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Funding boost welcome for legal services supporting women and those experiencing mental health issues
The Law Council of Australia is pleased that the Australian Government has announced additional funding for Australia’s legal assistance sector, with a focus on improving access to justice for women and those experiencing mental health issues.
Key funding measures in the 2021-22 Budget will provide a range of further legal assistance resourcing under the National Legal Assistance Partnership, including:
$129 million over four years for women’s legal services to increase their capacity to women, including those experiencing, or at risk of, family violence;
The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health and Aged Care
The Morrison Government is continuing to guarantee essential services by investing $2.3 billion in the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Plan to lead landmark reform in mental health support and treatment for Australians in need.
Based on the principles of Prevention, Compassion and Care, the Plan will invest $1.4 billion in high quality and person-centred treatment, which includes the development of a national network of mental health treatment centres for adults, youth and children through the Head to Health and headspace programs.
Mental health and suicide prevention are key priorities for the Morrison Government in keeping Australians safe and a central feature of Australia’s Long-Term National Health Plan.
Budget 2021: How did #auslaw fare?
By Jerome Doraisamy|11 May 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has delivered the 2021-22 federal budget. Here’s what lawyers and law firms across the country need to know.
On Tuesday morning, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that while the Australian economy is recovering well from the age of coronavirus, and has outperformed “all major advanced economies around the world”, the nation is not yet out of the woods.
“There is still more to do. We must secure Australia’s economic recovery,” he proclaimed.
He promised that the budget, delivered last night, would lay out the Morrison government’s plans to secure Australia’s recovery from the pandemic: “Australia’s strong position today is not the result of luck. Australia makes its own luck.”
Men in 20% of local court areas of NSW do not have access to accredited men’s behaviour change services (Based on a survey of 46 respondents from Women’s Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Services and other women’s services).
Additionally, there are a whole range of positively evaluated federally-funded family, domestic and sexual violence services, such as the Family Advocacy Support Services (FASSs) in the Family Courts, the Domestic Violence Units (DV Units) in Legal Aid Commissions, Health Justice Partnerships in health-related settings, and Coordinated Family Dispute Resolution Services in family support settings, all of which have been recommended for expansion, yet continue to maintain pilot status. This means access to critical safety services are not available to all Australian women and children, depending upon their postcode.