Victorian community legal centres get record $19m boost

A record investment of $19 million has been granted to 16 Victorian community legal

20 March 2025

By Naomi Neilson

Legal aid crisis looms unless government acts, new report warns

A first-of-its-kind national survey has revealed a looming crisis in Australia’s legal aid system, driven by chronic...

04 March 2025

By Grace Robbie

$3.9bn NAJP announced, but concerns still remain

Despite attorneys-general agreeing to a new National Access to Justice Partnership described as the “largest...

03 December 2024

By Grace Robbie

Advocates express concern over proposed Legal Aid NT service cuts

Three prominent legal organisations in the Northern Territory have expressed their “collective grave concern” over...

16 October 2024

By Grace Robbie

Legal assistance sector receives largest funding increase in 20 years

The national cabinet has committed nearly $800 million over the next five years to enhance critical legal services,...

10 September 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘A sector in crisis’: Legal assistance funding desperately needed, say advocates

Leading legal bodies in Australia have jointly issued an open letter, calling on all levels of government to address...

26 July 2024

By Grace Robbie

$125m needed to keep DV, FV services open, say CLCs

With the rise in the number of people reaching out to community legal centres to seek assistance with domestic and...

02 May 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘LGBTIQ+ specialist community legal services are at breaking point’

Legal organisations have urged the government to boost funding for community legal centres, which are currently...

02 April 2024

By Grace Robbie

Will private equity solutions become commonplace for firms amid recession?

A year on from selling a 30 per cent stake of its business to a private equity firm, Wotton + Kearney has experienced...

04 August 2023

By Lauren Croft

Child abuser slammed for ‘back-door’ action against Victoria Legal Aid

A convicted child abuser has been criticised by a Supreme Court for launching proceedings against Victoria Legal...

08 June 2023

By Naomi Neilson

Judge slams A-G’s Dept for withdrawal of funding in Cranston matter

The Attorney-General’s Department has come under fire from a Supreme Court justice in NSW over its decision to...

10 May 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

DataMesh secures $30m in funding

Australian payment software provider DataMesh Group has completed a Series A funding round, which garnered $30...

10 March 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

Landmark whistleblower project to receive share in $4.8m

The Victorian Legal Services Board and Commissioner (VLSB+C) will provide $4.8 million in funding to improve access to...

05 December 2022

By Lauren Croft

Aqualand Group nabs $600m funding package

Hall & Wilcox has advised Aqualand Group on a new funding package, which it will utilise to complete the...

17 November 2022

By Emma Musgrave

Qualitas advised on multimillion-dollar funding package

Maddocks has advised Qualitas on its funding package worth $600

03 November 2022

By Emma Musgrave

What’s in Labor’s budget for lawyers?

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down the first federal budget for the Albanese Labor government — the ALP’s first...

26 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Where funding for the A-G’s Department is going

The second federal budget for 2022 has detailed additional resourcing for various justice initiatives, as well as cuts...

25 October 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

Thunderbird mining site receives $484m in funding

Thunderbird Operations and Kimberley Mineral Sands have engaged the services of global law firm Ashurst to secure $484...

20 October 2022

By Keonia Swift

‘Return to sanity’ on regulating litigation funding welcome, says Maurice Blackburn

“Hundreds of thousands of Australians” have benefited from class actions, the national plaintiff firm says, which...

17 October 2022

By Lauren Croft

Morse Micro receives $140m funding injection

Sydney-based developer of Wi-Fi HaLow microprocessors, Morse Micro, has been advised on its recent $140 million Series...

17 October 2022

By Lauren Croft