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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
The Victorian State Budget includes modest but welcome investment in free legal help for disadvantaged Victorians, according to State community legal peak, the Federation of Community Legal Centres.
‘We’re pleased to see $2m over two years to support the vital services provided by community legal centres through a CLC Assistance Fund, as well as further investment to meet some of the urgent demand pressures faced by family violence duty lawyers in Magistrates’ Courts and provide other family violence legal help,’ Ms Buchanan said. Continue reading
