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Women’s Legal Service WA

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Opening Times

Mon - Fri 9am–4:30pm

Phone

(08) 9272 8800

Email

info@wlswa.org.au

Location

L1/445 Hay St, Perth WA 6000

Service Type

Legal Assistance Services

Regions Serviced

Perth Metropolitan North West, Metropolitan Perth, Perth Metropolitan North East, Perth Metropolitan South West including Peel, Perth Metropolitan South East

Referrals / Suitability

With limited appointments available, we target our services to women who have the greatest need and who may experience additional barriers in accessing support and justice. That can mean women who have no or very low income; have limited access to other legal services, such as those in remote regions, those not eligible to access other services (including Legal Aid), or where their local community legal centre is unable to assist; are experiencing or overcoming family violence, or the trauma it creates; have a disability; are homeless; are in prison or remand; are from a multicultural background, particularly if English is a second language; are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; are experiencing discrimination on the basis of sexuality.

Service Details

Women’s Legal Service Western Australia (WLSWA) is the only specialist gender-specific community legal centre. WLSWA have been delivering legal assistance to women statewide for more than twenty years.

Legal practice areas include family law, child protection and care matters, family and domestic violence and criminal injuries compensation.

The specialised legal services provided by WLSWA ensure that clients, the vast majority of whom present with multiple legal issues, access a single legal service that is responsive to their needs.

WLSWA prioritises women who experience disadvantage across multiple areas, because of their cultural, social and economic circumstances.

WLSWA also promotes and advocates for women’s human rights to be upheld, redresses inequalities experienced by women and fosters legal and social change through a range of strategic activities, including community legal education and evidence-based law and policy reform advocacy.

Alternate phone number: 1800 625 122

Service Type

Legal Assistance Services

Regions Serviced

Perth Metropolitan North West, Metropolitan Perth, Perth Metropolitan North East, Perth Metropolitan South West including Peel, Perth Metropolitan South East

Referrals / Suitability

With limited appointments available, we target our services to women who have the greatest need and who may experience additional barriers in accessing support and justice. That can mean women who have no or very low income; have limited access to other legal services, such as those in remote regions, those not eligible to access other services (including Legal Aid), or where their local community legal centre is unable to assist; are experiencing or overcoming family violence, or the trauma it creates; have a disability; are homeless; are in prison or remand; are from a multicultural background, particularly if English is a second language; are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander; are experiencing discrimination on the basis of sexuality.

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Sarah Brown AM

Sarah Brown AM is the Chief Executive Officer of Purple House and has been helping the Indigenous Directors to run the organisation since its inception more than twenty three years ago.

Sarah holds a Master of Nursing, a Graduate Diploma in Aboriginal Education, and a Graduate Diploma in Health Service Management. Prior to joining Purple House, she was a remote area nurse and university lecturer. 

Sarah has been recognised in many ways for the work she does, being named Hesta’s Australia’s Nurse of the Year in 2017, being listed as one of BOSS magazine’s ‘True Leaders’ in 2018, and in 2020 Sarah received an Order of Australia Medal for “her significant service to community health, remote nursing and Indigenous communities”.

Professor Louise Keogh

Professor Louise Keogh is a leading voice across women’s health and reproductive rights in Australia. Louise is Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Equity and Chair of the Hallmark Research Initiative in Reproductive Justice at the University of Melbourne.

Louise’s work explores issues that matter deeply to women, and includes the decriminalisation of abortion, contraception, voluntary assisted dying and the growing role of genetics in cancer prevention. Her work aims to make healthcare more equitable, accessible, and responsive to women’s needs.

Louise works with clinicians, policymakers, and communities to translate research into practical change in healthcare practice and policy. She is passionate about fostering open, thoughtful conversations about women’s health, particularly where ethics, rights and emerging technologies intersect.

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