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Social Security Rights Victoria

Social Security Rights Victoria (SSRV) is a community legal centre that provides free legal services in relation to Social Security and Centrelink matters to people across Victoria.

Legal Advice

SSRV provides free legal information and assistance in relation to social security issues to people who live in Victoria.

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Support for Community Workers & Lawyers

The SSRV Worker Help Line offers free and accessible services to social, community and health workers to help support your clients with social security matters.

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Our Impact in 2020-2021

Public legal advice

Advice to professionals

Legal casework & services

News

Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme: key findings

It was a scathing report on an illegal and damaging scheme that harmed some of the most vulnerable people in […]

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Tax returns and Centrelink issues

Completing our yearly tax returns is one of those life admin tasks that seem to come around too quickly and […]

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Changes to Parenting Payment Single: what happens next?

From 20 September 2023, the eligibility for Parenting Payment Single is being extended to when the youngest child turns 14. This […]

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SSRV acknowledges the traditional owners of the lands on which we meet, work and provide services to the community. We pay our respects to the first people of this country and to their Elders past and present.

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We recognise intersectionality and celebrate the diverse identities in the LGBTIQAP+ community. We are committed to supporting, encouraging and ensuring our staff and clients feel safe to be seen and treated as they are.

SSRV supports the proposal to alter the Constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the First Peoples of Australia and to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.