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Actor Michael Caton Says Legal Aid Matters

Wendy Williams, Thursday, 23rd June 2016 - Aussie actor Michael Caton has joined the fight to restore funding for legal aid. The star, best known for playing Darryl Kerrigan in the 1990s movie The Castle, a working-class man…

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Lawyers to Campaign Over Legal Aid Funding Cuts

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th May 2016 - Lawyers from across Australia are launching a major national campaign on legal aid funding in the run up to the federal election, claiming neither of the major political parties…

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Legal Aid Funding Restored

Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 26th March 2015 - The Federal Government has reinstated national legal aid assistance, guaranteeing current funding levels for the next two years. The funding reversal comes after strong lobbying…

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Community Housing Federation Rebuffs Legal Aid Claims

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 12th February 2015 - Claims by Victoria Legal Aid which slammed the operations of Not for Profit community housing organisations have been described by The Community Housing Federation of Victoria…

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Legal Aid Slams NFP Housing Groups

Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th February 2015 - Victoria Legal Aid claims Not for Profit community housing groups are not being held to the same standards as the Government, despite offering a publicly funded service. The claim…

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Community Legal Aid for Child Abuse Royal Commission

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 3rd April 2013 - The Federal Government is to fund community legal centres to assist those wanting to tell their stories to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Assault…

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Boost In Legal Aid Funding Urged

Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 7th April 2010 - The results of a survey on legal aid provide further proof that the legal assistance sector is in dire need of a significant funding boost, according to the Law Council of Australia.…

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