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Federal Labor removes gag on legal aid centres that banned political advocacy
Exclusive: Community legal centres at coalface of social issues can once again take part in public debate
The Labor government has removed the Coalition’s gag on legal aid organisations taking part in political advocacy and lobbying, saying it “is ending this political censorship”.
- Paul Karp
- The Guardian
On Tuesday the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, announced the gag on community legal centres receiving federal funding had been removed from the deal with states and territories regulating legal aid, as part of Labor’s broader commitment to allow social, legal and environmental charities to lobby government.
The gag, introduced by the…