Help in your language
Legal Aid Queensland has general information about Queensland's legal system and how we can help resolve your legal problems in a number of different languages. These include Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, Vietnamese, Dari or Tagalog.
Download or order this poster online.
Find out what other information we have in your language
If you can't find the information you're looking for in your language, the following services may be able to help:
Telephone interpreters
Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS), Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs
TIS is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and is accessible from anywhere in Australia for the cost of a local call on 131 450.
Directory of Accredited Practitioners of Translating and Interpreting
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters
Phone the NAATI Hotline 1300 557 470 within Australia.
Yellow Pages
Translators and interpreters can be found in the Yellow Pages under "Interpreters" and/or "Translators".
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Language services policy
Our Language Services Policy creates a framework for delivering language services, where appropriate, to clients whose first language is not English.
Multicultural Action Plan
We are required to report against the Queensland Government’s Multicultural Action Plan in compliance with the Multicultural Recognition Act 2016.
Legal Aid Queensland supports and contributes to the Multicultural Action Plan by:
- delivering focused community legal education (CLE) sessions to culturally diverse communities
- distributing translated legal information to culturally diverse communities
- using free interpreter services for clients in line with the state government’s Language Services Policy
- providing a fortnightly family law advice clinic at the Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS) in Brisbane
- promoting our website, which includes a built-in screen reader and translation tool called ‘Browsealoud’, that can translate content into 90 languages.
Listening to and translating content using Browsealoud
You can now listen to, or translate content on our website using Browsealoud. This tool will read aloud content on a page (in English), and can also be used to translate the same content into a number of different languages that can then be read aloud.
Find out more.