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A Specialist Homelessness Court for Australia Published on Monday 02, September 2019 Read IMCL lawyer Lloyd Murphy's recent article in Parity Magazine, where he outlines some ideas to counter the injustice of people experiencing homelessness being over-represented and poorly served by the criminal justice system.

Reduce homelessness, don't criminalise it Published on Tuesday 08, August 2017 Recently, we wrote an article for the North and West Melbourne News on the need to reduce homelessness, not to criminalise it.

Lawyers on the beat Published on Sunday 19, March 2017 A group of inner city CLCs recently visited a homeless support service to meet with people at risk of being impacted by the proposal to criminalise sleeping rough.

Legal experts say outlawing camping is ridiculous Published on Monday 06, February 2017 An increase in more affordable housing and holistic support services should be the solution to people experiencing homelessness who are forced to camp in Melbourne's CBD streets.

Inner Melbourne Community Legal acknowledges the traditional owners of the land on which we work, the Boon wurrung and Wurundjeri peoples of the Kulin nation. We recognise that sovereignty was never ceded and pay our respects to their cultures and Elders past and present. This always was and always will be Aboriginal Land.

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