Legal services in the Northern Territory will receive $14 million in additional funding, announced today (15 July) by Attorney-General Robert McClelland and Federal Member for Solomon, Damian Hale.
The new National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistances Services has commenced this month, delivering $785 million worth of Commonwealth funded legal aid services.
The Commonwealth Grant Commission's legal aid funding formula is defective and needs to be reviewed, says South Australian Law Society president Richard Mellows.
Budget boosts to legal aid announced last night must flow into the provision of better family and criminal law services and funding for legal practitioners, according to the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV).
The legal profession can celebrate little more than a boost to legal assistance programs after the Treasurer Wayne Swan tonight delivered his third Federal Budget.
The Victorian State Government's $50 million commitment to legal aid over the next two years has been welcomed by the Law Institute of Victoria (LIV).
The Law Council of Australia (LCA) has furthered its fight to secure additional funding for legal aid by launching a web portal to rally support for access to justice issues.
The Victorian Government has announced a boost to legal aid funding as part of next week's state budget, as well as extra funding to provide new judges and magistrates.
The crisis facing Australia's legal aid agencies has spurred Victorian lawyers and social welfare organisations into taking action, with a pre-Federal Budget rally organised for today.
The Law Council of Australia has renewed calls for the Federal Government to address funding issues facing legal aid agencies across the country.
A Pricewaterhouse Coopers report, commissioned for National Legal Aid, has revealed that the legal aid system is still struggling to recover from funding cuts introduced in 1996-1997, leading to calls for a much-needed funding boost.
South Australian lawyers are providing the community with $10 million worth of pro bono and legal aid work every year, according to a survey conducted by the Law Society of South Australia (LSSA).
The Legal Services Commission of South Australia (LSC) is heading for financial disaster, according to its director, Hamish Gilmore.
A coalition of Australian legal bodies has called on the Federal Government to step up its efforts with legal aid funding.
Legal practitioners will be called upon to assist people with mental illnesses under an initiative to be launched today by the NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos
