Opposition Leader Elizabeth Lee… calls for funding to Canberra Community Law.
CANBERRA Liberals leader Elizabeth Lee will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today (June 2), calling on the ACT government to provide funding certainty for Canberra Community Law within the week.
Short-term covid-related funding for Canberra Community Law ceases on June 30 after the free, independent legal service, that’s run by community managed boards, had already been struggling with funding reductions over recent years.
A reduction in funds, the biggest funding hit it’s ever seen, means the organisation, which is the only ACT service that specialises in housing, Centrelink, disability and racial discrimination law, and homelessness law, will face a significant shortfall in resources to maintain current service levels.