Legal

A community-based legal service practising in planning and environmental law and providing legal advice & advocacy on public-interest planning & environmental law for individuals and groups. The service also provides education for community groups and engages in law reform.

Adolescent Program

A program for adolescents wanting to look at issues relating to their misuse of alcohol and/or other drugs.

Alcohol or Other Drug Support Program

Provides support and assistance primarily for families and individuals affected by alcohol or other drugs, but is also suitable for people experiencing stress related to any life situation such as divorce or separation.

Children & Adolescent Support Program

A support program for children and adolescents 5 to 18 years old living in families where there is alcohol and/or other drug misuse.

Age-appropriate groups are provided.

Drum Beat

An innovative program for young people & adults and male & female prisoners that teaches about relationships, team building and communication through drumming.

Managing Your Life Program

Offers separate groups for adult males and females wanting to make changes in their lives relating to their misuse of alcohol and/or other drugs. The Program is also suitable for people experiencing stress related to any life situation such as divorce or separation.

School-Based Program

A program providing up-to-date information for secondary school students about the misuse of alcohol and other drugs. Programs are individually tailored for schools.

Skills for Life

A program for people who have been affected by the drinking problem of a relative or friend.

Katherine Women’s Information & Legal Service (KWILS) is a not-for-profit Community Legal Centre based in Katherine, Northern Territory. We are a specialist women’s legal service providing all women, and those who identify as women, in Katherine and the Big Rivers Region access to free and professional legal and support services, with a particular focus on the reduction of domestic, family and sexual violence. We also provide community legal education and undertake advocacy and law reform work in areas that improve gender equity and address gendered violence.

KWILS aims to ensure that all women in the Katherine region have access to free legal advice and representation in the following areas:

• Domestic, Family and Personal Violence
• Child protection
• Family Law
• Discrimination (age, sex, race, gender etc)
• Employment (including sexual harassment)
• Government complaints (including the conduct of Police, Corrections & Education)
• Health Care Complaints Commission (including the conduct of Health Care, Aged Care and Disability Care Providers)
• Coronial Inquests
• Tenancy Law (public and private tenancies)
• Social Security/Centrelink
• Consumer law (Credit & Debts)
• Victims of Crime and Motor Accidents Compensation

Services offer to help participants gain their independency and also making their own Choice or Giving them the Freedom, Choice and Control.

Pre and Post Release Support Service (PPRSS) works with prisoners who are due for release within the next three months, and who want help to reintegrate back into the Darwin, Katherine and Alice Springs communities. Following release, PPRSS continues to provide case-management support while participants re-establish themselves in the community, which can help to reduce the likelihood of reoffending.

Provides legal assistance including advice and casework for indigenous women, children and young people affected by family or domestic violence. North Australian Aboriginal Family Legal Service Provides legal assistance, referral and support for indigenous men, women, children and young people affected by family or domestic violence and sexual assault. NAAFVLS also focuses on raising community awareness and implementing prevention initiatives to address the problems of family violence. 

We provide high quality advice and representation and advocate for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people living in Central Australia.

Our vision is justice, dignity and equal rights and treatment before the law for Aboriginal people in Central Australia.  Services include:

• Criminal Law
• Civil Law
• Family Law
• Community Legal Education
• Welfare Rights
• Youth Justice Advocacy
• Social Justice
• Kunga Program

We provide free and confidential legal information, referral to other helpful services and legal advice appointments for most legal problems in the NT.

Call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343. The Helpline operator will talk about what type of problem you need help with and connect you to the correct office at Legal Aid to make an appointment. We provide legal advice over the phone, or in person if that is preferred.

Your nearest Legal Aid office runs legal advice clinics in family law, criminal law and civil law matters.

Ongoing legal representation is available to people who qualify for a grant of legal aid.  We require you to meet a financial means test and your legal problem must be something we are funded to provide representation for.

Take your first step towards a solution and call the Legal Aid Helpline on 1800 019 343

The Office of the Children’s Commissioner is an independent office that is responsible for ensuring the wellbeing of vulnerable children.

Note: After hours message bank service available 7 days a week.

Carpentaria’s Pathways Program is an individual and outcomes-based approach to day program activities for adults with a disability. Programs are tailored to individual interests and goals, and support ongoing learning and skill development opportunities across a wide range of activities delivered in custom-built facilities and in the community.