Caxton Community Legal Centre has been awarded funding to deliver a new specialist legal service for victim-survivors of sexual violence across Queensland. The Australian Government has recently announced fresh funding to rollout pilot services in NSW and QLD aimed to support victims and survivors of sexual violence in their engagement with the justice system. "This will … Continue reading Caxton receives fund for pilot services to support sexual violence victims-survivors
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Caxton leadership in sector campaign pushes Commonwealth to release overdue Plan to end elder abuse
The Australian Government has finally released its new National Plan to End the Abuse and Mistreatment of Older People on 16th March following a nation-wide call out with Caxton Community Legal Centre taking a lead role. The week before its release, Cybele Koning spoke with ABC News about the two-year delay and said that the … Continue reading Caxton leadership in sector campaign pushes Commonwealth to release overdue Plan to end elder abuse
A Sorry Reflection: Samuel Mashman
In 2008, around the time our then Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, spoke a single word of mammoth importance, I was 6 - beginning to formulate what that meant in my own little life. I think of apologising to my parents for leaving my room untidy and drawing on the walls; or to my sister for … Continue reading A Sorry Reflection: Samuel Mashman
Caxton’s Legal Practice Director, Colette Bots, spoke with ABC Radio Brisbane following Caxton’s appearance at the Parliamentary Inquiry into Elder Abuse
Listen to the full interview on ABC Brisbane Drive Program Listen to the full 25th August Episode here - https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/brisbane-drive/drive/105682512?utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared Colette’s interview starts from 1:16:38
Collaboration in place-based service delivery to prevent and respond to elder abuse
Caxton Community Legal Centre CEO Cybele Koning’s keynote speech at the Unite for Action Elder Abuse Prevention Forum 13th June 2025 “An older couple from my home town asked me over for a cuppa on the weekend. They are a retired teacher and accountant, confused about the practical workings of their EPoAs, planning for aged … Continue reading Collaboration in place-based service delivery to prevent and respond to elder abuse
Racist Behaviour in Public and Online
It is unlawful to do a public act that is likely to offend, insult, humiliate or intimidate another person or group because of their race (s 18C Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth)). A person must not do a public act that incites hatred, serious contempt or severe ridicule towards another person or group because of … Continue reading Racist Behaviour in Public and Online
Reduced Legal Costs for Victim Survivors
The risks of paying a perpetrator's legal costs or not being able to recover your own, particularly for people experiencing disadvantage, have been a prohibitive barrier for victim survivors of sexual harassment and discrimination to accessing justice and seeking redress. Caxton Legal Centre is a signatory and supporter of the Power to Prevent statement supporting … Continue reading Reduced Legal Costs for Victim Survivors
Capacity for decision-making and guardianship: Strengthening your practice
FREE webinar series and FREE online course to support legal, health, disability, care professionals and tertiary students. Working with patients and clients who are ageing or who have co-morbid disabilities or illnesses can raise issues around capacity for decision-making, how to support them and when to refer to QCAT. In 2020 changes to human rights … Continue reading Capacity for decision-making and guardianship: Strengthening your practice
Queensland Guardianship and Administrative Reforms – Education to increase human rights practices
The ‘Human rights in practice: Decisions, capacity and options’ project is a community education training package. The aim of the project is to improve the capacity of target audiences to consider and promote the human rights of adults, especially older persons, in the context of Queensland’s guardianship and administration reforms and its human rights laws. … Continue reading Queensland Guardianship and Administrative Reforms – Education to increase human rights practices
Celebrating International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Today, 21 March, is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. This is a day on which many workplaces and communities will be acknowledging efforts to improve harmony and unity, but it is also an important opportunity to remember that freedom from racial discrimination and hatred is a human right protected by international, … Continue reading Celebrating International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
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