The team at Macarthur Legal Centre is frustrated and annoyed after the organisation missed out on important funding in a recent grant scheme.
Tanya Whitehouse, manager of the centre’s Macarthur Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service, said growing demand meant another domestic violence solicitor was desperately needed.
“We discovered through Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research Data that, of the Sydney metro area, Campbelltown has the second-highest rate of domestic violence, behind Blacktown.
“It’s disappointing that the government doesn’t recognise the need for our community, given how serious the issue of domestic violence is in Macarthur.”
Ms Whitehouse said there were plenty of other legal centres which missed out as well. She said the service was inundated with calls for support.