George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I am just trying to contextualise the fact that there is not as much money as we would like for some of these services because the Labor Party left no money in the budget for them. That being said, I can inform Senator Peris that NAAJA will be funded in 2014-15 to the extent of $290,000 through the safety and wellbeing program. I can also inform Senator Peris that all funding provided under the Indigenous legal assistance program to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services remains in place until at least 30 June 2015. I can finally inform Senator Peris that the government has recently provided a one-off funding allocation— (Time expired)