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We can help you understand the review process but we cannot give you advice about your case.
Lawyers and other organisations may be able to help you with your review.
We can’t recommend or pay for someone to help you.
This information is from other organisations that may be able to help. We try to keep it current, but details may change. Please contact the relevant organisation to ask about their services if you have any questions.
Free or subsidised legal help
A lawyer may represent you and will act on your behalf. You can hire a lawyer and pay them to represent you. You might be eligible for Legal Aid to pay for a lawyer to represent you.
Legal Aid Commissions provide a range of services. They offer information, legal advice and representation in courts and tribunals. Information and services including phone advice are often free of charge. A Community Legal Centre (CLC) may be able to provide you with independent legal help to support your review. There are Legal Aid Commissions and CLCs in each state and territory.
There are Legal Aid Commissions in each state and territory:
Australian Capital Territory – Legal Aid ACT
Phone: 1300 654 314
New South Wales – Legal Aid NSW
Phone: 1300 888 529
Northern Territory – Legal Aid NT
Phone: 1800 019 343
Queensland – Legal Aid Queensland
Phone: 1300 651 188
Indigenous information line: 1300 65 01 43
South Australia – Legal Services Commission South Australia
Phone: 1300 366 424 or (08) 8111 5539
Tasmania – Tasmania Legal Aid
Phone: 1300 366 611
Victoria – Victoria Legal Aid
Phone: 1300 792 387
Western Australia – Legal Aid WA
Phone: 1300 650 579
There are CLCs in each state and territory:
Australian Capital Territory – ACT CLC directory
New South Wales – NSW CLC directory.
You can also call LawAccess NSW on 1300 888 529 for help finding a CLC.
Northern Territory – NT CLC directory.
There are also women’s legal services that may be able to help.
Queensland – Qld CLC directory
South Australia – SA CLC directory
Tasmania – Tas CLC directory
Victoria – Vic CLC directory
Western Australia – WA CLC directory
Help from a disability advocate
Ask Izzy is a website that can help you find a disability advocate. If you’re with Telstra or Vodafone, you can use Ask Izzy on your phone, even if you don’t have credit or access to wi-fi.
NDIS appeals program
The NDIS Appeals Program helps people who want to review an NDIS decision. There are support providers in each state and territory.
Help from a lawyer
If you need to find a lawyer, you can contact your local law society. Some may be able to connect you with a lawyer who can help on a pro bono (free or reduced fee) basis.
Law Societies
Australian Capital Territory – ACT Law Society
Phone: (02) 6274 0300
New South Wales – Law Society of NSW
Phone: (02) 9926 0333
Northern Territory – Law Society NT
Phone: (08) 8981 5104
Queensland – Queensland Law Society
Phone: 1300 367 757
South Australia – Law Society of South Australia
Phone: (08) 8229 0200
Tasmania – Law Society of Tasmania
Phone: (03) 6234 4133
Victoria – Law Institute Victoria
Phone: (03) 9607 9311
Western Australia – Law Society WA
Phone: (08) 9324 8600