12 May 2010 | The $92.3 million injection into legal aid still leaves a long way to go before funding is on track, according to a body representing Victorian lawyers.
5 May 2010 | Victorian lawyers have demanded the Federal Government match the state's injection of nearly $50 million for legal aid over two years.
28 April 2010 | Tarred and feathered and overwhelmed by picketing lawyers, the Victorian Government has given in to demands it boost legal aid in the 4 May budget.
27 April 2010 | A "legal aid crisis" has spurred hundreds of robed barristers and other lawyers to make a public protest tomorrow.
20 April 2010 | The legal profession's representative body is riled over new statistics that reveal that government legal aid funding has dramatically decreased.
11 December 2009 | Supplementing private practice lawyers with salaries lawyers could help rescue Australia's legal aid system from its impending demise, a new report suggests.
11 December 2009 | Australia's various legal professional bodies have today released a report calling for a major overhaul of federal and state legal aid funding.
9 December 2009 | The Law Council has expressed its shock over a new report detailing the state of community legal services under funding.
30 November 2009 | A shocking new report uncovers lawyers who 'game' the system, maximise legal aid payments and who are ill-prepared for cases.
5 November 2009 | The New South Wales government says it’s in dire need of legal aid funding, and that the service in the state is in crisis.
30 October 2009 | Legal Aid Commissions, community legal centers and Indigenous legal services are "chronically underfunded", according to the Law Council of Australia.
29 October 2009 | Commonwealth funding for legal aid has been dropping sharply, new figures show.
19 October 2009 | The Legal Aid commission will spend almost $2 million of taxpayer money to fit out and lease prime office space.
7 September 2009 | The New Zealand Minister of Justice has released a discussion paper aimed at improving the legal aid system
18 August 2009 | Lawyers will be preparing themselves for a day-long talk fest on human rights at a conference held in Melbourne this week, headlined by the Honourable Sir Anthony Mason AC KBE QC.
22 June 2009 | British MPs are facing a revolt by lawyers over plans to introduce a "reverse auction" system for legal aid.
13 May 2009 | The peak bodies representing Victorian lawyers and barristers are riled by the federal government's "failure" to increase funding to legal aid in the Federal Budget.
11 May 2009 | The Federal Government has announced more than $20 million in additional one-off funding for legal assistance programs.
6 May 2009 | The $24.7 million funding announced for Victoria Legal Aid (VLA) in this year's State Budget must be backed up by improved Federal funding, according to the Law Institute of Victoria.