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Legal help over the holiday break 18 December 2024
The Disaster Response Legal Service will be closed from Monday 23 December 2024 and reopen on Monday 6 January 2025. The DRLS Helpline will remain open during this time.
Ma'ata Solofoni recognised with NSW AG's Award 06 December 2024
Ma'ata Solofoni, senior insurance solicitor with the DRLS, took home the NSW Attorney General’s Award for Leadership in Social Justice at a red-carpet ceremony in Sydney last week.
A surge of legal help in the Far West after power 07 November 2024
The Disaster Response Legal Service (DRLS) has been in Broken Hill and the Far West during October and November, providing free legal help to communities impacted by the severe storms.
Ma’ata Solofoni presents at DEMC24 and more 16 August 2024
Ma'ata Solofoni, senior solicitor in Disaster and Insurance, recently presented at the DEMC24 on the Gold Coast and also gave evidence at a public hearing at Parliament House in Sydney.
Legal help in the Illawarra and Hawkesbury 12 April 2024
The DRLS is providing free legal help to communities impacted by disaster at the NSW Reconstruction Authority's Recovery Assistance Points in Windsor, Thirroul and Warrawong.
DRLS back out in the Central West 26 February 2024
DRLS solicitors and solicitors from the Orange Legal Aid Regional office attended a series of Community Flood Update sessions in Forbes, Parkes and Eugowra.