In mid-October SSRV team members participated in the inaugural Community Legal Centre (CLC) Expo in Queen’s Hall at Parliament House.
Organised by the Federation of Community Legal Centres, the three-day event was a great opportunity for CLCs from all over Victoria to meet with some of our 128 members of the Victorian Parliament.
The hallowed environment became festooned with trestle tables, banners, brochures and lollies. At 1pm on the Day 2 a stand up lunch was held featuring speeches from the Federation of Community Legal Centres CEO Louisa Gibbs, Attorney General The Hon. Jaclyn Symes, Shadow Attorney General The Hon. Michael O’Brien, Greens Justice spokesperson Katherine Copsey and The Hon. Maree Edwards, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
SSRV staff met with several MPs during the course of the Expo including Shadow Attorney General The Hon. Michael O’Brien, Minister for Corrections the Hon. Enver Erdogan and Mr Lee Tarlamis, Government Whip in the Legislative Council.
There were also many opportunities to network with our CLC colleagues, of whom over 100 were in attendance at any given time, talking about the work of SSRV. We congratulate our colleagues at Federation of Community Legal Centres for a brilliantly executed event.
