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On June 23 this year, the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service announced a “freeze” on accepting new clients to its criminal law practice. For at least three months, no Indigenous person charged with a crime in Victoria would get any advice or representation from their dedicated service. Anyone who came knocking would be referred “to other services”.