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

That is precisely what we are not doing. That is precisely the reason, when I became the Attorney-General, I directed that all of the legal aid money would be directed to front-line services so that it would not be spent on so-called advocacy and political activism by legal aid service providers. What this government wants to ensure is that the legal aid budget, whether it be for Indigenous legal services or whether it be in other areas of the legal assistance budget, is all spent of front-line legal services—every last dollar of it—and, in case you did not hear me the first time or the second time I answered your question, there have been no cuts to Indigenous legal services. None. Not one dollar.