Director of Community Legal Centres Queensland, Rosslyn Monro AM, has welcomed “vital” funding for the legal assistance sector.
More than $666 million in State and Commonwealth funding has been announced this week and allocated to 30 organisations around the state, which help vulnerable and disadvantaged people including victims of domestic and family violence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and rural communities.
Rosslyn said: “Community Legal Centres Queensland welcomes this historic investment into community legal centres by the State and Commonwealth governments.
“The state proportion of the announcement is the biggest investment in Queensland community legal centres in decades.
“This investment provides these community legal centres with funding security for the next five years and the funding uplift means centres are facing a more sustainable future.”
The Queensland-wide funding will be allocated over five years.
Attorney-General Deb Frecklington said: “Our investment helps to ensure these vital services can continue to help people experiencing domestic and family violence, tenancy issues, employment disputes, and other important legal matters.”
The funding will support and renew a range of frontline services under the Legal Assistance Services Program, including: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service; Aboriginal Family Legal Services Queensland; Basic Rights Queensland; Bayside Community Legal Service; Cairns Community Legal Centre; Caxton Legal Centre; Central Queensland Community Legal Centre; Community Legal Centres Queensland; First Nations Women’s Legal Service Qld; Gold Coast Community Legal Centre and Advice Bureau; LawRight; LGBTI Legal Service; Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre; North Queensland Women’s Legal Service; Northside Connect; Pine Rivers Community Legal Service; Prisoners’ Legal Service; Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service; Refugee and Immigration Legal Service; Suncoast Community Legal Service; Townsville Community Law; Women’s Legal Service Queensland; Youth Advocacy Centre and YFS.
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