knowmore Legal Service re-opens Perth office knowmore is an independent legal Aboriginal engagement advisors NEW PERTH LOCATION service giving free and confidential and financial counsellors to provide legal help to survivors of abuse by coordinated support. (from 30 August 2019) providing information and advice knowmore can help clients with knowmore Legal Service about the justice and redress options possible claims under institutional Level 5, 5 Mill Street that may be available. redress schemes including the Perth WA 6000 The service was established National Redress Scheme, access to Free advice line: 1800-605-762 in 2013 to assist people who were assistance or compensation through web: www.knowmore.org.au engaging with or considering victims of crime schemes or common engaging with the Royal Commission law and civil claims, and other legal into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. issues related to abuse such as accessing records from knowmore operates as a program of the National institutions and making complaints to police. Association of Community Legal Centres (NACLC), and is knowmore has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, funded by the Australian Government. It also receives some Brisbane, and now Perth. The Perth office first opened in funding from the Financial Counselling Foundation. July 2014 and closed in December 2016, after its work with knowmore uses a multidisciplinary model to provide the Royal Commission was completed. trauma-informed, client-centered and culturally safe legal With the National Redress Scheme underway, the assistance to clients. knowmore Perth office reopened to the public in June 2019 knowmore has lawyers, social workers, counsellors, (currently in temporary accommodation). Thanks to Greg Boland, Managing Lawyer with knowmore Perth office, for sending us the information above. Readers may remember Greg from his previous role with Legal Aid, when he joined us in protesting the 2009 Redress WA payment cuts. In July 2019 Greg visited Tuart Place with Nick Hudson, knowmore’s Director of Strategic Engagement, and spoke to a gathering of participants about knowmore’s current work with the National Redress Scheme. Our photo shows Greg with Senior Therapist Susy Vaughan at Tuart Place on 22 July.
The knowmore Perth team: Standing (L to R): Ginny Rabeling (Senior Lawyer), Aline Benkendorf (Lawyer), Elvis Yarran (ATSI Engagement Advisor), Michael Martin (Regional Client Services Manager), Marque Raymond (Support Services Worker), Steven Turner (Lawyer), Sadhini Wijesiri (Paralegal) and Erin Dalton (Lawyer). Seated (L to R): Greg Boland (Managing Lawyer), Leticia Marquez (Intake Officer), Danelle Shoulder (Office 5 Administrator), Margaret Coyne (ATSI Engagement Advisor) and Taryn Ford (Intake Officer).
