Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 March 2024

Questions without Notice

Legal Aid

2:47 pm

Photo of Murray WattMurray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

It's obviously a matter for the Attorney-General to determine whether he will release this report and, if so, when that will occur. I'm not going to commit another minister to releasing a report by the end of this week, but the mere fact the Attorney-General has commissioned this independent review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership shows good faith on his part and shows that the Albanese government understands the pressures that Aboriginal legal services are under.

If my recollection serves me correctly, the Attorney-General himself has worked in Aboriginal legal services in the past.

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