Disaster Response Legal Service NSW

Call us on 1800 801 529 9am-5pm Monday to Friday or visit our how we can help page for more information.

If you’ve been affected by a bushfire, storm or flood, we can help you with everyday legal problems including insurance claims and disputes, financial hardship, tenancy and Centrelink. Call us on 1800 801 529 between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday or visit our 'How We Can Help' page for more information.

News

10 August

DRLS attending community insurance forums organised by the Insurance Council of Australia

Senior Outreach solicitor Alex Rumore was in the Central West in Molong and Eugowra attending community insurance forums organised by the Insurance Council of Australia.

12 July

Ma’ata Solofoni senior solicitor presents at the the Australia and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference

Ma’ata Solofoni, senior solicitor in Disaster and Insurance with the Disaster Response Legal Service presented a session at the Australia and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference, in Brisbane in July 2023.

4 April

DRLS meets the new Premier Chris Minns and State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin

Staff from the Disaster Response Legal Service met the new Premier, Chris Minns and State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin today during their visit to the Lismore Recovery Centre and Lismore City Centre.

1 March

Disaster Response Legal Service Update - February 2023 edition out now!

In this month's edition you can read about our statewide response, see how we have been helping in the Northern Rivers, and find out how to get help with financial hardship.

9 February

7.30 ABC News

Our senior DRLS solicitor Ma'ata Solofoni spoke to the ABC 7:30 Report about the ongoing insurance problems in the Northern Rivers 12 months after the devastating floods in February 2022.

19 January

New DRLS Newsletter

The Disaster Response Legal Service has recently published their first service newsletter.