Bushfire Legal Outreach

Bushfire Legal Help Community Outreach

Dedicated bushfire lawyer is here to help

with free legal advice and support.

The Bushfire Legal Project is a State wide project that liaises with Local Recovery Co-ordinators and community members to provide free legal help and guide people towards specialist assistance throughout the disaster cycle (Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, and Recovery.)

Preliminary assistance and advice is available for a variety of legal issues, including:

- Insurance claim disputes
- Property and stock losses
- Landlord and tenancy matters
- Fencing and boundary problems
- Debt and income difficulties

- Governance

- Consumer Credit
- Employment law protections for workers assisting with bushfire management measures
- Centrelink benefits and financial hardship options for individuals and small businesses
- Replacing destroyed documents (e.g. Insurance paperwork, tenancy agreements, drivers’ licences, property documents, Medicare cards, and certificates relating to birth, death, marriage or a change of name)

Estate planning - Wills, Powers of Attorney, Advanced Care Directives