National Legal Aid welcomes funding for the Child Support Scheme, Ending Gender Based Violence and the NDIS Appeals Program, but flags concern the budget fails to address the ongoing crisis in funding for Legal Aids.
Inquiry says “Dedicated funding for veterans’ legal assistance should continue”.
The peak body for Australia’s largest legal sector has welcomed key findings of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
National Legal Aid welcomes the announcement by National Cabinet today of additional funding for legal assistance services and longer-term funding certainty under a new Access to Justice Partnership.