Community legal centres turn away 1,000 Australians each day despite growing need for help
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6KJY3)
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.
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.
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