🏠 Family and Domestic Violence: The Leading Cause of Homelessness.For too many women and children, home is not a safe place—it’s the most dangerous. Family and domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness in Australia. Women often face an impossible choice: endure abuse or risk homelessness.🚨 The impact:• Many women flee violence with nothing but the clothes on their backs.• Limited access to safe housing forces some to return to their abuser.• Children caught in these situations face severe emotional and developmental harm.This year’s 16 Days in WA campaign, let’s focus on the ripple effects of domestic violence. By addressing the attitudes and behaviours that condone abuse, we can create a society where no woman has to choose between safety and shelter.💡 How you can help:✅ Support local shelters and services for survivors.✅ Speak out against disrespect and violence.✅ Advocate for policies that provide safe housing options.#16DaysInWA #EndDomesticViolence #SafeHomesForAll ... See MoreSee Less
✨ Staff Spotlight: Meet Jane!Say hello to Jane, our incredible Centre Coordinator at Street Law. With over 12 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector, Jane brings a wealth of knowledge, dedication, and compassion to our team.📰 In our latest newsletter, Jane opens up about:💡 Why she chose to work at a community legal center.❤️ What she loves most about being part of the Street Law team.🌟 Her vision and hopes for ending homelessness.Click the following link to read the full profile on Jane 👉https://streetlawcentre.org.au/street-news-inside-street-law-september-2024/ ... See MoreSee Less
💜 If You’re Experiencing Family or Domestic Violence in Western Australia, Help is AvailableNo one should feel unsafe in their own home. If you’re facing family or domestic violence (FDV), there are services in WA that can provide support, safety, and guidance:📞 For Immediate Help⏺ Police or Ambulance: Call 000 (24/7) if you’re in danger.📱 Support Services⏺ 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732): National confidential support line available 24/7.⏺ Crisis Care Helpline (08 9223 1111 or 1800 199 008): Help with emergencies, including access to safe accommodation.⏺ Women’s Domestic Violence Helpline (08 9223 1188 or 1800 007 339): 24/7 support for women facing abuse, including counseling and referrals.⏺ Men’s Domestic Violence Helpline (08 9223 1199 or 1800 000 599): For male victims or perpetrators seeking help to change abusive behaviour.⏺ Lifeline WA (13 11 14): Support for anyone feeling overwhelmed or in crisis.You are not alone. The 16 Days in WA campaign reminds us that violence against women is never acceptable, and help should always be within reach.#16DaysInWA #EndFDV #HelpIsHere ... See MoreSee Less
🚍🚆🚢 Summer of Free Public Transport! 🌞From 14 December 2024 to 5 February 2025, Transperth is offering FREE public transport on all buses, trains and ferries. Here’s what you need to know to get FREE public transport:✔️ You must have a SmartRider card – and remember to tag on and tag off. ✔️ Parking at stations is also free when you use your SmartRider at parking stations. ✔️ Make sure your SmartRider card isn’t in a negative balance to enjoy the free travel.Here is a link with all the places you can purchase a SmartRider from: www.transperth.wa.gov.au/smartrider/retail-outlets... See MoreSee Less
🌍 Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against WomenIt also marks the start of the 16 Days in WA campaign, which calls on all of us to take action against violence and disrespect towards women.Violence against women isn’t just physical—it can be psychological, emotional, financial, or sexual. These abuses, often inflicted in intimate or family settings, are violations of human rights.The statistics are shocking:👉 1 in 5 Australians believes domestic violence is a normal reaction to stress.👉 1 in 3 Australians thinks a woman is responsible for violence if she doesn’t leave her abuser.These harmful attitudes perpetuate a culture where violence is normalised and excuses are made. This must change.💡 The 16 Days in WA campaign empowers bystanders to:✅ Speak up when they see disrespect or abuse.✅ Safely challenge behaviours and attitudes that condone violence.✅ Educate themselves and others to create a safer, more respectful community.Women and girls are disproportionately affected—especially those in marginalized groups, including LGBTIQ+, Indigenous, migrant, and disabled women, as well as those facing crises.Let’s work together to build a world where violence against women is never tolerated.#16DaysInWA#EndViolenceAgainstWomen #HumanRights ... See MoreSee Less
Street Law Centre WA acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we live and work, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people’s strength and resilience and pay our respects to Elders past and present. We extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and recognise their rich cultures and their continuing connection to land, sky, waters and community. This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.
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Epilepsy Safe Mode
Dampens color and removes blinks
This mode enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode
Improves website's visuals
This mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode
Helps to focus on specific content
This mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode
Reduces distractions and improve focus
This mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode
Allows using the site with your screen-reader
This mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
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Accessibility Statement
streetlawcentre.org.au
December 10, 2024
Compliance status
We firmly believe that the internet should be available and accessible to anyone, and are committed to providing a website that is accessible to the widest possible audience,
regardless of circumstance and ability.
To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level.
These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible
to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific
disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
Additionally, the website utilizes an AI-based application that runs in the background and optimizes its accessibility level constantly. This application remediates the website’s HTML,
adapts Its functionality and behavior for screen-readers used by the blind users, and for keyboard functions used by individuals with motor impairments.
If you’ve found a malfunction or have ideas for improvement, we’ll be happy to hear from you. You can reach out to the website’s operators by using the following email
Screen-reader and keyboard navigation
Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with
screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive
a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements,
alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website.
In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels;
descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups),
and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag
for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology.
To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on
as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Disability profiles supported in our website
Epilepsy Safe Mode: this profile enables people with epilepsy to use the website safely by eliminating the risk of seizures that result from flashing or blinking animations and risky color combinations.
Visually Impaired Mode: this mode adjusts the website for the convenience of users with visual impairments such as Degrading Eyesight, Tunnel Vision, Cataract, Glaucoma, and others.
Cognitive Disability Mode: this mode provides different assistive options to help users with cognitive impairments such as Dyslexia, Autism, CVA, and others, to focus on the essential elements of the website more easily.
ADHD Friendly Mode: this mode helps users with ADHD and Neurodevelopmental disorders to read, browse, and focus on the main website elements more easily while significantly reducing distractions.
Blindness Mode: this mode configures the website to be compatible with screen-readers such as JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver, and TalkBack. A screen-reader is software for blind users that is installed on a computer and smartphone, and websites must be compatible with it.
Keyboard Navigation Profile (Motor-Impaired): this profile enables motor-impaired persons to operate the website using the keyboard Tab, Shift+Tab, and the Enter keys. Users can also use shortcuts such as “M” (menus), “H” (headings), “F” (forms), “B” (buttons), and “G” (graphics) to jump to specific elements.
Additional UI, design, and readability adjustments
Font adjustments – users, can increase and decrease its size, change its family (type), adjust the spacing, alignment, line height, and more.
Color adjustments – users can select various color contrast profiles such as light, dark, inverted, and monochrome. Additionally, users can swap color schemes of titles, texts, and backgrounds, with over seven different coloring options.
Animations – person with epilepsy can stop all running animations with the click of a button. Animations controlled by the interface include videos, GIFs, and CSS flashing transitions.
Content highlighting – users can choose to emphasize important elements such as links and titles. They can also choose to highlight focused or hovered elements only.
Audio muting – users with hearing devices may experience headaches or other issues due to automatic audio playing. This option lets users mute the entire website instantly.
Cognitive disorders – we utilize a search engine that is linked to Wikipedia and Wiktionary, allowing people with cognitive disorders to decipher meanings of phrases, initials, slang, and others.
Additional functions – we provide users the option to change cursor color and size, use a printing mode, enable a virtual keyboard, and many other functions.
Browser and assistive technology compatibility
We aim to support the widest array of browsers and assistive technologies as possible, so our users can choose the best fitting tools for them, with as few limitations as possible. Therefore, we have worked very hard to be able to support all major systems that comprise over 95% of the user market share including Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Opera and Microsoft Edge, JAWS and NVDA (screen readers).
Notes, comments, and feedback
Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements.
Our advice line is closed until 14 January 2025. We will be closed from close of business on 20 December 2024 until 2 January 2025.
Our outreach legal clinics will commence again during the week of 13 January 2025, as scheduled.
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Festive Season.