ABSTRACT
A lawyer, clinical legal education and law students’ engagement in law reform activities is a hallmark of a healthy democracy. Each has the vantage point of looking at the law in operation and its impact on clients and community. Articulating clients’ lived experiences so they are incorporated in policy, research and consequent submission writing is key to our democracy and accountability. The policy was questioned. It became the subject of a multi-pronged campaign, which included policy submissions from an array of community organisations including the Australian Council of Social Service, Anglicare and Get-Up. The past decade has seen the rise in social networks and online providers whose main aim is to grab attention using advertising to make its pitch. This is to generate money from their feeds. The legal assistance sector has been the subject of criticism from politicians for its advocacy for change and has suffered funding reallocations as a consequence.
