Legal funding welcome but underscores crisis

28/02/2020

The Law Council has today issued a Media Release welcoming the announcement of additional Commonwealth funding for legal representation, so that victims of family violence are not cross-examined personally by their alleged abusers.

The national legal peak body is warning, however, that urgent action is needed to fix the broader family court funding crisis.

The announcement comes after a hearing in the Family Court in Brisbane was cancelled due to a lack of funding under the scheme. In Queensland, 35 trials have been affected by the funding shortfall.

Click here to view a full copy of the media release.