Our Cairns Office is Currently Moving! 📦
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Our Cairns Office is Currently Moving! 📦

Our new address is: 59 McLeod St, Cairns

We look forward to welcoming clients at our new location early in the New Year, from Monday, 5th January 2026!

Current Status: The team is currently in the process of relocating to our new home. This is being undertaken between: 16th-19th December 2025, and our office will be closed to the public during this time and up until the 5th January 2026.

Urgent Needs: Calls to our Cairns office (Ph: 4046 6400) will be handled by our statewide teams who are standing by to take your calls and put you in touch with legal support.

As always, for any urgent Criminal Law matters, you can call our 24/7 hotline – 1800 012 255.

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Solutions instead of suspensions: what’s already working in Qld schools?

Online Event: Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm – 7:15pm AEST

Register for Event:
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🚛📢 Our Maroochydore Office is Moving! 📢 🚛
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🚛📢 Our Maroochydore Office is Moving! 📢 🚛

ATSILS Maroochydore office is relocating to a new location just around the corner!

The new address is Suite 3/115-117 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore, QLD 4558.

Situated on the corner of Aerodrome Road & Maud Street, the new location will bring us closer to the Courts, provide more space for our growing workforce and will help us better serve our community across the Sunshine Coast.

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Key Dates to Remember:
Thursday, 27th of November & Friday, 28th of November 2025: Our Maroochydore office will be closed on these days as we move.

Urgent client needs: Our dedicated statewide team will be taking urgent calls to our Maroochydore office (Ph: 5452 7633) during the move to ensure you get the help you need. Remember, for urgent criminal law matters, you can always call 1800 012 255 24/7.

Our Maroochydore team are excited to welcome you to our new office from Monday, 1st of December 2025!

Mob Strong – visiting Mt Isa in May
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Mob Strong – visiting Mt Isa in May

Mob Strong is a free nationwide legal advice and financial counselling service for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Mob Strong will be at the following locations:
• Mount Isa Neighbourhood Centre, 72 Marian Street, Pioneer from 9:00am – 3:00pm on the 6th of May

• Ngukuthati Children & Family Centre, 70 Short Stret, Pioneer from 9:00am – 3:00pm on the 7th & 8th of May

For more information on Mob Strong please visit – Mob Strong Debt Help – https://financialrights.org.au/getting-help/mob-strong-debt-help/

Exploring Health Justice Partnership Opportunities in Cherbourg
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Exploring Health Justice Partnership Opportunities in Cherbourg

Graham White, our Director of Sector Engagement and Communications, had the pleasure of meeting with CRAICCHS CEO Jessica Scott and EA Amanda Frankcombe yesterday in Cherbourg.

It was fantastic to be out on beautiful Wakka Wakka country, yarning about the concept of Health/Justice partnerships and gaining deeper insights into the range of vital services CRAICCHS provides. ATSILS leadership is actively exploring innovative ways to engage with key partners to extend our service delivery relative to the identified legal needs of communities. We thank Jessica and Amanda for taking the time to meet with Graham.

Need Legal Help? Call us 1800 012 255
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Need Legal Help? Call us 1800 012 255

2025 is ATSILS 53rd year of legal service delivery and we are more committed than ever to advancing the rights of our clients and their communities across Queensland.

Mob can call our free helpline – 1800 012 255 for assistance.

*Available 24/7 for urgent criminal law matters.

Alternatively, you can contact an office directly in a region closest to you.

Happy 2025 to all our communities, colleagues, partners, and stakeholders! 🎉Looking forward to working together to ensure better access to justice for all.

Assisting our most remote clients in Far NW QLD
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Assisting our most remote clients in Far NW QLD

Last week, ATSILS mobile legal practitioner Kevin Amantea undertook the remote court circuit in the Gulf country to assist clients and to help ensure our most remote communities have access to justice. Kevin said, ‘I enjoyed traveling to the Northwest QLD region of the Gulf of Carpentaria for work…. It was one of the most rewarding and challenging experiences of my legal career.

ATSILS currently employs two mobile legal practitioners as part of our innovative and agile workforce. Our highly experienced mobile legal practitioners travel far and wide across Queensland to assist with service delivery continuity and demand. They can be deployed to targeted regions to enable ATSILS to be more responsive to the legal needs of a community.

Townsville office phone & internet services are back online.
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Townsville office phone & internet services are back online.

Issues with the ATSILS Townsville office phone & internet services have been resolved.

You can reach our Townsville office on: (07) 4722 5111

If you still experience issues please call: 1800 012 255

Townsville Office Phone and ICT Outage
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Townsville Office Phone and ICT Outage

ATSILS Townsville office is currently experiencing a critical technical service outage affecting phone and ICT services.

Service restoration is estimated to be in place by tomorrow 10/08, updates will be provided when available.

In the meantime please call 1800 012 255 if you need to make urgent contact with the Townsville team or contact our Cairns office which are assisting with client enquiries – (07) 4046 6400.

Cairns Regional Office Upgrade!
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Cairns Regional Office Upgrade!

Our Cairns office has had an upgrade, and our CEO – Shane Duffy and Director of Communications and Sector Engagement – Graham White, had a chance to view the completed works while in town meeting with the team. The upgrades were undertaken to meet the needs of our growing workforce and the interior design incorporates our new branding and landscape images to give the space a strong sense of connection to the region we service.

The executive spent valuable time with staff from the Civil, Criminal and Family law teams, the Throughcare team and the client services team discussing local service delivery opportunities and issues. They also met with the Atherton Community Justice Group, Family Responsibilities Commission, The First Nations Justice Officer, working to develop collaborative partnerships to improve service outcomes for community and clients.

Our Cairns office offers Criminal, Civil & Family law services as well as Throughcare services to communities in FNQ.  atsils.org.au/contact/