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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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Legal Aid WA strengthened its close working relationship with Community Legal Centres in the area of family law by participating in regular family law network meetings with legal centres and the Family Court.
Legal Aid WA also contributed to the review of APIC and will be a participating member of its successor, the newly created Family Violence Coordinating Committee.
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John Fielding,
CEO
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Legal Aid WA decided to expand its developmental energies by restructuring the Legal Advice and Information Services section to promote expansion of service delivery and development strategies.
Legal Aid WA continues to perform well in the representation of designated EEO groups within the workforce in this agency.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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Legal Aid WA is an independent statutory authority that operates under the Legal Aid Commission Act 1976 and complies with requirements outlined in State and Commonwealth funding agreements.
Legal Aid WA has a Risk Management Program that complies with the requirements of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1985.
There are reports of a 1991 agreement between the then DLA and the then Solicitor General to withhold granting of legal aid to Vietnamese asylum seekers where procedural defects were found in the screening process so that those cases would only be dealt with administratively.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Legal Aid Services to Move Offices The South Australian Legal Services Commission will move its Modbury and Port Adelaide offices closer to the Magistrates Courts they serve at Holden Hill and Port Adelaide.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Legal Aid WA, with financial assistance from the Department of Justice, provides a duty lawyer each Tuesday to represent criminal defendants appearing in the Family Violence Court.
The Legal Aid Commission of NSW has received special funding from the NSW Government to assist people who wish to challenge criminal convictions on the basis that the conviction was obtained on corrupt or false police evidence.
Legal Aid WA's Drug Court Unit is dedicated to the provision of legal services to the Drug Court pilot program currently running in the Central Law Courts in Perth.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Legal Aid WA's involvement in the project has broadened the criteria for which aid would ordinarily be granted for a Separate Representative and this has contributed to a significant growth in the number of grants made in the area of Separate Representation.
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