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Local Justice Heroes Worksheet

Explore how people in Australian communities help make life fairer. Read the scenarios, then use evidence and your own ideas to solve each task.

What does justice look like?

Justice means treating people fairly, respecting rights and working to remove barriers. A local justice hero might be a volunteer, advocate, community worker or neighbour. They do not need a special title: what matters is taking thoughtful action to help others.

1.Choose the clearest example of someone promoting justice in their community.

A volunteer helps residents understand how to access free legal advice.
A person ignores a neighbour who cannot enter a building.
A group excludes someone because they speak a different language.
A shopkeeper refuses to explain a rule to anyone.

2.Tick all the actions that could help make a community fairer.

Work with people affected by a problem and listen to their ideas.
Share accurate information about available support.
Make decisions about a group without asking anyone in it.
Help remove barriers to using a public service.
Treat people differently because of their background.

Read the community case file

At a neighbourhood centre, residents say that important service information is difficult to understand. Some notices use complex language, and some families are unsure where to ask for help. A group of residents meets with centre staff. They suggest plain-language notices, translated information and a regular drop-in session where people can ask questions. The centre agrees to trial the ideas and asks residents for feedback.

3.Identify two barriers residents faced in the case file.

4.Explain why asking residents for feedback is a fairer approach than staff making every decision on their own.

5.Match each community helper to the action that best fits their role.

Community legal centre worker
Disability access advocate
Refugee support volunteer
Neighbourhood food volunteer

Works to make public places and services more accessible
Helps organise food support for people who need it
Offers information or advice about legal issues
Helps new arrivals connect with local services and community

6.True or false? A person can help promote justice without being famous or holding an official job. Give one reason for your answer.

TrueFalse

7.Complete the sentence: A fair community listens to people affected by a problem and works to remove that stop them taking part.

8.The centre can trial only one idea first. Recommend either plain-language notices, translated information or a drop-in session. Explain who it could help and how the centre could check whether it works.

9.Imagine you notice a local public space is difficult for some people to use. Describe one respectful first step you could take, and name one person or group you could involve.

10.Plan one small action you could take this month to make your community fairer. State what you would do and who it might help.