Leaving Home

Normally your parents are your legal guardians until you are 18, but there is no law in Australia which says you cannot leave home before you reach 18. Deciding to move out can be a difficult decision since there’s a lot to think about, including where you will live and how you will support yourself financially. This topic will provide you with information on where you can find some help making those decisions.

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NCYLC and Mallesons nominated for Award

NCYLC and the national law firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques were recently nominated for the Pro Bono Partnership Award at the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales’ 2011 Justice Awards.

In presenting the award, won by Women's Legal Services NSW, Blake Dawson, Clayton Utz, Freehills, NSW Bar Association and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for their work bringing about positive change for victims of sexual assault, Mr John Corker, Director of the National Pro Bono Resource Centre said of the NCYLC/Mallesons partnership:

“The Centre and Mallesons have worked collaboratively for over 10 years together, providing young people with legal assistance through Lawmail and the Lawstuff website and this partnership was recognised as the 2005 winner of this Award. In 2007 this partnership created the Cyber Project which has facilitated the growth of this service by making it easy for Cyber Volunteers (including in-house corporate lawyers) to provide Lawmail advice”.

“To the year ended 30 June 2011 834 written advices, Lawmails, were provided. More than 90 Mallesons lawyers are Cyber Volunteers, and they used the online environment innovatively to provide high quality legal assistance to young people”.

On behalf of the partners, NCYLC is thankful for the nomination and wishes to extend its gratitude to the Award Sponsor, the National Pro Bono Resource Centre and to the Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales.

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Open letter to Minister Garrett calls for youth participation in education funding review

The National Children's and Youth Law Centre (NCYLC) has written an open letter to the Federal Minister for Education, the Hon. Peter Garrett, MP.

In the letter, NCYLC are critical of the lack of effort made by the Review of Funding for Schooling panel to seek the views of the students of Australia’s schools. NCYLC seeks the Minister’s assurance that he or his Department will actively seek to obtain the views of the nation's students prior to finalising the Federal Government's policy on school funding. Please click here to read a copy of the letter.

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