House debates

Tuesday, 15 March 2016

Statements by Members

Community Legal Centres

1:59 pm

Photo of Mark DreyfusMark Dreyfus (Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General) Share this | Hansard source

Figures released today reveal that community legal centres have been forced to turn away more than 160,000 people in need each year, yet next year the Turnbull government is planning not to increase but to cut funding to community legal centres, this time by more than 30 per cent. It is a disgrace. The government must reverse the cuts that it is planning immediately, before any more damage is done. Community legal centres play a vital role—

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