Other organisations that may help

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Information and advice on renting and accommodation, estate agents, building, shopping and trading.

Advice on renting and your rights. This service is available to tenants of all property types, including caravan parks.

Information and advice about your rights and responsibilities if you rent residential property.

Get information on renting in Victoria in Arabic, Swahili, Karen and Dari. Learn about bonds, condition reports, repairs, and how to start and end a lease.

Free, confidential support and information for court users, provided by volunteers. Call 1800 571 239.

Free legal services for disadvantaged people and the community organisations that support them.

Help for people facing economic, cultural or social disadvantage who have been impacted by legal issues.

Help for people experiencing homelessness or family violence. Includes information on after-hours services, specialist services and homelessness support.

Represents real estate professionals in Victoria in city, rural and regional areas.

Search for, lodge and pay residential tenancy bonds.

Search for, lodge and pay residential tenancy bonds.

Support for people over 50 who are seeking housing or who have housing issues.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Free online legal service helping residential tenants with repairs, including advice and help to prepare for VCAT.

Helps renters experiencing financial disadvantage or family violence.

Offers free legal representation to renters at risk of eviction into homelessness and renters impacted by family violence.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Information on land planning, property and land titles and land administration.

Find your local council and understand how councils make decisions on planning permits.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Provides information about native title and the land use agreements under the Traditional Owners Settlement Act 2010.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Information and advice on renting and accommodation, estate agents, building, shopping and trading.

Free help with disputes about property, trees, fences, owners corporations and retirement villages.

Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator. Contact ASIC to get documents to confirm a company's status and registered address.

Online resource designed to help Victorian businesses.

Gives both consumers and businesses information to ensure fair trading and competition.

Free and independent legal help and financial counselling. Based in Melbourne.

Information and advice about rights, obligations and fair work practices. Employers and employees can also find out about pay rates.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Advice on guardianship and advocacy matters for Victorians living with a disability. Also undertakes the role of guardian for some Victorians.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Support for Victorians who can't manage their own affairs due to mental illness, injury or disability.

Information, support, legal advice and education for seniors. Legal services and advocacy for individuals experiencing elder abuse.

Represents and supports adults with an intellectual disability.

Improves services for people with a disability in Victoria. Resolves complaints raised by or on behalf of people who receive disability services.

Free legal services for people with disability, their carers and advocates.

Financial advice and trustee services for all Victorians. Can be appointed as administrator in some circumstances.

Financial administration services. May be appointed as an administrator by VCAT. They may also act as an executor.

Financial advice and trustee services. This includes help with estate administration, trusts and tax management.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Information and advice on renting and accommodation, estate agents, building, shopping and trading.

Free help with disputes about property, trees, fences, owners corporations and retirement villages.

Get news and information about issues affecting owners corporations.

Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator. Contact ASIC to get documents to confirm a company's status and registered address.

Help for people facing economic, cultural or social disadvantage who have been impacted by legal issues.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on disputes about building and construction or property.

Regulates the building and plumbing industry in Victoria.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Information and advice on renting and accommodation, estate agents, building, shopping and trading.

Free help with disputes about property, trees, fences, owners corporations and retirement villages.

Information and advice about building and renovating.

Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator. Contact ASIC to get documents to confirm a company's status and registered address.

Property and building assessment experts and design architects.

Hears appeals about building control matters. They can also tell you if a building complies with the Building Act 1993.

Resolves customer complaints and disputes about electricity, gas and water service providers.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Free legal services for building owners experiencing disadvantage.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Online resource designed to help Victorian businesses.

Helps to resolve small business and commercial tenancy disputes. Provides low-cost mediation for small business.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

A free and confidential service if you have concerns about a health service provider or your health privacy.

Advice and guidance on freedom of information and privacy matters.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Enforces Victoria’s occupational health and safety and accident compensation laws.

Regulates health professionals as part of the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme. Often involved in VCAT cases.

Provides online access to a range of Victorian government services and transactions from one place.

Support for those who have been injured on the roads. Promotes and oversees road safety in Victoria. Often a party to VCAT proceedings.

Records all births, adoptions, marriages and deaths in Victoria. Registers domestic and caring relationships, changes of name, and provides certificates of events.

Help and financial support for expenses that were a result of a crime, or that are likely to be a result of the crime.

Independent oversight of integrity matters across racing codes. Oversees Racing Victoria Ltd, Harness Racing Victoria and Greyhound Racing Victoria. Often involved in VCAT cases.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Regulation of registered and unregistered disability workers in Victoria and investigation of complaints.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Free help with disputes about property, trees, fences, owners corporations and retirement villages.

Australia’s corporate, markets and financial services regulator. Contact ASIC to get documents to confirm a company's status and registered address.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Information on land planning, property and land titles and land administration.

Find your local council and understand how councils make decisions on planning permits.

Prevents harm from pollution and waste in Victoria. Works with the community, industry and businesses.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions' Earth Resources website shares legislation about Victoria's earth resources, including extractive industries, mining, oil and gas.

DEECA manages groundwater, catchments and waterways, infrastructure, water saving and re-use projects, flood management, governance and water legislation.

The Melbourne Strategic Assessment program manages the impact of urban development on significant vegetation communities, plants and animals.

Provides information about native title and the land use agreements under the Traditional Owners Settlement Act 2010.

An independent authority that regulates the legal profession in Victoria.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Free, confidential support and information for court users, provided by volunteers. Call 1800 571 239.

Free legal services for disadvantaged people and the community organisations that support them.

Help for people facing economic, cultural or social disadvantage who have been impacted by legal issues.

Access legal advice if you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Call 1800 064 865.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Decides on council rating valuations and valuation for State Government property transactions.

Information on land planning, property and land titles and land administration.

Find your local council and understand how councils make decisions on planning permits.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Advice on guardianship and advocacy matters for Victorians living with a disability. Also undertakes the role of guardian for some Victorians.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Support for Victorians who can't manage their own affairs due to mental illness, injury or disability.

Information, support, legal advice and education for seniors. Legal services and advocacy for individuals experiencing elder abuse.

Represents and supports adults with an intellectual disability.

Improves services for people with a disability in Victoria. Resolves complaints raised by or on behalf of people who receive disability services.

Free legal services for people with disability, their carers and advocates.

Financial advice and trustee services for all Victorians. Can be appointed as administrator in some circumstances.

Financial administration services. May be appointed as an administrator by VCAT. They may also act as an executor.

Financial advice and trustee services. This includes help with estate administration, trusts and tax management.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Improves services for people with a disability in Victoria. Resolves complaints raised by or on behalf of people who receive disability services.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Information and education about equal opportunity and racial and religious vilification. They also provide a dispute resolution service and education, training and consultancy services.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

A free and confidential service if you have concerns about a health service provider or your health privacy.

Government services and payments for eligible Australians.

Advice and guidance on freedom of information and privacy matters.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Improves services for people with a disability in Victoria. Resolves complaints raised by or on behalf of people who receive disability services.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Makes decisions on whether patients need compulsory mental health treatment.

Support for Victorians who can't manage their own affairs due to mental illness, injury or disability.

Provides access to 24 hour crisis support and suicide prevention services.

24-hour telephone counselling for people at risk of suicide or people concerned about someone else’s risk of suicide.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Information on land planning, property and land titles and land administration.

Find your local council and understand how councils make decisions on planning permits.

Community strengthening and engagement, cultural heritage management and protection.

Protects non-Aboriginal cultural heritage places and objects that are significant to the State of Victoria.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Provides information about native title and the land use agreements under the Traditional Owners Settlement Act 2010.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Resolves customer complaints and disputes about electricity, gas and water service providers.

Information on land planning, property and land titles and land administration.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Advice on guardianship and advocacy matters for Victorians living with a disability. Also undertakes the role of guardian for some Victorians.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.

Advice on the Victorian legal system and how to find a lawyer.

Free legal information over the phone. Call 1300 792 387, Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm.

Help for people facing economic, cultural or social disadvantage who have been impacted by legal issues.

You can find a barrister yourself on the Victorian Bar website.