May 02, 2016
Federal Government flags Budget failure on vital funding boost needed for free legal help
The Federal Government has flagged its failure on community legal centre funding in tomorrow’s Federal Budget by ignoring a central recommendation of the Productivity Commission for an urgent annual boost to national funding for combined free legal assistance services of $200 million a year.
READ MOREApril 27, 2016
Vic Govt boosts free legal help, but should do more
Today’s State Budget has included a modest one-year boost of $2.5 million to help community legal centres tackling family violence, and one-year $400,000 funding for specialist community legal centre JobWatch, but more sustained investment is needed, according to the Federation of Community Legal Centres, the peak body for 50 community legal centres in Victoria.
READ MOREApril 14, 2016
More needed for family violence legal help, as State boost threatened by Federal cuts
While welcoming $2.5 million for community legal centres under yesterday’s family violence funding announcement by the Victorian Government, at least an additional $4 million per year is needed to tackle family violence related legal problems, according to the Federation of Community Legal Centres.
READ MOREApril 11, 2016
Community lawyers challenge Federal Government’s commitment to ending family violence as Budget fears mount
Community lawyers are challenging the Federal Government’s commitment to ending family violence as fears mount that the 2016 Budget will fail to reverse cuts to community legal centres that form the backbone of its proposed national intervention order scheme.
READ MOREMarch 30, 2016
Royal Commission says Vic Govt should advocate at COAG on funding for family violence legal help
Today’s report of the Royal Commission into Family Violence has sent a strong signal in advance of Friday’s COAG meeting that the State Government should advocate strongly for increased Federal funding to family violence legal help. The Federal Government is set to slash funding to community legal centres by 30 per cent nationally in July 2017.
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