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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.

2025-26 Pre-Budget Submission

NLA Submission to The Treasury highlighting some of the vital funding needs of for the legal assistance system, including, disability and migration legal services, support for victim-survivors of domestic and family violence, national disaster legal assistance, and the NDIS Appeals Program.

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Administrative Review Tribunal

Submission to the Inquiry into the Administrative Review Tribunal Bill 2023 and the Administrative Review Tribunal (Consequential and Transitional Provisions No. 1) Bill 2023 (ART Bills).

NLA strongly supports the objectives and intention of the ART Bills and welcomes the majority of the changes outlined by the Bills, particularly the abolishment of the Immigration Assessment Authority (IAA), improved focus and monitoring of systemic issues, the increased accountability and transparency of decision-making and the improved supports for vulnerable people in navigating the administrative review system.

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