We recently ran a survey to hear how fines are impacting on young people under 25 years.
The survey highlighted that many of the 150 young people who received fines, cannot afford to pay the fines.
Almost half the young people fined said they could not pay the full fine, with most saying that having a fine added stress to their life, with nearly one quarter of the young people being left with a large debt they cannot pay off .
Did you know that almost one in two Australians over the age of 15 experience legal problems each year?
The results of the Legal Australia-Wide Survey announced earlier this month found that almost half of all Australians were affected by legal problems every year.
Submissions to the Government’s Discussion Paper “Practical Lessons, fair consequences, Improving Diversion for young people in Victoria” closed on 5th October.
Smart Justice for Young People coordinated a sector response setting out the principles that should underpin a diversion framework for children and young people and making 13 recommendations of how to improve the system .
Did you know…
more than 80% of Community Legal Centre clients earn less than $26,000 a year 73% of legal services are unable to meet demand 490,000 Australians each year miss out on legal help for financial reasons or lack of knowledgeYouthlaw doesn’t think this is good enough.
