that staff at Community Legal Centres in Tas have the same clients as those in Legal Aid and yet are paid around 20% less #politas abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

An appointment to see a lawyer at a Community Legal Centre in Tasmania is growing longer out due to a lack of funding #politas abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…

The Qld Govt's reforms developed in consultation with police focus on drug use as a health rather than than a criminal justice issue. In Tasmania similar reforms would save $62Mpa #politas

2700 empty homes in Hobart, Glenorchy and Launceston City Councils. Not Airbnbs. Just empty. For one whole year @jeremyrockliff needs to introduce empty homes levy = increased supply and lower rents #politas bit.ly/3RRAtsh

@blackwood_fiona has a heartbreaking story about 1000 Tasmanian households who are at risk of homelessness over the next three years with the winding up of the National Rental Affordability Scheme #politas @dr_chris_martin @TenantsUnionTas ab.co/3MWBRXs

A full-page ad in today's @themercurycomau is signed by wide cross-section of community who are worried that the State Government's proposed anti-protest laws will silence communities from having their voices heard #politas @humanrightsHRLC @TheAusInstitute

According to the Tasmanian disability advocate at the heart of a significant case before the Full Bench of the High Court "We don't want an uphill battle. We just want equal access" #politas @AusHumanRights @BenGauntlettDDC bit.ly/33YFfA1

@themercurycomau opinion piece observes that 1 in 3 road fatalities and serious crashes attributable to alcohol and/or other drugs and yet our courts are unable to order treatment for alcohol dependence. Law reform needed @ATDCtas @RACTOfficial #politas

The State Govt must appoint an independent assessor. In those cases in which it is determined that the Public Trustee has not acted in their clients "best interests" compensation should be awarded #politas bit.ly/3oEJSq6

Damian Bugg AM "...for 26 years the Public Trustee has genuinely misunderstood the duties of an administrator under Section 57". #politas ab.co/3rsFmNp

@themercurycomau editorial today is right. The Pokies Bill must be referred to inquiry because "the history of Tasmania's efforts to regulate gambling is not a glorious chapter in our democracy" #politas

The best chance the Legislative Council has of reviewing the Pokies Bill and to consider best practice harm minimisation measures is to have it referred to inquiry #politas bit.ly/300I0y4

We need to address the causes of crime by investing in rehabilitation programs not tougher sentences or more police #politas bit.ly/3ntxwQ5

We support raising the minimum age of criminal responsibility to at least 14 years of age @TamePunk @citizenmaloney #politas bit.ly/3mGUfry

CLC Tas President Jane Hutchison on the Anti-Protest Bill "If passed, this Bill will have a chilling effect on the community's right to protest" #politas @rightsagenda bit.ly/3v4VYe4

10 Tasmanians die each year and 80 seriously injured in car crashes attributable to drink and drug driving. Expanding drug treatment orders to include alcohol will address the cause of offending and make our roads safer @RACTOfficial @ATDCtas #politas bit.ly/3CZgejG

The Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service and @rightsagenda are calling for reform after 841 strip searches of women in prison found only three items of contraband = 0.35 per cent #politas bit.ly/2WPpNSv