Description

This is a Pilot Project Report on research to provide a greater understanding of the civil and family law needs of Aboriginal people in New South Wales to improve access and effective civil and family law services to Aboriginal clients. This research seeks to provide a greater understanding of the civil and family law needs of Aboriginal people in New South Wales. The report addresses two broad research questions: The first is an analysis of the civil and family law needs of Aboriginal people in New South Wales. The second arises out of this legal needs analysis and explores how Legal Aid NSW might improve the services that they provide to Aboriginal clients in the areas of civil and family law. The research was based on consultation with Aboriginal communities and with those who provide services to those communities, in eight focus sites: Redfern/Waterloo, Penrith/Mt Druitt, Dubbo, Wagga Wagga, Moree, Bourke, Tabulam and Goodooga. The sites were chosen for geographical spread as well as to represent remote, rural, regional and urban Aboriginal communities. Part of the Indigenous Legal Needs Project, for which a range of other reports were published.