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- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Plan
  This plan provides an overview of National Legal Aid's strategic plan for the next five years. It identifies the vision, purpose, and goals of our work towards 2030. It answers the questions of who we are, who we support, how we work, what we offer, and our impact.
- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Operating Plan
  This plan outlines how we will measure success, the benefits of our work and a five year strategic operating plan for the NLA Directorate. This plan will be reported on as a regular agenda item at NLA Directors meetings and will be reviewed annually.
Policy & advocacy
- ALAF
  The Australian Legal Assistance Forum has been established to enable the members to consider and address Australian legal assistance issues in a co-operative way and to make recommendations on those issues in a co-ordinated fashion.
- Submissions
  Integral to our policy and advocacy role is the constructive advice, guidance and direction we provide to government. This page contains the submissions NLA has made to various Commonwealth Government and Parliamentary inquiries.
- Reports
  Research and reports aimed at enhancing legal aid funding and quantitatively assessing legal needs to improve access and outcomes across Australia.
National Services
- Royal Commission Legal Assistance Service
  National Legal Aid has established a national legal service to support individuals to engage with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  Learn more about accessing this service for free legal information, help, and advice, including about voluntary submissions to the Royal Commission.
- With You Training
  With You is a national training program for the legal assistance sector to provide trauma-informed, rights-based legal services.
- amica
  amica helps couples reach amicable agreements about property settlements and parenting arrangements – and it enables them to record those agreements in plain language.
- Bugmy Bar Book
  The Bugmy Bar Book provides free, up-to-date, practical and accessible resources to support decision-makers, lawyers, mental health professionals, and service providers understand the impacts of adverse early life experiences and the impact of trauma, inequality, and systemic barriers.
- Family Advocacy and Support Service
  The Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) is an integrated duty lawyer and social worker service for those affected by family violence.
- Family Violence Law Help
  Family Violence Law Help is a national website for people wanting to understand domestic and family violence, the law and where to get help.
- Legal Aid National Child Support
  A National referral directory for Child Support Services across Australian Legal Aids.
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Home
About
- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Plan
  This plan provides an overview of National Legal Aid's strategic plan for the next five years. It identifies the vision, purpose, and goals of our work towards 2030. It answers the questions of who we are, who we support, how we work, what we offer, and our impact.
- Towards 2030: NLA Strategic Operating Plan
  This plan outlines how we will measure success, the benefits of our work and a five year strategic operating plan for the NLA Directorate. This plan will be reported on as a regular agenda item at NLA Directors meetings and will be reviewed annually.
Policy & advocacy
- ALAF
  The Australian Legal Assistance Forum has been established to enable the members to consider and address Australian legal assistance issues in a co-operative way and to make recommendations on those issues in a co-ordinated fashion.
- Submissions
  Integral to our policy and advocacy role is the constructive advice, guidance and direction we provide to government. This page contains the submissions NLA has made to various Commonwealth Government and Parliamentary inquiries.
- Reports
  Research and reports aimed at enhancing legal aid funding and quantitatively assessing legal needs to improve access and outcomes across Australia.
National Services
- Royal Commission Legal Assistance Service
  National Legal Aid has established a national legal service to support individuals to engage with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion.
  Learn more about accessing this service for free legal information, help, and advice, including about voluntary submissions to the Royal Commission.
- With You Training
  With You is a national training program for the legal assistance sector to provide trauma-informed, rights-based legal services.
- amica
  amica helps couples reach amicable agreements about property settlements and parenting arrangements – and it enables them to record those agreements in plain language.
- Bugmy Bar Book
  The Bugmy Bar Book provides free, up-to-date, practical and accessible resources to support decision-makers, lawyers, mental health professionals, and service providers understand the impacts of adverse early life experiences and the impact of trauma, inequality, and systemic barriers.
- Family Advocacy and Support Service
  The Family Advocacy and Support Service (FASS) is an integrated duty lawyer and social worker service for those affected by family violence.
- Family Violence Law Help
  Family Violence Law Help is a national website for people wanting to understand domestic and family violence, the law and where to get help.
- Legal Aid National Child Support
  A National referral directory for Child Support Services across Australian Legal Aids.
News

12 June, 2024

NLA Statement on the Final Report of the Independent Review of National Legal Assistance Partnership

National Legal Aid welcomes the release of the NLAP Review Report. The Report acknowledges that the legal assistance sector has been under..

Recent news articles

23 April, 2026

Data highlights critical role of Legal Aid in providing family law services

This media release welcomes the third release of national legal assistance data by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and highlights the increasing and critical role of Legal Aid in providing family law services

02 April, 2026

National Legal Aid welcomes the passage of legislation to establish a Commonwealth Parole Board

Media release from National Legal Aid welcoming the passage of legislation to establish a Commonwealth Parole Board

26 March, 2026

Budget cuts to legal assistance will put women and children at risk, warns National Legal Aid

In this media release, National Legal Aid expresses deep concern about potential cuts to legal assistance for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence in the upcoming Federal Budget.

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