Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Support

Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Support

Newcastle Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services (NWDVCAS) has specialist workers to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and kids at court.

How we help:

Support you and provide a safe place for you to wait while you’re at court
Give you information about court and AVOs, If you wish, where possible, have an Aboriginal worker to help you
Help you talk with the gunjies or your lawyer
Put you in touch with other support services and legal advice. In a number of courts, Legal Aid NSW provides lawyers who can give you free, independent legal advice.

A woman with brown eyes, dark hair and freckles smiling at the camera

Our Services

4940 8766

© NWDVCAS | All Rights Reserved | crafted by kurl

Funded by the Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Program, Legal Aid NSW

NWDVCAS acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands on which our company is located and where we conduct our business. We pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past, present and emerging. NWDVCAS is committed to honouring Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land, waters and seas and their rich contribution to society.

Aboriginal Flag

Torres Strait Islander Flag

Older women icon