‘We start the day with 60 people waiting’: the lawyers helping the ‘never-ending list’ of Australia’s DV victims
Legal Aid lawyers who work in family violence say they are swamped – and even when they help someone, they know there are many more people waiting
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Each day, the Legal Aid lawyers rostered on to run the New South Wales domestic violence hotline log on to find 60 women waiting for their call.
The lawyers are part of Legal Aid NSW’s Domestic Violence Unit (DVU), a team of 70 lawyers, case workers, financial counsellors and others who, along with the teams in other states, make up the engine room of the legal response to family violence across Australia.
Law (Australia) | The Guardian
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