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.
National Legal Aid is urging the government to include funding for key strategic priorities in the 2026–27 budget to uphold access to justice. These include baseline funding to meet demand in the Federal Circuit and Family Court for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence, ongoing support for the NDIS Appeals Program, and preventing the Permanent Protection Visa Program and disaster response legal services from ending due to funding cliffs.
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Family LawDomestic and Family ViolenceChild Support
National Legal Aid (NLA) is of the view that it is essential to have a better understanding of how the legislative amendments will be implemented in practice when providing comment on the legislation.
Legal aid commissions see first-hand the impacts of the current gaps in national co-ordination and collaboration within
the legal system. The following four recommendations are focused on a national approach to improving safety and access
to justice for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence.
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