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SSRV and the Poverty Inquiry 

Poverty is a growing problem in Australia, with one in eight people, including one in six children, currently living in […]

SSRV Legal Assistance Line 

In 2020, when Khodar*, an Iranian refugee living in Australia, lost his job as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, […]

Miles Busfield, Operations and Intake Worker

I first started with SSRV as a student volunteer in mid-2021 as a part of the Monash Clinical Placement Program. […]

Staff profile: Jenny Lawton, Community Lawyer

Sometime last century I commenced with SSRV as a volunteer member of the Board. Back then, SSRV was called the […]

Extension of time applications when appealing Centrelink decisions – Administrative Appeals Tribunal

Anyone who has contacted SSRV about appealing a Centrelink decision will know that we go to great lengths to stress the […]

Improving disaster-informed Centrelink decision-making is important

In any given year, around a quarter of SSRV’s clients are involved in a Centrelink dispute about the rate of their […]