Attorney-General
Minister for Emergency Management
Special Minister of State
Minister for the Public Service and Integrity
The Hon Mark Dreyfus QC MP
Minister for Health
Minister for Medical Research
Member for Sydney
The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP
Joint Media Release
More funding for HIV/AIDS Legal Centre
The Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus QC, and the Minister for Health and Medical Research and Member for Sydney, Tanya Plibersek, today announced new funding for the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre.
The Rudd Labor Government will provide an extra $80,000 to the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre over the next four years.
Access to legal advice and support is essential to strengthening our local communities and our democracy, Mr Dreyfus said.
I am proud of Labor's commitment to a fair go under the law and am confident this funding for the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre will help its important work in assisting people with HIV-related legal matters.
Legal services have not yet fully recovered from cuts under the Howard Liberal Government but, in a tough budgetary period, this is a significant boost.
This additional funding will help the HIV/AIDS Legal Centre meet demand for legal services for people dealing with a very significant medical issue, Ms Plibersek said.
This funding is part of an extra $33.5 million over four years for community legal centres across Australia.
The new funding for community legal centres is in addition to the $32 million already provided annually under the Australian Governments Community Legal Services Program.
TUESDAY, 30 JULY 2013
