State Attorneys-General unite to warn George Brandis of crisis in legal funding

By James Massola, Michaela Whitbourn, Richard Willingham
Updated March 6 2015 - 6:09pm, first published 5:00pm
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares
State and territory Attorneys-General have written to Senator George Brandis over a funding crisis for legal assistance. Photo: Andrew Meares

Liberal and Labor state Attorneys-General have banded together to warn federal counterpart George Brandis that a "crisis" in legal assistance funding will hurt the most vulnerable members of the community, and that further cuts to legal services are "short-sighted and ill-conceived".

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