Legal Aid and Other Programs of Assistance
The Australian Government Attorney-General's Department is responsible for the administration of the following legal assistance programs:
- administering funding for the provision of legal aid services for Commonwealth law matters through legal aid commissions,
- administering the Community Legal Services Program, and
- managing the provision of financial assistance through a range of statutory and non-statutory schemes.
Information relating to Indigenous specific law and justice programs are available at the following page: Indigenous Law Programs. These programs include:
- administering legal aid services for Indigenous Australians, and
- administering the Family Violence Prevention Legal Services Program.
National Legal Assistance Advisory Body
The National Legal Assistance Advisory Body is an independent body, established in 2011 under the National Partnership Agreement on Legal Assistance Services. It advises Government on the best way to deliver legal services to disadvantaged Australians and to help keep the justice system relevant to the community it serves.
- For more information, visit the National Legal Assistance Advisory Body website.
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- Government Response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee report, Access to Justice December 2009 [WORD 153KB]
- Government Response to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee report, Access to Justice December 2009 [PDF 386KB]