FOLLOWING twelve months of successful work, the NSW government have elected not to renew the contract of the outreach solicitor from Western Women's Legal Support, whose contract finished on 30 June.
This has left women in towns in Western NSW without face-to-face access to legal support in domestic and sexual violence situations, where statistically it is most needed.
The outreach solicitor was employed through the Dubbo-based Western NSW Community Legal Centre with funding provided by the NSW Department of Communities and Justice.
The solicitor worked in Coonamble Shire, but . . .
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