We wish you a very Murri Christmas and all the very best for the summer holidays and the New Year.
To our funding bodies and the many community, partner, and stakeholder organisations we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year: thank you. Your continued support throughout 2025 has been vital to our work, and we look forward to walking alongside you again in 2026.
🎄 Christmas Holiday Reduced Office Hours: Our offices will operate with reduced hours over the break; however, we will still have a rostered on-call team available.
• Reduced Hours: Monday, 22nd Dec 2025 – Monday, 5th Jan 2026.
• For urgent matters, call us on our Freecall 24/7 number: 1800 012 255.
📍 Office Moves! It’s been a busy year of growth! We’d like to remind our community that several of our offices have relocated in the second half of 2025. Please check our contacts page https://atsils.org.au/contact/ for updated addresses for our Cairns, Townsville, Maroochydore, and Normanton offices.
Once again, Merry Christmas, stay safe, and stay deadly!
Murri Christmas from the ATSILS Team! 🎄 | Holiday Hours & Office Updates
To our funding bodies and the many community, partner, and stakeholder organisations we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year: thank you. Your continued support throughout 2025 has been vital to our work, and we look forward to walking alongside you again in 2026.
🎄 Christmas Holiday Reduced Office Hours: Our offices will operate with reduced hours over the break; however, we will still have a rostered on-call team available.
• Reduced Hours: Monday, 22nd Dec 2025 – Monday, 5th Jan 2026.
• For urgent matters, call us on our Freecall 24/7 number: 1800 012 255.
📍 Office Moves! It’s been a busy year of growth! We’d like to remind our community that several of our offices have relocated in the second half of 2025. Please check our contacts page https://atsils.org.au/contact/ for updated addresses for our Cairns, Townsville, Maroochydore, and Normanton offices.
Once again, Merry Christmas, stay safe, and stay deadly!
Our Cairns Office is Currently Moving! 📦
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.
Solutions instead of suspensions: what’s already working in Qld schools?
Online Event: Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm – 7:15pm AEST
Register for Event:
https://events.humanitix.com/solutions-instead-of-suspensions
Yarning with Elders about important legal issues on beautiful Quandamooka Country!
#ATSILS #DeadlyChoices #QuandamookaCountry #CommunityLegalEducation #Elders #WillsAndEstates
🚛📢 Our Maroochydore Office is Moving! 📢 🚛
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!
Congratulations to our Sunshine Coast Regional Manager – Tim Hishon
Tim received his silver membership pin at a special event last week that celebrated the unique “salt air” spirit of the Sunshine Coast legal community.
It was said best on the night:
“It’s a community where professional respect and personal kindness often go hand in hand… To our honourees – thank you for the mentorship, the advocacy and the steady hands you’ve lent to this profession.”
Tim, thank you for your decades of perseverance, your adaptability (having seen fax machines come and go!), and your unwavering commitment to justice for our people.
Please join us in the comments to wish Tim a huge congratulations! 🧡🖤💛
#ATSILS #SunshineCoast #Community #LegalHero #Congratulations #Dedication
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Empowering women at the Townsville Women’s Correctional Centre through collaborative community legal education! 🤝✨
This CLE session was part of a larger, 3-week collaborative project whereby TWCC, ATSILS, Transform Lives Program, North Queensland Women’s Legal Service and the First Nations Women’s Legal Services Qld Inc joined forces to offer the women at TWCC these DFV community legal information sessions in alignment and solidarity with the 16 Days of Activism 2025.
What we covered:
🗣️ Coercive Control: Breaking down the new offences that came into effect in QLD in 2025, how to identify these behaviours, and where to get support.
View our quick guide on understanding Coercive Control
📜 Domestic Violence Orders (DVOs): Understanding DVOS , what constitutes a breach, and practical tips on how to navigate them.
View our quick guide on understanding Domestic Violence Orders
The smaller group setting provided a safe and open space for questions and genuine conversation. There was really positive feedback from the women about what they had learned from the session, and what they would like to see more of in future.
Community Legal Education on Quandamooka Country!
It was great to attend the event and deliver an important community legal education session to Elders attending the games, focusing on Wills and Enduring Powers of Attorney.
The Elders shared many excellent questions, leading to plenty of great yarns about the importance of getting your affairs in order. The best time to do it is right now!
Thank you to the fantastic team at Deadly Choices for organising such a wonderful event. We look forward to attending the next one! 🙏
Homeless Connect Event
ATSILS was proud to take part in Brisbane City Council’s Homeless Connect event last week.
Pree Sharma represented the ATSILS team and provided legal advice and referrals throughout the day. Many community members doing it tough stopped by our stall to ask for help, and we were glad to assist with their legal needs and connect them with other services where appropriate.
A big thank you to Brisbane City Council for coordinating this important event and to all the organisations who came together to make a real difference.
First Nations Moot – Toowoomba
Andrew and fellow UNISQ law student Caiden showcased incredible talent and dedication, doing our Toowoomba office proud and representing UNISQ with distinction. They faced tough competition, ultimately falling to formidable teams from Bond and Griffith Universities.
A massive thank you to the incredible mentors who supported them through the process, including Kristie Smith (UNISQ First Nations Lead & ex-ATSILS Lawyer), as well as Christianne and Sharon (Criminal Lawyers, ATSILS Toowoomba Office).
Christianne and Sharon were exceptionally generous with their time, allowing the students to shadow them at the Magistrates Court, providing invaluable, real-world insight into court proceedings. This mentorship and collegiate spirit are traits we are proud of at ATSILS and are vital in supporting the next generation of First Nations legal professionals along their justice journey.
We’re thrilled to hear the First Nations Moot will now be an annual event. We are looking forward to supporting the team next year!