Call for help: Australian lawyers?

[astolat]

This isn't a specific job, more a general call for help. We could really use some advice from an Australian lawyer -- ideally someone familiar with the Australian law on pornography and with the concept of fanfic, but we'll take whatever help we can get -- who would be willing to talk to us privately, not for formal legal advice, just a conversation to help get us pointed in the right direction.

If you are one yourself or if you know someone (in RL or online), if you could drop me a note to put me in touch (I can be reached at astolat at livejournal dot com), it would be much appreciated!

Also, if you are located in Australia and would be willing to help us find a lawyer through Legal Aid-type channels if we can't find one through fandom connections, please drop a comment here? I've found some resources, which I'm putting here to keep track of.

Comments

[ausmac.livejournal.com]

You won't be able to get a solicitor via Legal Aid - it's only available to Australian citizens and is generally only used for active matters such as criminal cases in court, Family Law and civil matters in court. Although I am a Legal Secretary in RL I doubt I would be able to help as I don't want to ask any questions of my employers that would put me at risk personally. All I can do is provide you with pointers to the appropriate legislation, along with other useful internet links. For example, here is one for the Law Society of New South Wales. They have a few solicitors who do pro bono work, and they might be able to point you at someone:

http://www.lawsociety.com.au/page.asp?partid=66