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Specialist Women’s Legal Services preparing to double over four years
Women’s Legal Services in Queensland are preparing to double in size following the Federal Government’s pledge to increase funding for Women’s Legal Centres over the next four years.
The Women’s Budget Statement promises $129 million over four years for increased legal assistance funding to help women access justice. This funding is to be directed specifically to women’s legal centres, to enable these providers to respond to increasing demand for assistance with domestic violence matters.
Queensland has three women’s legal services – Women’s Legal Service Queensland in Brisbane, the North Queensland Women’s Legal Service with offices in Townsville and Cairns, and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Women’s Legal Service, also based in Townsville. Each service contributed to a National Costing model which mapped unmet legal need for women at risk of experiencin
Division 1 $1,000,000.00 3 $3,000,000.00
Division 2 $7,898.85 9 $71,089.65
Division 3 $491.15 224 $110,017.60
Division 4 $27.75 11,289 $313,269.75
Division 5 $15.50 28,737 $445,423.50
Division 6 $12.65 59,646 $754,521.90
99,908 $4,694,322.40
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Division 3 69 70 28 12 43 2
Division 4 2,537 3,833 1,456 807 2,561 95
Division 5 6,298 9,630 3,659 2,052 6,734 364
Division 6 13,503 20,272 7,772 3,964 13,482 653
22,413 33,807 12,915 6,836 22,823 1,114
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