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.
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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]