A new mobile shopfront dealing with justice-related services is to be established in the coming months, according to Attorney-General, Cameron Dick.
Mr Dick told a Parliamentary Estimates Committee that the pilot program would be launched for the new Justice Connect service which would be set up in major suburban shopping centres over the next few months.
Travelling program being planned
“This new mobile shopfront will make it easy for people to register the birth of a new child, lodge an application to become a Justice of the Peace or apply for victim-of-crime assistance and support,” Mr Dick said.
“People will also be able to get help to resolve a neighbourhood dispute or find out whether they have any unpaid fines.”
He said because it could be hard for people to find the time to access these kinds of legal services or find out more about them, the Government was taking them to the people.
Mr Dick said a six-month pilot program would be run in conjunction with Westfield shopping centres and would kick off at Garden City Shopping Centre, Upper Mount Gravatt, in September.
“During the pilot, the Justice Connect service will be provided on a rotational basis at Chermside, Carindale, Helensvale, Strathpine, Garden City and North Lakes shopping centres for a week, including Thursday nights,” he said.
It would also be made available at major urban events such as multicultural festivals, Brisbane’s Ekka and Law Week.
“We will assess the response to the pilot and then investigate the feasibility of taking Justice Connect around the State, including to Indigenous communities and regional events,” Mr Dick said.
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