We wish you a very Murri Christmas and all the very best for the summer holidays and the New Year.
To our funding bodies and the many community, partner, and stakeholder organisations we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year: thank you. Your continued support throughout 2025 has been vital to our work, and we look forward to walking alongside you again in 2026.
🎄 Christmas Holiday Reduced Office Hours: Our offices will operate with reduced hours over the break; however, we will still have a rostered on-call team available.
• Reduced Hours: Monday, 22nd Dec 2025 – Monday, 5th Jan 2026.
• For urgent matters, call us on our Freecall 24/7 number: 1800 012 255.
📍 Office Moves! It’s been a busy year of growth! We’d like to remind our community that several of our offices have relocated in the second half of 2025. Please check our contacts page https://atsils.org.au/contact/ for updated addresses for our Cairns, Townsville, Maroochydore, and Normanton offices.
Once again, Merry Christmas, stay safe, and stay deadly!
🎥 Strengthening Pathways to Justice in the Far North 🎥
Our Cairns team is proud to be part of a critical partnership with the Family Responsibilities Commission (FRC), aimed at empowering First Nations people to fully participate in the criminal justice system.
The impact of this collaboration is captured in the new film, ‘My Justice Journey’. It follows the vital work of FRC Local Commissioners—respected Elders in the Aurukun community—as they provide essential, culturally grounded support to vulnerable community members navigating the justice system.
This project is a powerful testament to the necessity of community-led solutions in achieving meaningful justice outcomes.
Recent Office Moves – We’re Growing to Better Serve Our Communities!
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To view all of ATSILS Submissions, please visit: Submissions – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd
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Murri Christmas from the ATSILS Team! 🎄 | Holiday Hours & Office Updates
To our funding bodies and the many community, partner, and stakeholder organisations we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year: thank you. Your continued support throughout 2025 has been vital to our work, and we look forward to walking alongside you again in 2026.
🎄 Christmas Holiday Reduced Office Hours: Our offices will operate with reduced hours over the break; however, we will still have a rostered on-call team available.
• Reduced Hours: Monday, 22nd Dec 2025 – Monday, 5th Jan 2026.
• For urgent matters, call us on our Freecall 24/7 number: 1800 012 255.
📍 Office Moves! It’s been a busy year of growth! We’d like to remind our community that several of our offices have relocated in the second half of 2025. Please check our contacts page https://atsils.org.au/contact/ for updated addresses for our Cairns, Townsville, Maroochydore, and Normanton offices.
Once again, Merry Christmas, stay safe, and stay deadly!
Our Cairns Office is Currently Moving! 📦
We look forward to welcoming clients at our new location early in the New Year, from Monday, 5th January 2026!
Current Status: The team is currently in the process of relocating to our new home. This is being undertaken between: 16th-19th December 2025, and our office will be closed to the public during this time and up until the 5th January 2026.
Urgent Needs: Calls to our Cairns office (Ph: 4046 6400) will be handled by our statewide teams who are standing by to take your calls and put you in touch with legal support.
As always, for any urgent Criminal Law matters, you can call our 24/7 hotline – 1800 012 255.
Solutions instead of suspensions: what’s already working in Qld schools?
Online Event: Wed, 3 Dec, 6pm – 7:15pm AEST
Register for Event:
https://events.humanitix.com/solutions-instead-of-suspensions
Yarning with Elders about important legal issues on beautiful Quandamooka Country!
#ATSILS #DeadlyChoices #QuandamookaCountry #CommunityLegalEducation #Elders #WillsAndEstates
🚛📢 Our Maroochydore Office is Moving! 📢 🚛
The new address is Suite 3/115-117 Aerodrome Road, Maroochydore, QLD 4558.
Situated on the corner of Aerodrome Road & Maud Street, the new location will bring us closer to the Courts, provide more space for our growing workforce and will help us better serve our community across the Sunshine Coast.
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Key Dates to Remember:
Thursday, 27th of November & Friday, 28th of November 2025: Our Maroochydore office will be closed on these days as we move.
Urgent client needs: Our dedicated statewide team will be taking urgent calls to our Maroochydore office (Ph: 5452 7633) during the move to ensure you get the help you need. Remember, for urgent criminal law matters, you can always call 1800 012 255 24/7.
Our Maroochydore team are excited to welcome you to our new office from Monday, 1st of December 2025!
Congratulations to our Sunshine Coast Regional Manager – Tim Hishon
Tim received his silver membership pin at a special event last week that celebrated the unique “salt air” spirit of the Sunshine Coast legal community.
It was said best on the night:
“It’s a community where professional respect and personal kindness often go hand in hand… To our honourees – thank you for the mentorship, the advocacy and the steady hands you’ve lent to this profession.”
Tim, thank you for your decades of perseverance, your adaptability (having seen fax machines come and go!), and your unwavering commitment to justice for our people.
Please join us in the comments to wish Tim a huge congratulations! 🧡🖤💛
#ATSILS #SunshineCoast #Community #LegalHero #Congratulations #Dedication
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