Thanks to Rebecca le May and The West Australian/Sunday Times for highlighting shocking new turnaway figures from community legal services. Demand for legal help is surging, more than 48,000 people will be turned away from community legal help this year, while state government funding for services is standing still.
As our CEO Chelsea McKinney says in the article:
“We know what a difference getting legal help in time means for people in need – it keeps people in work, families in their homes and women and children safe from family violence.
“We want to be there for WA families struggling, but we need more investment to be able to help the people who make it to our door.”
Read the full article here
