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Health justice landscape: December 2024 snapshot

There are 141 health justice services currently operating across Australia in which legal help is provided in healthcare settings and teams. These services include both formal health justice partnerships and outreach, integrated or hub services that combine legal assistance and healthcare.

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Map of Australia showing the number of health justice partnerships in each state: 14 in WA, 4 each in NT and SA, 18 in QLD, 33 in NSW, 8 in ACT, 57 in VIC, 2 on the NSW/VIC border, and 1 in TAS.

Health settings

  • 57 services are present in hospitals
  • 33 in community settings
  • 40 in primary health settings (other than Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health services)

Legal partners

  • 36 partnerships involve legal aid commissions
  • 104 involve generalist or specialist community legal centres
  • 6 involve other types of legal services.
Click here to read about some of the services operating HJPs across Australia

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This report discusses whether and how health justice partnerships achieve financial wellbeing outcomes for their clients, how they work with financial counsellors and the opportunities and constraints of addressing financial wellbeing.

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