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Community legal centres turn away 1,000 Australians each day despite growing need for help
Sector suffers funding and workforce crisis and warns that people will face unnecessary jail terms, family violence and homelessness as a result
Community legal centres report having to turn away more than 1,000 people every day last year due to budget constraints and short staffing – twice the number they were able to help.
- Josh Butler
- The Guardian
The sector has asked for an urgent funding boost as cost-of-living pressures and poverty drive an increase in legal need, while its federal funding has slipped behind inflation amid staff burnout and huge workloads.
The Community Legal…