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

Senator Cameron, this is what I can tell you. The Abbott government will be investing $1.3 billion into this sector over the next four years and the only funding reductions to community legal centres have been the saving of $4.37 million achieved by terminating ongoing funding and additional funding provided to environmental defenders offices. In relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal service, no service has had its funding reduced as a result of savings—not one.