Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

Reminder – transfer any legal cases now

Reminder to clients of Aboriginal Legal Aid in Tasmania that they need to contact their lawyer at Beeton & Mansell to arrange transfer of their case to another legal aid service. This is because the Abbott government gave Aboriginal legal aid funding to the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service instead of to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre which had operated the service for over 40 years. TAC will continue to assist community members in whatever way we can. Please contact your lawyer or ...

Victoria to take over Tasmanian Legal Service

https://youtu.be/BSG8a8-pH6 The Federal Government has stripped funding from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service - with those monies headed for the Victorian service. Tasmania was the only state to feel the axe in such a fashion - prompting a defiant backlash from Aboriginal Tasmanians. NITV News Video Journalist Kris Flanders has more.

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Reminder – transfer any legal cases now

Victoria to take over Tasmanian Legal Service

MEDIA COVERAGE FOR ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE BEING DEFUNDED

Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service Face Funding cuts: Green Left Weekly

Save Our Legal Service

interview with Lara Giddings on cuts to the TAC Legal Service

Matthew Verney from the Tasmanian Law Society on cuts to the TAC Legal Service

Interview with Cassie O’Connor on cuts to TAC Legal Service

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Save our Legal Service Responses from Bryan Green and Lara Giddings:

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