Category: Legal

Ombudsmen

Ombudsmen

An Ombudsman is a person who can investigate and resolve disputes between people & government. This is a free service.

Australian Financial Complaints Authority
Tel: 1800 931 678
Email: info@afca.org.au
Web: https://www.afca.org.au/
Hours: 9:00am-5:00pm AEST/AEDT weekdays
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Commonwealth Ombudsman
Tel: 1300 362 072
Web: www.ombudsman.gov.au
Hours: 10.30am – 3pm Monday-Friday except public holidays.

Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON)
Tel: 1800 246 545
Web: www.ewon.com.au
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am-5pm excluding public holidays.
The Energy & Water Ombudsman NSW (EWON) provides a free, fair and independent dispute resolution scheme for consumers and small business who are experiencing difficulties with their electricity and gas customers in NSW, and some water customers.
EWON can investigate a wide range of complaints, including:

  • disputed accounts, high bills and contracts
  • debts, arrears and payment plans
  • disconnection or restriction of supply
  • actions of a provider that affect your property
  • reliability and quality of supply
  • marketing practices and transfer issues
  • poor customer service
  • concealed leaks …….to name a few

EWON can also assist community organisations with speakers, consumer articles and resources for events.
Please do not hesitate to contact community@ewon.com.au

Fair Work Ombudsman
Tel: 13 13 94
Web: www.fairwork.gov.au
Hours: 8am-5.30 pm Monday-Friday except public holidays.

Ombudsman New South Wales
Tel: 1800 451 524
Email: nswombo@ombo.nsw.gov.au
Web: www.ombo.nsw.gov.au
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday except public holidays.

Private Health Insurance Ombudsman
Tel: 1300 362 072
Web: www.ombudsman.gov.au
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday except public holidays.

Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman
Tel: 1800 062 058
Web: www.tio.com.au
Hours: 9:00am to 5pm Monday to Friday

Solicitors

Barry F Cosier & Associates
50 Main Street
Tel: 6352 1599
Email: info@cosier.com.au or sonya@cosier.com.au
Web: www.cosier.com.au
Hours: 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday

Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre
4 Station Street, Katoomba NSW 2780
Email: admin@eeclc.org.au
Web: www.eeclc.org.au
Fax: 4782 4384
Legal Advice Line: 4704 0207 Tuesdays
Hours: Tuesday & Thursdays 9.30 -12.30pm, Wednesdays 1.30 – 4.30pm
Tenancy Advice Line: 4704 0201 (Blue Mountains only)
Hours: Mondays, & Wednesdays 9.30 – 12.30pm
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands on which we work; the Darug, Gundungurra and Wiradjuri peoples, and pay our respects to their Elders, both past and present, extending this to all Aboriginal people seeing this message.
Elizabeth Evatt Community Legal Centre is a non-government organisation that provides free legal advice to disadvantaged members of the community living in the Bathurst, Oberon, Greater Lithgow and Blue Mountains regions. We also engage in a wide range of community legal education and law reform activities.

John Joseph Solicitors
31 Main Street
Tel: 6352 1188
Email: reception@josephsolicitors.com.au
Hours: 8:30am – 5pm Monday to Friday

Le Fevre & Co.
108 Main Street
Tel: 6352 2699
Email: info@lefevreco.com.au
Hours: 9am to 1pm, 2pm to 5pm Monday to Friday
Contact Principal solicitor Allan J Lindsay, Consultant – Tim Le Fevre

Legal Aid

Children’s Legal Service
Tel: 1800 10 18 10
Web: www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au
Hours: Weekdays 9am – midnight; Friday 9am to Sunday midnight & on public holidays
Youth LegalHotline weekdays: 9am to midnight; Friday to Sunday, public holidays: 24 hrs

Family Law Early Intervention Unit
Tel: 1800 551 589
A specialist service of Legal Aid helping people sort out family law issues as early as possible

Legal Advice
LINC 1 Padley St, Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6352 2077
Fax: 6353 1826
Email: linc@linc.org.au
Web: http://linc.org.au/
Hours: Tuesday 10am to 3pm fortnightly
Contact LINC Reception for all appointments

Legal Aid
LINC 1 Padley St, Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6352 2077
Fax: 6353 1826
Email: linc@linc.org.au
Web: www.linc.org.au
Hours: Wednesday 9am to 12.30pm fortnightly
Contact LINC Reception for all appointments.

Salvos Legal Humanitarian Legal Advice
Tel: 8201 1500 for an appointment for telephone advice
Hours: 10am – 4pm Wednesdays

Justices of the Peace

NSW Justices of the Peace Register
Web: https://www.jp.nsw.gov.au/

Barlow, John
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6352 4527 or 0429 477 077

Carter, Jeffery
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 0437 774 589

Cawthorn, Clive
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 0417 420 594

Deeley, Joan
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6351 4809

Ditomo, Renato
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6351 3333

Farrant, Norma
123 Hassans Walls Road, Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6353 1187

James, Helen
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6352 2410

Morton, Margaret
Rydal 2790
Tel: 6355 6206

Kirk, Wendy
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6353 1836

Millar, Janice
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6351 3347

Noble, Barry
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 0407 223 954

Orr, Barbara
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6353 1157 or 0400 389 868 (ah)

Sutton, Douglas Allen
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6352 2444

Wiggins, Bev
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 0407 918 072

Wilkinson, Ian
Lithgow 2790
Tel: 6351 2307 (w) 0417 437 236

NSW Government Justice
Tel: 0428 133 726
Contact: Greg J
9.00am to 3.00pm
Witness oaths or affidavits; Take statutory declarations and affirmations; Witness signatures; Attest the execution of a document; certify a true copy of an original document.

General

ACTU: Your Rights at Work
Tel: 1300 362 223
Web: www.actu.org.au

Australian Consumers’ Association
Tel: 1800 069 552
Email: ausconsumer@choice.com.au
Web: www.choice.com.au
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (excluding Public Holidays)
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Multicultural Policy & Engagement Unit NSW Department of Communities & Justice
Tel: (02) 8688 5566
Email: MulticulturalPolicyandEngagement@justice.nsw.gov.au
Web: www.justice.nsw.gov.au/diversityservices
Hours: Monday-Friday 9.30am – 5.00pm
Contact: Sam Borka Community Liaison Officer
Multicultural Policy and Engagement | Justice Strategy & Policy | NSW Department of Communities and Justice
Email: sam.borka@justice.nsw.gov.au
Tel: 8688 6655
Mobile: 0490 153 865
Fax: 8688 9626 | Parramatta Justice Precinct
160 Marsden St Parramatta NSW 2150
Locked Bag 5111 Parramatta NSW 2124
Web: www.justice.nsw.gov.au
I acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land in which I work, the Darug people

LawAccess NSW
Tel: 1300 888 529
Web: www.lawaccess.nsw.gov.au
Hours:  Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (excluding public holidays)
Law Access is a government online and telephone service that provides free legal information, referrals and in some cases, advice for people who have a legal problem in NSW

Lithgow Court House
Cnr Mort & Bridge Sts, Lithgow 2790
Tel: (02) 6352 7300
Email: local-court-lithgow@justice.nsw.gov.au
Hours: 9am to 1pm, 2pm to 4pm Monday to Friday
Web: https://nswcourts.com.au/courts/lithgow-local-court/
Web: https://onlineregistry.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/content/

Women’s Legal Contact Line
Tel: 1800 801 501
Web: www.wlsnsw.org.au
Hours: Tuesday 1.30pm to 4.30pm; Thursday 9.30am to 12.30pm
Legal information, advice and referrals for women

Women’s Legal Advice Line
PO Box 206 Lidcombe NSW 1825
Tel: 1800 801 501
Web: www.wlsnsw.org.au
Hours: Monday to Friday, 9am – 1pm and 2pm – 4:30pm