Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

The advice I have is that the Attorney-General did take action to divert Commonwealth funding to the NT Legal Aid Commission to ensure that Aboriginal people in Central Australia would continue to have legal representation. The advice I also have is that, as soon as concerns about financial management and governance at NAAJA arose, the NIAA put a grant controller in place. Since December 2023 the grant controller has been receiving all NIAA funding to NAAJA to ensure it is used appropriately. I'm also advised that the NIAA has issued NAAJA with a breach notice under its funding agreement, with a response required by mid-July, which I think deals with the issues you raised. On that basis, I ask that further questions be placed on the Notice Paper.