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Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Withdrawal Service, QLDAlzheimer’s Australia, VICAwesome Arts, WABerry Street VictoriaBlackwood Centre for Adolescent Development, VICBlue Sky Foundation, QLDBridge for Asylum Seekers Foundation, NSWCana Communities Inc, NSWCerebral Palsy League of QueenslandEducation Foundation, VICEpworth Medical Foundation, VICFlat Out, VICGive it a Go Recreation, WALearning Links, NSWOpen Family Australia, VICOvarian Cancer Research Foundation, VICMental Illness Fellowship Victoria

CHARITIES WE HAVE PROVIDED FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO IN RECENT YEARS

Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, VICMission Australia, WAParkinson’s VictoriaPassages Resource Centre, WAPathways Early Childhood Intervention, Inc, NSWPeter McCallum Cancer Centre, VICProstate Cancer Foundation, VICRocky Bay, Inc, WARoyal Life Saving Society, WARoyal Women’s Hospital Foundation, VICSHINE for Kids Co-op, NSWTeen Challenge, WAThe Fred Hollows Foundation, NSW & NTThe Salvation Army, WAThe Smith Family, VICThe Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick, NSWTechnical Aid to the Disabled, NSWVictorian Foundation for the Survivors of TortureVision Australia, VICWesley Research Institute, QLDYWCA Victoria

Our success as a fi rm is built on the talent and enthusiasm of our people and the values they bring with them from their homes and communities. We are privileged to have gifted and motivated people who want to make a difference, not only in the law and in business, but also in the wider community. Our charity, pro bono and environment programs are our way of responding to these aspirations. Also, as a Firm, we recognise that we have broad responsibilities – to our people, their families and the communities in which they live.

For many years now, our Firm has built close relationships with many charities and has supported them through personal engagement, direct fi nancial support and the provision of pro bono legal assistance. Our pro bono work is not limited to the charities with which we have continuing relationships. Through our extensive pro bono practice, we are able to use the talent and experience of our lawyers, not only for organisations and people in need,

but also to advance the public interest and to assist in the resolution of important legal issues.

Guided by our Footprint Committee, we strive to minimise our impact on the environment. Our focus on the environment refl ects another attribute of our people, a keen eye to the future.

We are proud of our charitable, pro bono and environmental activities and proud of our people who work so energetically in these areas. They work with great passion, energy and commitment and they deserve our thanks.

Michael Rose

We recognise that we have broad

responsibilities – to our people, their families and the communities

in which they live.

Michael RoseManaging Partner

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charity

Each year, a portion of the Firm’s budget is devoted to charitable

projects identifi ed by the Charity Committee. The Committee is

comprised of partners and staff from all our Australian offi ces.

Resources are directed towards a small number of signifi cant

projects, whether through large, well-established charities or

smaller organisations operating at a local level. Our aim is to

directly help those in need, and we hope that each project we

support makes a real difference to our community.

For more information about the Charity Committee, please contact

mbxcharity@aar.com.au

Sister Anne Jordan, Cana CommunitiesWith the Firm’s support, Cana provides shelter and support to homeless people in Sydney

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Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellowship

The Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellows have helped an estimated 5000 patients.

Since 1999, the Firm has funded the comprehensive training of a doctor in paediatric neurology at the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick. The Fellowship enables a young doctor, selected from applicants throughout Australia and New Zealand, to work with leaders in the neurology fi eld in treating children with a variety of brain, muscle and nerve problems, including brain tumours, epilepsy, mental retardation and cerebral palsy.

Our relationship with the Sydney Children’s Hospital is not limited to fi nancial support. Each year, the Summer Clerks in Sydney travel to the Hospital to meet the Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellow and some of the patients in the neurology ward.

‘I will always be grateful for the sponsorship of Allens Arthur

Robinson and the tremendous benefi t their support has given me in

my paediatric neurology training. I can only hope that such a valuable

initiative continues to benefi t the care of children with neurological

disorders in Australia.’

Dr Nicholas Smith, 2006 Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellow,

Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

Although it can be confronting, it is also moving and uplifting to see fi rst hand the dedication and enthusiasm of the Hospital staff and the courage of the children and their families. This annual visit has become a highlight of our clerkship program.

This year’s Summer Clerks in Sydney were so inspired by their visit that they organised an ‘Allens Idol’ event in the offi ce to raise money for the brave patients in the paediatric neurology ward. With each department nominating their ‘Idol’, the six contestants sang and danced to encourage donations from the crowd. A raffl e was held and, once nominated fundraising targets were reached, different partners and, ultimately, the Firm’s Chairman, Jim Thynne, gave solo performances on stage.

The generosity of partners and staff saw a record amount raised for the Hospital, which will be used to establish an Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Nursing Scholarship fund to allow nurses from the neurology ward to pursue further studies in nursing.

Dr Nicholas Smith, 2006 Allens Arthur

Robinson Neurology Fellow, Sydney Children’s

Hospital, Randwick

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Dr Annie Bye is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Sydney Children’s Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of New South Wales. She has worked in conjunction with the Australian Association of Neurologists and the dedicated neurology consultant team at the Hospital to develop the Allens Arthur Robinson Neurology Fellowship.

Annie has worked closely with each of the Fellows since the program was initiated in 1999. The Fellowship is a highly structured training program in general paediatric neurology with additional training in epilepsy and neuromuscular diseases, as well as research commitments and undergraduate lecturing. ‘It is tough and they work very, very hard,’ Annie explains. ‘They start at 8am and they work a 12-hour day. In alternate weeks, they are also on call for Emergency 24 hours a day. It is an intensely challenging experience.’

Associate Professor Annie Bye,

Neurology Consultant, Sydney Children’s

Hospital, Randwick

Annie estimates that the Neurology Fellow consults between 15 and 20 patients each week. This means that in the nine years since the establishment of the Fellowship, the Allens Arthur Robinson Paediatric Neurology Fellows have helped an estimated 5000 patients.

According to Annie, the major problem facing the fi eld of paediatric neurology is lack of funding. While there are government-funded training programs in adult neurology, the Allens Arthur Robinson Paediatric Neurology Fellowship is the only one of its kind in Australia and New Zealand. The relatively young age of the sub-specialty, combined with the lack of governmental support, has led to critical staff shortages. Annie travels to Brisbane twice each year to conduct a specialised epilepsy clinic because of staff shortages in this particular area in Queensland. To meet the current needs, and while young consultants train to fi ll positions in Queensland, Sydney Children’s Hospital runs this Brisbane outreach service, bringing children to Sydney who require epilepsy surgery.

‘The bottom line is not about us or about the doctors – it is about

providing the best possible care for these children and their families.

It is about the Hospital and Allens working together. Each one of

these doctors will go on to practice for 30 years – that is an enormous contribution to this profession and

to the care of sick children.’

Associate Professor Annie Bye, Neurology Consultant, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

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Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland – ‘Camp Have a Chat’The Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland provides services and support to people with cerebral palsy and related disabilities. Each year, the League organises ‘Camp Have a Chat’ in Brisbane, which provides training and support to 16 non-speaking children with cerebral palsy who require the assistance of specialised communications equipment. Children who struggle to communicate can lag behind their peers both academically and socially. The Firm’s funding over the past two years has allowed the children at ‘Camp Have a Chat’, along with their parents, teachers and carers, to learn to use different communication devices and to explore methods of self-expression. Allens Arthur Robinson

staff volunteered to run a barbecue at ‘Camp Have a Chat’ and were delighted to be able to meet some of the children who benefi t from the program. This year, the Firm also facilitated the program’s expansion to North Queensland by funding a simplifi ed ‘Chat Camp’ for younger children.

Supporting the Homeless – Mission Australia, WAMission Australia is a community service organisation with a focus on helping families, children, youth, homeless people and communities, as well as providing an Australia-wide network of employment services. For the past 30 years, Mission Australia has run a special event called ‘Christmas Lunch in the Park’ in Perth, giving people affected by poverty, illness, addiction, homelessness or unemployment a chance to celebrate the holiday season.

The Firm supported Mission Australia’s Christmas Lunch in the Park by providing funds for the purchase of meals, gifts and entertainment for more than 2000 people who would otherwise have been unable to enjoy a traditional celebration on Christmas day.

National Indigenous Project – The Fred Hollows Foundation

This year, Charity Committee members in each state agreed to set aside funds to support a national Indigenous project: the purchase of a minibus to transport children in a remote Indigenous community to and from preschool. Preschool education provides disadvantaged children with a foundation for improved self esteem, social skills and academic performance at school. This in turn helps to reduce child homelessness, delinquency, drug and alcohol addiction. In Wilcannia, in the far west of NSW, 16 children regularly attend the Department of Community Services preschool when regular transport is available, but only fi ve or six are able to attend without it. The Firm has contributed towards the purchase of a minibus to ensure that these children have access to the early childhood education and vital social support that preschool can provide.

Supporting Disabled Children – Technical Aid to the Disabled, NSWTechnical Aid to the Disabled (TAD) NSW works to improve the quality of life of disabled people by designing and constructing specialised equipment to meet their particular needs. Allens Arthur Robinson funded the construction of 10 specially designed chairs to improve the balance and mobility of disabled children between the ages of four and seven. This enables many children to attend regular schools when they would otherwise not be able to do so.

‘The chair has made a huge improvement for Joshua

at preschool. He now has independence and can move

from different activities without having to get teacher assistance.

Now that he can do it himself he is more than willing and is

becoming more sociable.’

Karen, client of TAD NSW

Learning for Life – The Smith Family, VIC

The Smith Family is a national, secular and apolitical Australian charity that has been operating since 1922. Less than four per cent of its funding comes from government and

they predominantly rely on commercial enterprises, private donors and the support of volunteers. This year, Allens Arthur Robinson continued its long-standing support of The Smith Family by donating to the ‘Learning for Life’ project. ‘Learning for Life’ enables disadvantaged students to get the most out of their education by purchasing textbooks, school equipment and uniforms, and running a variety of

tutoring and mentoring programs. 21,000 students around Australia benefi t from ‘Learning for Life’ each year. This year, the Firm provided scholarships for 60 disadvantaged students in the Broadmeadows area in Melbourne to participate in this important program.

‘Learning for Life’ enables disadvantaged

students to get the most out of

their education by purchasing textbooks, school equipment and

uniforms, and running a variety of tutoring and

mentoring programs.

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Anna Briggs, 2006 recipient, Vision Australia Further Education Bursary Award, Melbourne

Anna Briggs has just embarked on her fi nal year of an Animal Science degree at Melbourne University, which has become more manageable since she received a Further Education Bursary Award. The 21-year-old student from Ringwood, Victoria, has been a Vision Australia client since infancy as the result of a condition known as coloboma. As a child, Anna received orientation and mobility training, as well as school support. In adulthood, she has used Vision Australia’s employment services. The bursary paid for Anna’s CCTV and laptop.

‘Although the course has a lot of practical components, everyone I know was really encouraging when I chose to do it,’ Anna says.

‘I think you can see what a difference we can make in the lives of our legally blind students. Awards such as

these buoy them up for the road ahead of them, and

add that extra external support.’

Bill Glover, Donor Relations Offi cer, Vision Australia, Victoria

Scholarships for Vision-Impaired Students – Vision Australia, VICFor blind and low-vision students, the transition into tertiary education can be extremely challenging. Not only are they faced with a new learning environment which differs greatly from the structured environment at specialist schools and programs for the vision impaired, but these students also face substantial costs and other diffi culties in obtaining the prescribed reading materials in an appropriate format. For the past two years, Allens Arthur Robinson has funded education bursaries through Vision Australia to assist two vision impaired students with the purchase of adaptive technology equipment. This equipment is essential to overcoming the limitations that a blind or low-vision person confronts when pursuing further education.

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Tom Yuncken Tom Yuncken sadly passed away last year. Tom was one of the senior partners in our litigation department in Melbourne and then Perth, and he later became staff partner in Melbourne. He was much loved and well respected by all at Allens Arthur Robinson as an experienced litigator, a trusted mentor, a strong sportsman and a generous, community-minded person. Tom was on the Board of the Public Interest Law Clearing

House. Throughout his time at the Firm, Tom was a keen supporter of DOXA, a non-profi t organisation that offers cadetships, including fi nancial assistance, mentoring and work

experience, for disadvantaged young people to pursue their studies. Allens Arthur Robinson has funded more than 10 student cadetships through DOXA and, in Tom’s memory, the Firm has now established a DOXA Tom Yuncken Memorial Cadetship.

Tom was a generous, community-minded

person and is greatly missed by all of us.

Anna Howard, a lawyer in the Firm’s Melbourne offi ce, was the recipient of a DOXA cadetship and was mentored by Tom Yuncken before his death last year. ‘Growing up, my family life was peppered with loss and hard times, emotionally and fi nancially. I knew from an early age that I wanted to go to University, to move to the city. The money I made from working part-time was not enough to support myself through school as well as save for Uni. In Year 12, upon the suggestion of a teacher, I applied for a DOXA Cadetship. In early 2000, I was interviewed by Tom Yuncken and selected by Allens Arthur Robinson, who sponsored me for the duration of my degree. DOXA and AAR have given me opportunities I would never otherwise have. I have been given practical assistance, invaluable experience and uncompromising support from DOXA and AAR.’

Through the DOXA Tom Yuncken Memorial Cadetship, many more students such as Anna will have the opportunity to pursue their studies in law and to benefi t from the guidance and compassion of mentors such as Tom.

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Fundraising Days and Events

Jeans for Genes DayAllens Arthur Robinson has been a keen supporter of Jeans for Genes Day for more than a decade. Funds raised from this event help researchers at the Children’s Medical Research Institute in their efforts to fi nd treatments and cures for childhood genetic diseases such as leukaemia, muscular dystrophy and cystic fi brosis. Not only do partners and staff across all our Australian offi ces wear jeans to work on the day, but this year we had volunteers selling Jeans for Genes Day merchandise in Brisbane and Sydney, blue-themed cocktails in Melbourne, a karaoke competition in Perth, and a silent auction and an inter-departmental ‘Battle of the Bands’ in Sydney. This Battle of the Bands raised a record amount for the Children’s Medical Research Institute and is now being used as a case study in their advertising for this year’s ‘Jamm 4 Genes’ campaign.

Activ Foundation City to Surf

BeyondBlue and Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia ‘Mo’vember’

Children’s Medical Research Institute Jeans for Genes Day

Cool Night Classic Fun Run/Walk – Cystic Fibrosis

Cystic Fibrosis New South Wales Ball

Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Walk for a Cure

Leukaemia Foundation ‘World’s Greatest Shave for a Cure’

Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Week

National Breast Cancer Centre Pink Ribbon Breakfast

National Breast Cancer Centre Pink Ribbon Morning Tea

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia Art of Music Dinner

Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia Music Trivia Night

Oxfam Community Aid Abroad Trailwalkers

OzHarvest – Boardroom Lunch

Public Interest Law Clearing House NSW Lunch

Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal

SONY Foundation Australia Ball

St Vincents & Mater Health Gala Dinner

Sunday Mail Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run

Sydney Cancer Centre Foundation Fathers and Daughters Lunch

Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick Gold Dinner

Technical Aid to the Disabled – Charity Golf Challenge

The Cancer Council – Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

The Smith Family – Around the Bay in a Day

UNIFEM Australia – White Tie Dinner

United Nations High Commission for Refugees – World Refugee Day Breakfast

White Ribbon Foundation – White Ribbon Day

Whitelion Inc – Bailout

Activ Foundation City to Surf – WAThe Activ Foundation is a not-for-profi t organisation dedicated to providing a range of choices and opportunities for people with disabilities living and working in the community and their families. This year, partners and staff in the Perth offi ce were keen participants in the Activ Foundation City to Surf fun run. The proceeds from the fun run support the Activ Foundation’s important work with people with disabilities.

Allens Arthur Robinson Lawyers in the Community Peter Haig is a litigation lawyer in our Melbourne offi ce who volunteers for the Tomorrow Foundation in his spare time. The Tomorrow Foundation helps Sudanese refugees living in Melbourne. Readjusting after leaving a confl ict zone is an incredible challenge, especially for those who have lost loved ones. As well as assisting with the legal aspects of establishing the Foundation, Peter was a founding member of the community dinner program.

‘I was being here in Australia for short time. My mum and dad died in Sudan. I went to the dinner program and met

a lot of people. I have new friends like Peter. They are

making my future better.’

Chibak, a Sudanese refugee living in Melbourne

Bailout for Whitelion Inc – VICOn a cold winter’s night in 2006, Partner Sue Williamson and 49 others were locked up in Melbourne’s Old City Watchhouse to raise money for Whitelion Inc. Whitelion works with Melbourne’s juvenile justice facilities to break the cycle of substance abuse, criminal activity, marginalisation and incarceration by providing opportunities to build relationships with the community. Sue was released once she reached a set fundraising target. This unique fundraising event won two awards from the Fundraising Institute of Australia, including ‘Event of the Year’ and the Victorian ‘Innovation Award’.

Jim Dwyer, Charity Committee Chairman, with Vanessa Kingston and Natasha Simonsen from the Jeans for Genes Day Committee in Sydney

Pete Thomas and Sam Whittington enjoying the Hot Cross Bun Drive for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal in Melbourne

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‘My fi rst experience with the dinner program was an evening spent preparing spaghetti bolognaise for an ever-expanding group of Sudanese men with whom I have since become friends. The night was one we will never forget. Since that fi rst dinner, we have forged some close bonds. The relatively small expense of preparing a simple meal brings evenings of wonderful company, broadens our understandings of each others’ lives and I believe is vital in assisting and providing enjoyment to members of a disadvantaged community,’ says Peter.

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Directorships of Charitable and Community Organisations

Matched Funding ProgramThe Pro Bono and Charity Committees recently created a Matched Funding Program to encourage philanthropy among staff. This program is an extension of the Payroll Giving Scheme that has been available to staff for some years. Donations to charities across Australia and abroad can be made out of pre-tax income, and the amount given to each approved organisation is matched by a donation from the Firm. The program was so successful in its fi rst year of operation that the budget has been substantially increased this year.

LEAPS! Mentoring ProgramLEAPS! is a Sydney-based mentoring program in which our legal and non-legal staff assist Year 9 students

to develop their potential. Staff work with students at regular mentoring lunches, providing them with support and encouragement and assisting with skills such as goal setting and time management. More than 30 Allens Arthur Robinson staff participate in this

program each year. The students fi nd the program to be immensely rewarding and their achievements are celebrated with a ‘graduation party’ at the end of the year.

International Women’s Day and UNIFEM Peace ScholarshipsThis year, the Firm supported International Women’s Day and provided funds to UNIFEM in support of a major project to assist members of regional networks and non-profi t organisations in the Pacifi c to end violence against women.

We were honoured to have Marina Nawabi, a UNIFEM Peace Scholarship student, join the Sydney Summer Clerk program for six weeks over January-February this year. Marina is a student in the Faculty of Law and Political Science at the University of Kabul in Afghanistan. She is also employed part-time by ActionAid Afghanistan as a Policy Program Offi cer. The UNIFEM Peace Scholarship Program offers scholarships to students from selected countries around the world who have demonstrated they have the potential to make a contribution to encouraging greater inter-cultural understanding.

Many partners and members of staff serve as offi ce bearers or board members of charitable and community organisations, including:

Amnesty International Australia

Australian Cancer Research Foundation

ChildFund Australia Ltd

Epworth Foundation Ltd

The George Gregan Foundation

Mission Australia

Multicap

National Art School Foundation Ltd

National Research Centre for the Prevention of Child Abuse

Opera Queensland Ltd

OzHarvest

Penguin Foundation Ltd

Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia Ltd

Public Interest Law Clearing House NSW

Public Interest Law Clearing House Victoria

Queensland Public Interest Law Clearing House Inc

Rocky Bay Inc

Save the Children Australia

Sisters of Charity Health Services Ltd

Sony Foundation Australia Ltd

Starlight Foundation Advisory Board

Sydney Children’s Hospital Foundation Ltd

Sydney Symphony Ltd

The Alliance for the Safety of Children

The Bush Church Aid Society of Australia

UnitingCare Ageing NSW ACT – Western Region Aged Care Board

Wesley Research Institute Ltd

WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature)

Andrew North, Jeremy Collins and Sue Williamson, Members of the Charity Committee in Melbourne

Ascent for ArthritisWhen Matthew Liebowitz, a young lawyer in the Sydney offi ce, was diagnosed with a rare and debilitating form of arthritis known as Ankylosing Spondylitis, he knew he had to do something about it. Not only did Matthew work and learn how to manage his condition, but he decided to organise a group of friends and colleagues to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to raise money and awareness for Arthritis Australia. Allens Arthur Robinson hosted the launch of his fundraising campaign with a function in the Sydney offi ce with ABC Radio’s Norman Swan as MC. Matthew’s dedicated climbing team, which also includes Allens Arthur Robinson Summer Clerk Joanne Been, hopes to raise enough money to sponsor a research grant for Arthritis Australia.

Through the LEAPS! mentoring program our

legal and non-legal staff assist high

school students to achieve their potential.Michael Rose, Managing Partner at the Firm

and Chairman of ChildFund Australia, on a visit to Papua New Guinea

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Allens Arthur Robinson provides free legal assistance to individuals

in need and to not-for-profi t and charitable clients on a large

array of legal issues.

In developing and growing our pro bono practice, we seek to

achieve two goals: to assist those individuals and groups in the

community that are in need of legal assistance and who might

not otherwise have access to such assistance, and to provide opportunities for all our staff to get involved in pro bono work.

For more information about our pro bono practice, please contact probono@aar.com.au

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Medicinal plant innovation in Vietnam

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Allens Arthur Robinson gives pro bono assistance to organisations whose objective is to improve or protect the natural world, and organisations that promote the protection of human rights, including the rights of Indigenous people, refugees, the homeless and those with a mental illness.

Through our work with various homeless welfare agencies, the Public Interest Law Clearing Houses in NSW, Victoria and Queensland and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre in NSW, as well as through our human rights work, we advise more than 300 individuals a year. The total number of not-for-profi t clients we are likely to be working with at any one time is between 150-200.

Our lawyers can get more involved in our pro bono practice by undertaking secondments at community legal centres. We also extend pro bono opportunities to our vacation clerks. Each year, four of our vacation clerks complete a six-week internship at a Native Title Representative Body or Land Council around Australia. There is also an opportunity for Melbourne vacation clerks to participate in a two-week fellowship at the Public Interest Law Clearing House in Victoria.

In the pages that follow, we set out a sample of the pro bono work that the Firm has completed in the past year.

Assisting the homelessMore than 70 of our lawyers volunteer to provide free legal advice to people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

Homeless Persons’ Legal ServiceMore than 70 Allens Arthur Robinson lawyers volunteer to be part of a roster to provide free legal assistance to, and advocacy on behalf of, people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. This project is run in Queensland, NSW and Victoria by the Public Interest Law Clearing Houses and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre.

The clinics are located at crisis accommodation centres and welfare agencies so as to encourage direct access by clients. Our lawyers volunteer at Edward Eagar Lodge, Homeground Services, the Anglican Women’s Hostel and Homeless Assessment & Referral Team 4000 (HART 4000).

Over the past year, we have been able to assist clients with many legal problems. We were very pleased with the outcome of the case of one Melbourne woman:

‘One of the clients from the Homeless Persons’ Legal Clinic was recently awarded assistance following a Victims of Crime Assistance Tribunal in recognition of the serious adverse physical and psychological effects she suffered as

a result of a violent assault outside her home in 2000. The client fi rst approached the clinic in late 2004 and the application encountered numerous obstacles, including being out of time. However, these obstacles were overcome and the client was ultimately awarded a lump sum payment, payment of fees for university subjects she repeated as a result of her depression following the assault, and reimbursement for a self-defence course and clothing damaged during the assault.

This award represents closure for the client of a sad chapter in her life which involved heroin addiction, depression, anxiety and trouble with the law. However, since she fi rst approached the clinic, the client has dramatically turned her life around by overcoming her addiction, undertaking voluntary work in her community and achieving top marks at university.’

We see the enthusiastic engagement of our people as a

critical component to the success of our pro bono program. Allens

Arthur Robinson has recently become a Foundation Signatory to

the Aspirational Target organised by the National Pro Bono Resource

Centre. In becoming a Foundation Signatory, the Firm demonstrates

its commitment to a strong and vibrant pro bono practice. We use

our best efforts to ensure that, on average, our lawyers undertake a minimum of 35 hours of pro bono

work each year.

Residents at one of the shelters run by Cana Communities in Sydney

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Passages Resource CentreIn Perth, a team of our lawyers volunteer on a weekly basis at the Passages Resource Centre to provide informal legal counselling to clients of Passages on a no cost, no professional liability basis. Passages is a resource centre for young people in the inner-city suburb of Northbridge. Our lawyers offer information, referrals and support to the marginalised young people who attend Passages, many of whom have social, mental health, criminal behaviour, alcohol and drug problems.

Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to also provide pro bono legal advice to other organisations who assist the homeless including: Kids Under Cover Inc, NSW Federation of Housing Associations Inc, OzHarvest Limited, Street Voices/KOTO, West End Housing Cooperative, and Women’s & Girls Emergency Centre Inc.

Choir of Hard KnocksAllens Arthur Robinson was recently approached by RecLink Australia to provide pro bono assistance to the Choir of Hard Knocks. RecLink is a not-for-profi t organisation established to enable access to sporting and other recreational activities to people experiencing social and economic disadvantage.

RecLink and Jonathon Welch, a former tenor with Opera Australia, established the Choir in September 2006 as an opportunity for homeless and disadvantaged people who love to sing! The ABC has followed the Choir since its inception and the documentary that they produced about the Choir’s journey was aired in May 2007.

Indigenous Justice ProjectSince 2001, Allens Arthur Robinson has funded the Indigenous Justice Project at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC). This project aims to address the needs and concerns of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through a mix of legal advice, casework, policy intervention and community education.

PIAC and the Indigenous Justice Project were instrumental, along with other organisations, in lobbying the NSW Government to establish a scheme for the return of Indigenous peoples’ wages held on trust by the NSW Government. Allens Arthur Robinson, along with four other fi rms, has been working with the Indigenous Justice Project to represent claimants to the Aboriginal Trust Fund Repayment Scheme. A team of 12 Allens Arthur Robinson lawyers are representing 10 claimants, on a pro bono basis, who have made applications to the Scheme.

The Indigenous Justice Project also works in the areas of policing and correction, discrimination and in developing an outreach program to rural areas of New South Wales.

Working with Indigenous Australians

‘The native title internship has changed my views,

challenged my beliefs and given me a love for

this area, its people and its culture.’

Sophie Ryan

Native Title Internships – Aurora ProjectAs part of Allens Arthur Robinson’s commitment to include all of its staff in our pro bono program, we have developed, with the Aurora Project, a pro bono internship opportunity for a small group of our vacation clerks. Since 2006, four of our vacation clerks have completed a six-week internship at a Native Title Representative Body or Land Council in locations all around Australia. The interns have the opportunity to work with, and assist, their host organisations with their work for native title claimants.

Allens Arthur Robinson has provided the Choir with pro bono assistance in a range of matters – GST and licensing advice in relation to the Choir’s 2006 Christmas CD, From the Heart – A Christmas Wish, tax and company structure advice and drafting an exclusive copyright licence over a painting created by a Choir member. The design of the painting was used on a t-shirt promoting the Choir.

The Choir has released an album and plans to continue to perform to raise awareness of the issues faced by socially and economically disadvantaged people.

Photo courtesy of the Choir of Hard Knocks

Sophie Ryan, AAR Vacation Clerk, and Patrick Dodson

Sophie Ryan, one of the interns from 2006, told us that: ‘I consider myself incredibly privileged to have experienced the culture of the Aboriginal people in the Kimberley area and to be told the stories of the land from the people who have it ingrained into their hearts. To work in this area, with a man as inspirational and passionate as Patrick Dodson, has been an amazing opportunity. This opportunity has changed my views, challenged my beliefs and ultimately given me a love for this area, its people and its culture. This internship completely surpassed any expectations I had before arriving, providing me with an experience which I will never forget.’

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Balkanu Cape York Development CorporationAllens Arthur Robinson has assisted the Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation with their traditional knowledge recording project. In particular, we assisted them in negotiating agreements with the University of Technology, Sydney in relation to UTS’s participation in the project.

Balkanu is owned by the Cape York Corporation, the trustee of the Cape York Trust that represents 16 Indigenous Communities on the Cape York peninsula. Balkanu is a not-for-profi t corporation that undertakes a number of activities, including the Cape York Digital Network, projects related to land management, caring for country and the development of Indigenous policy. The project is designed to provide tools and assistance to elders of the communities to ensure the traditional knowledge is passed on to younger

Arts Law Centre of AustraliaThe Arts Law Centre of Australia is the national community legal centre for the arts. Allens Arthur Robinson lawyers participate in the Arts Law Centre’s

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KanyiniAllens Arthur Robinson assisted Reverb Films to negotiate distribution agreements for Kanyini, a fi lm that premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in 2006. Kanyini was inspired by producer Mel Hogan’s desire to understand and connect with Indigenous Australia. Kanyini is a story told by an Indigenous man, Bob Randall, who lives beside Uluru in Central Australia. Based on Bob’s own personal journey and the wisdom he learnt from the elders living in the bush, Bob tells his tale of why Indigenous people are now struggling in a modern world and what he believes needs to be done for Indigenous people to move forward.

Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to provide pro bono legal advice to other organisations supporting the arts: Arts Law Referral Service, Arts North West Inc, Beyond Empathy, Malthouse Theatre, Polyglot Puppet Theatre, Sculpture by the Sea, Sydney Symphony Orchestra and The Australian Ballet School.

Allens Arthur Robinson lawyer Deborah Doctor on secondment with Mel Donat, Arts Law Centre of Australia

Supporting the Arts

Lawyers from all our Australian offi ces participate in the Arts

Law Centre of Australia’s advice evenings

Native Title negotiationsAllens Arthur Robinson is advising the Whaleboat family, the native title holders of land in the Murray Islands, about a primary school located on Mer Island. While the school has been on Whaleboat land since about 1992, no Indigenous Land Use Agreement, compensation or any other arrangement dealing with native title has been reached between the State and the native title holders. We are assisting with the preparation of a trustee lease and the agreement of an Indigenous Land Use Agreement between the State and the native title body corporate that will deal with the past and future effect on native title.

generations. Legal issues addressed include rights relating to the collection of traditional knowledge, including database rights and commercialisation rights, and licences to other Indigenous groups to use the project methodology.

Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to also provide pro bono legal advice to other organisations who work with and are run by Indigenous Australians: Cape York Partnerships, Future Dreaming, Gawooleng Yawoodeng Aboriginal Corporation, Kanyini Foundation, Nambucca and Unkya Local Aboriginal Land Councils, National Indigenous Television Working Group, National Sorry Day Committee, Native Title Services Victoria, New South Wales Reconciliation Council and Show Me the Way, Tangentyere Council.

Georgina Perry, lawyer and member of the Pro Bono Committee

lawyers provide pro bono legal advice to artists and arts organisations. This project involves lawyers from all of our offi ces and with a range of expertise.

In 2007, Deborah Doctor, one of the lawyers from our Intellectual Property Department in Sydney, spent six months on secondment at the Arts Law Centre of Australia. Deborah assisted the Arts Law Centre by advising their wide range of clients, presenting educational seminars, drafting information sheets and assisting with drafting sample contracts.

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Federal elections. Proceedings were issued in this case, Roach v Electoral Commissioner and Commonwealth of Australia, in early 2007. An application for urgency was also made, in light of the Federal election due to be held at some stage later in 2007.

The matter was heard by the Full Court of the High Court of Australia in June 2007. The plaintiff in this matter is an Indigenous woman currently being held at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre and her case is of great legal signifi cance as the High Court will consider the scope of the Parliament’s power to limit the franchise, the implied constitutional freedom of political communication and a possible implied constitutional freedom of political participation.

Allens Arthur Robinson has also been a signifi cant supporter of the Human Rights Law Resource Centre since its establishment, including as a sponsor and through the ongoing provision of pro bono assistance. In 2006, the Firm seconded lawyer Ben Schokman to the Centre for a four- month period.

Mental Health Legal CentreAllens Arthur Robinson has commenced a pro bono advocacy project in conjunction with the Mental Health Legal Centre (MHLC) in Melbourne. A team of six lawyers will be providing legal advice to, and advocating on behalf of, MHLC clients who are appearing before the Mental Health Review Board in reviews of the conditions of their community-based treatment orders.

Prisoners’ voting rightsAllens Arthur Robinson is assisting a Victorian prisoner, Vickie Roach, in her High Court challenge to the constitutional validity of Commonwealth legislation that prohibits all prisoners from voting in

Representing asylum seekersThe Allens Arthur Robinson pro bono program represents asylum seekers appealing decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal to the Federal Magistrates Court, the Federal Court and the High Court. In the past year, we have represented more than 10 asylum seekers in their claims.

We recently acted for a Nigerian asylum seeker in her appeal to the Federal Magistrates Court against a decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal to refuse her a protection visa. We were successful in our argument that there had been a failure to take into account a relevant consideration, namely the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs’ Guidelines on Gender Issues for Decision Makers. Our client’s matter is now being reconsidered by the Refugee Review Tribunal.

We have also represented a Chinese asylum seeker in an application to the Federal Magistrates Court for review of a decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal rejecting an application for refugee status. The applicant was a Chinese national who claimed refugee status on the basis of, among other things, his

evangelical Christian beliefs and his membership of the ‘three no’ group, comprising those in China who lacked household registration, identifi cation and a home. The applicant argued that the Refugee Review Tribunal had failed to appropriately consider these claims. A week before the scheduled Federal Magistrates Court hearing date and after we had fi led written submissions, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship informed us that they would agree to orders remitting the matter to the Refugee Review Tribunal.

Three of our lawyers are registered as volunteer migration agents in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. These lawyers volunteer at the local refugee and asylum seeker legal services on a regular basis at their evening advisory clinics.

Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to provide pro bono legal advice to other organisations working to protect human rights including: Amnesty International Australia, Care Australia Limited, CASE for refugees, Fair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand, Islamic Council of Victoria, Kingsford Legal Centre, Refugee & Immigration Legal Centre, Refugee Advice and Casework Service, United Nations Special Representative for Business and Human Rights, Victorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders and World Vision.

Fitzroy Legal ServiceAllens Arthur Robinson has funded the employment of an Articled Clerk at the Fitzroy Legal Service since 2001; this funded position is the only Articled Clerk position in the community legal sector in Victoria.

Fitzroy Legal Service in Victoria is one of the oldest community legal centres in Australia. It provides casework to clients in the local area, advocates for law reform and provides community legal education. In addition to its daytime service, Fitzroy Legal Service operates a free legal advice service fi ve nights a week and provides a free legal emergency telephone advice service for young people called Alphaline, which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Allens Arthur Robinson staff also provide support to Fitzroy Legal Service – we take on pro bono referrals from the Service, our secretaries volunteer to be part of a roster to provide word processing assistance one day per week and our librarians and information technology staff have provided training to the lawyers at the Service.

Defending human rightsWe are appearing in the High Court

to challenge the constitutional validity of prohibiting prisoners

from voting in Federal elections.

Zane Turner, litigation lawyer in Sydney who regularly assists with pro bono matters

David Robb, Partner and Member of the Pro Bono Committee, with Matthew McLennan, a Senior Associate in litigation in Sydney

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WWFWWF is one of the world’s largest and most infl uential conservation organisations, with close to fi ve million supporters and a global network active in more that 100 countries.

In Australia, WWF Australia works to conserve the biodiversity of Australia, Papua New Guinea and the surrounding seas, providing scientifi cally based practical solutions to our greatest environmental threats. The WWF team works on the ground with local communities, as well as in partnership with government and industry, monitoring the state of the environment, advocating change and effective conservation policy.

Allens Arthur Robinson has provided WWF with pro bono legal support for many years, providing all its needs for legal advice. An Allens Arthur Robinson partner sits on WWF’s board. Recent work includes assisting WWF with licensing the trade mark for its

Medicinal Plants Innovation in VietnamAllens Arthur Robinson’s Vietnam offi ces are providing pro bono assistance to an initiative in the northern mountainous region of Sa Pa in Vietnam. This region is one of the poorest regions in Vietnam but is, at the same time, rich in biodiversity and an acknowledged national centre of expertise in the use of traditional medicinal plants.

This project will identify traditional medicinal plant species and products with a high potential value in national and international markets, by using scientifi c analysis to corroborate traditional knowledge, cultivate the species to avoid over-exploitation while increasing production to match market demand, provide capacity-building to local communities and partners, and protect intellectual property rights of the ethnic minority groups.

The project has recently received a 2007 SEED (Supporting Entrepreneurs for Environment and

Development) Award.

highly successful ‘Earth Hour’ campaign in Sydney (in which the Firm participated), agreements with its corporate partners and supporters, including its groundbreaking partnership with ANZ Bank, and protecting its trade marks.

Bush Heritage AustraliaBush Heritage Australia is committed to preserving Australia’s biodiversity by protecting the bush through a very simple and direct strategy. Since 1990, Bush Heritage has been creating a network of reserves across Australia. Bush Heritage buys land of high conservation value and manages those sites to ensure their long-term protection.

Allens Arthur Robinson has provided Bush Heritage Australia with pro bono legal support for many years. We assist Bush Heritage with nearly all of its legal needs, including land purchase, the humane and lawful treatment of animals, intellectual property and other general corporate and commercial issues.

Australian Rainforest Conservation SocietyAustralian Rainforest Conservation Society works to protect, repair and restore the rainforests of Australia and to maximise the protection of forest biodiversity. ARCS plans to acquire rainforest at Springbrook in Queensland and restore it to its original state.

Allens Arthur Robinson has assisted ARCS in establishing a fund to hold the land or money donated to

protect the Springbrook rainforest.

Allens Arthur Robinson is pleased to provide pro bono legal advice to other organisations working to protect the natural world: Australian Conservation Foundation, Great Barrier Reef Foundation, International River Foundation, Nature Conservation Trust, Sustainable Living Foundation and Victorian Association for

Environmental Education.

Protecting the natural world

Lawyers in our Vietnam offi ce are providing assistance to a project identifying traditional

medicinal plant species

Photo courtesy of WWF

Medicinal Plant Innovation Project in Vietnam

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Environm

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The Firm has had a real concern about the environment for many years. We provide signifi cant pro

bono assistance to people and organisations working to protect

the natural world. Two of our longest standing pro bono clients

are WWF Australia and Bush Heritage Australia. Our concern

for the environment is not limited to the pro bono advice we give

to others but must be lived ourselves as a Firm. Over many

years, Allens Arthur Robinson has sought to reduce its effect on the

environment, and to engage our partners and staff in the process.

For more information about the Footprint Committee, please contact

James.Walker@aar.com.au

Allens Arthur Robinson is a proud supporter of the Earth Hour campaign promoted by WWF Australia.

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Last year saw a major step forward with the formation of the Allens Arthur Robinson Footprint Committee. The Footprint Committee was formed with a simple aim: to reduce our environmental footprint as much as possible in a co-ordinated way. We have been looking at all aspects of our daily business life to minimise our resource usage (inputs), select the most environmentally friendly inputs, and through recycling and the environmentally sensitive disposal of waste (outputs).

Since 2003, we have been rolling out printers that can print double-sided. Now that the rollout is complete, double-sided printing is used as the default setting across all our Australian offi ces. In just one month, this saved 2.2 million pieces of paper. The paper saved in that month, if stacked, would be far taller than any of the Firm’s Australian offi ce towers and the paper saved in a year would make a stack as high as Mt Kosciusko.

The Footprint Committee works to engage all parts of the Firm. This co-ordinated approach results in far better outcomes than our previous ad hoc approach. One example is the move to compulsory electronic (rather than paper) fi ling across all our departments. We needed IT and risk management assistance with that process to ensure the integrity of our fi ling system.

The Footprint Committee works to

engage all parts of the Firm.

We have also introduced a competition between the Australian offi ces to see which offi ce can reduce paper usage the most. This paper reduction not only reduces our demand for wood pulp, but also reduces our ‘environment rucksack’ – the greenhouse gas emissions emitted and other resources used in the production, trucking and recycling processes. The environmental ripple effect of our actions is often not understood, as it is not necessarily visible.

We are now looking at everything we do: from meeting rooms where water jugs have replaced bottled water, to seminar rooms, where guests now receive pads with only a few sheets of paper and pens with a high cardboard component, to offi ces where computers are being switched off each night, rather than left on standby, and our movement-sensitive lights have been made even more effective. Not even the bathrooms escape scrutiny, with the Sydney offi ce introducing waterless urinals, each of which saves the equivalent of two suburban swimming pools of water a year.

At the time of writing, the Firm is analysing the results of an online survey of Sydney staff examining environmental and work practices and attitudes, to work out the Footprint Committee’s next projects. This survey had a fantastic 41 per cent response rate, underlining the great interest our staff have in environmental initiatives.

Allens Arthur Robinson was a proud supporter of the Earth Hour campaign promoted by WWF Australia. Like thousands of businesses and homes across Sydney, our offi ce turned off its lights for one hour as a symbol that it is possible for all of us to take action on global warming. It was a simple action reinforcing the Firm’s message that we care about reducing the size of our environmental footprint.

These initiatives do not just occur within the offi ce. Through Firm-wide staff awareness campaigns, the Footprint Committee hopes its actions will translate to environmentally friendly practices among our staff outside the workplace. And our procurement policies will help to promote the development of greener products.

The Firm’s Footprint Committee currently operates nationally. In due course, we will extend its reach to our offshore offi ces. We believe that Allens Arthur Robinson is a leader among Australian legal fi rms in taking these and other steps to reduce our environmental impact and we hope to inspire change across the legal sector.

Through Firm-wide staff awareness campaigns, the

Footprint Committee hopes its actions will translate

to environmentally friendly practices among our staff

outside the workplace.

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1. Nicole McKenna, Member of the Charity Committee, at Pathways Early Childhood Intervention in Sydney

2. Rob Kerr with his ‘reading buddy’

3. Allens Arthur Robinson Oxfam Trailwalkers; Rani Hansen, Myra Stirling, Sue Williamson of the Charity Committee, and Ada Lam

4. Rachel Cosgrove with her ‘reading buddy’

5. Professor Les White, CEO of the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick, with Jim Dwyer, Charity Committee Chairman

6. Jenni Priestley with her ‘reading buddy’

7. Michael Steele, Matthew Allchurch and Andrew Boxall on Jeans for Genes Day

8. Members of the Charity and Pro Bono Committee in Melbourne present Liz Heliotis from the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation with a cheque

9. Vanessa Kingston, Katharine Lee and Michael Steele at ‘Allens Idol’, a fundraiser for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

10. Andrew North, Caitlin Gill and Jeremy Collins, Members of the Charity Committee in Melbourne, with two recipients of the Vision Australia Further Education Bursary Awards

11. Ceridwyn Usback, Louise Chau and Natasha Simonsen at the Juvenile Diabetes ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’

12. Anna Tremewan with her ‘reading buddy’

13. Erin Feros, Partner and Member of the Charity Committee, with Vincent McFarlane and Elena Moody from the Wesley Research Institute

14. Carla Bongiorno, Kim Manns, Brooke Johnson, Jenni Priestley and Jenny Campbell on Jeans for Genes Day

15. Jim Thynne, Chairman of the Firm, speaking at a function for the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick

16. Amanda Parks, Tom Glasson and Joanne Been at ‘Allens Idol’, a fundraiser for the Sydney Children’s Hospital

17. Leah Mauger with her ‘reading buddy’

18. Oscar Shub, Tony Liebowitz and Jim Dwyer, Charity Committee Chairman, at the ‘Ascent for Arthritis’ launch party

19. Nikki Lowes in Melbourne after shaving her head at work to raise money for the Leukaemia Foundation

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20. Tom Poulton, former Managing Partner, with Dr Nicholas Smith, 2006 AAR Neurology Fellow, and Jim Dwyer, Chairman of the Charity Committee, visiting the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick

21. Carla Degenhardt, Rachel Cosgrove, Derek Heath and Jan Christie at a function hosted by the Firm for Learning Links

22. Rachel Cosgrove, Tim Holden and Tom Glasson serving tea at Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea, a fundraiser for The Cancer Council

23. Poster for ‘Allens Idol’, a fundraising event for the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick

24. Catherine Paine and Julia van Overmeir on Jeans for Genes Day

25. John Edmond singing at ‘Allens Idol’, a fundraiser for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

26. Ezekiel Solomon and Fred Chilton on Jeans for Genes Day

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Aboriginal Dance Theatre RedfernAboriginal Legal Service WAAIDWatchAMF Australia FoundationAmnesty International AustraliaAngel Flight AustraliaAnglicare VictoriaARAFMI NSW IncorporatedArt Gallery Society of NSWArts Law Centre of AustraliaArts Law Referral ServiceArts North West IncAsia Pacifi c Journalism CentreAustralian Breastfeeding Association IncAustralian Cancer Research FoundationAustralian Conservation FoundationAustralian Crohn’s and Colitis AssociationAustralian Dental Association IncAustralian Institute of International AffairsAustralian Rainforest Conservation Society IncBalkanu Cape York Development Corporation Pty LtdBeacon Hill Community Kindergarten Association LimitedBetter Hearing Australia IncBeyond EmpathyBicycle New South WalesBotany Family and Children’s Centre IncBush Heritage AustraliaCape York PartnershipsCare Australia LimitedCASE for RefugeesCasino Family Support Services IncCEW Bean FoundationChallenge Cancer Support Network IncChild Wise LimitedChildFund AustraliaChildren’s Medical Research InstituteChildren’s Protection Society IncChristina Noble Children’s Foundation IncorporatedCity Mission PNG Limited Coeliac Society of Victoria IncCommonwealth Games FederationCommunity Child Care Association IncConsumer Credit Legal Centre (NSW) IncConsumer Credit Legal Service WA CREATE Foundation LimitedDiamond Creek Living and Learning Centre IncorporatedFair Trade Association of Australia and New Zealand IncFinancial and Consumer Rights CouncilFitzroy Legal ServiceFlight Centre FoundationFoster Care Queensland IncFuture DreamingGawooleng Yawoodeng Aboriginal Corporation IncGeneral Sir John Monash Foundation IncGosnells Community House IncGreat Barrier Reef FoundationGumlake Pty LimitedHealth Issues CentreHomeless Persons’ Legal Advice Clinic (WA) Steering Committee

Human Rights Law Resource Centre LtdInstitute of Australian GeographersInternational River FoundationISIS LimitedIslamic Council of Victoria IncIsland Quarry Association IncorporatedJewish CareKanyini FoundationKey Training Centre Incorporated operating as Job Futures TasmaniaKids Under Cover IncKimberley Foundation AustraliaKingsford Legal CentreKumul Foundation Inc.Life Education AustraliaLincTV IncorporatedMahboba’s Promise IncMalthouse Theatre Company LimitedMayumarri Pty LtdMelbourne Citymission IncMelbourne Urology Trust/Prostate Cancer FoundationMental Health Legal CentreMission InternationalMobility 2000 (Australia) LimitedMoira IncMonash Volunteer Resource CentreMuscular Dystrophy Association Inc.Nambucca and Unkya Local Aboriginal Land CouncilsNational Indigenous Television Working GroupNational Sorry Day Committee Native Title Services Victoria LtdNature Conservation TrustNew South Wales Reconciliation CouncilNingy Ningy Cultural Heritage Association Northern Rivers Community Legal CentreNSW Combined Community Legal Centres GroupNSW Federation of Housing Associations IncorporatedOrchestra VictoriaOvarian Cancer Research FoundationOzHarvest LimitedPassages Resource CentrePeter Nygh Hague Conference InternshipPolyglot Puppet Theatre LtdPort of Brisbane CorporationProstate Cancer Foundation of Australia LimitedPublic Interest Advocacy CentrePublic Interest Law Clearing House Victoria IncorporatedQueensland Homicide Victims Support GroupQueensland Public Interest Law Clearing House IncorporatedRecLink AustraliaRefugee & Immigration Legal Centre IncRefugee and Immigration Legal Service Refugee Advice and Casework Service IncReverb Film Pty LtdRocky Bay Inc

Rotary Club of MelbourneRoyal Life Saving Society WA Branch Inc.Ryde Regional Radio Co-Op LtdSave the Children AustraliaSBH Queensland IncorporatedSculpture by the Sea IncShow Me The WaySkyline Education Foundation Pty LtdSoundHouse Music Alliance Sowilo Community High SchoolSt Barnabas ChurchStarlight Foundation of AustraliaStreet Voices Inc.Sustainable Living FoundationSydney Children’s Hospital Foundation LimitedSydney Symphony OrchestraTangentyere CouncilTapestry Foundation Of VictoriaTaylor Street Community Legal CentreThe Abbotsford Convent FoundationThe Ashintosh FoundationThe Australian Ballet SchoolThe Australian Youth Against Landmines AssociationThe Bradman FoundationThe Bush Church Aid Society of AustraliaThe Buteyko Institute of Breathing and Health IncorporatedThe Dart Centre for Journalism and TraumaThe George Gregan Foundation Pty LtdThe Great Stupa of Universal Compassion LimitedThe Hills Community Aid & Information Service IncThe Leukaemia Foundation of Australia LimitedThe Northcott SocietyTransparency International AustraliaTurrbal Association Inc.UNIFEM Australia Inc.United Nations Special Representative for Business and Human RightsVariety Clubs of AustraliaVictoria Theatres TrustVictorian Association for Environmental EducationVictorian Association for the Care and Resettlement of OffendersVisscher-Roe FoundationWatoto Child Care MinistriesWest End Housing Co-Operative LtdWestern Suburbs Legal Service IncWhite Ribbon Foundation (Australia)Women’s & Girls’ Emergency Centre Inc.Women’s Legal Service VictoriaWorld Vision AustraliaWWF-World Wide Fund for NatureYouth Challenge Australiazen.org.au Pty Ltd

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27. Ben Lee, Erin Feros of the Charity Committee, and Alex Feros volunteering at ‘Camp Have a Chat 2006’ for the Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland

28. Peter Haig, a lawyer in our Melbourne offi ce

29. Ian McGill and and Michael Cresswell at a fundraising lunch for the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

30. Amy Dobbin and Jasmine Burns at a fundraising lunch for the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick

31. Stuart Corbishley, Jacqui Purcell and Louise Eagar at a fundraising lunch for the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick

32. Rob Kerr and Amanda Andreazza on Jeans for Genes Day

33. Anna Marsh and Tracey Watt on Jeans for Genes Day

34. Dean Carrigan, Justin Coss and their families at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’

35. Ben Schokman and Lynne Jensen of the Charity Committee at the Education Foundation in Melbourne

36. The 2006-07 Summer Clerks visiting the Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick

37. Jim Thynne, Chairman of the Firm, with Associate Professor Annie Bye of the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick

38. Louise Chau, Turner Graves and Daniel Anderson on Jeans for Genes Day

39. Andrew Wiseman, Nicky Andrews, Kate Olgers, Andrew Boxall and Catharine Berry on Jeans for Genes Day

40. Justin Coss’s daughter Maddie at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s ‘Walk to Cure Diabetes’

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