May 14th, 2024Climate justice boost for region

ARC Justice – a rights-based organisation incorporating the Loddon Campaspe Community Legal Centre and Housing Justice based in Bendigo – is set to receive $1 million over the next four years to help expand its work into climate justice.

ARC Justice chief executive officer Damian Stock says climate justice is a growing area of focus for the organisation.

Victorian Legal Services Board CEO and Commissioner Fiona McLeay said the funding would provide the “flexibility and certainty” that was needed to see long-term growth in access to justice

Arc Justice also incorporates the Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre based in Shepparton.