National Drought and the Law Online Forum
Have your legal questions answered Free!
As one of its drought support initiatives, the Federal Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs has funded the Rural Law Online website to provide a free national online legal information service for rural communities, farmers and rural small businesses.
The National Drought Law Forum is supported by 20 lawyers from around Australia who are ready to provide a response to any legal query.
Organisations working with people affected by drought are also encouraged to utilise the forum by posting a question, sharing experiences or promoting their services.
"The forum has already been viewed by several thousand people and is a great opportunity for individuals or organisations working with people in rural Australia to ask a lawyer a legal question and have the response viewed by many others who could benefit from the information" said Mr Richard Coverdale Manager of the Rural Law Online website.
Anyone with a legal question or comment can post it to the Forum anonymously and receive a response from an independent legal expert.
Visit the Drought Law Forum and post a comment or question at - www.rurallaw.org.au.
A free brochure titled National Directory of Free and Low Cost Legal Services for Rural Australians is also available for organisations and their clients. A Guide to Legal Services for Rural Australia - news release Drought Legal Services to continue
For further information on the Drought Law Forum, please contact Richard Coverdale - Website Manager at email: richardc@rurallaw.org.au Phone: (03) 52290 648. To order multiple copies of the brochure contact Katrina at email therumbles@westnet.com.au. This is a project of the Victoria Law Foundation.