❓ A parliamentary question regarding the allocation of Public Purposes Trust (PPT) funding for the 2015-16 financial year, specifically focusing on grants to the Law Society and other organisations. The answer provides a list of recipients and refers to a tabled paper for grant amounts.
AnsweredQoN 5382Legislative Assembly
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I refer to 2015-16 Public Purposes Trust (PPT) funding, and I ask: (a) what is the total amount of funds to be allocated from the PPT to the Law Society in 2015-16; (b) are there any other funds from the PPT to be allocated to any other organisation and if so, what organisations; (c) what was the total number of applications for PPT funding received in 2015-16 to date; (d) what organisations have received PPT funding in 2015-16 to date; and (e) further to (d), how much was each grant and for what period?
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Answered
10 May 2016
Responded by
Minister representing the Attorney General
Response time
33 days
The answers below are based on information provided by the Law Society of Western Australia.
(a) $10,000
(b) Other organisations in receipt of funding in 2015-16 are listed below:
Advocare Incorporated
Australian Red Cross
Bunbury Community Legal Centre
CASE for Refugees
Catherine Ann Fletcher
City of Gosnells
Consumer Credit Legal Service WA Inc.
Financial Counsellors Association of WA
University of Western Australia
Murdoch University
Welfare Rights & Advocacy Service
Citizens Advice Bureau of WA
Employment Law Centre of WA
Francis Burt Law Education Programme
Fremantle Community Legal Centre
Gosnells Community Legal Centre
Jacaranda Community Centre
Law Access
Midland Information, Debt & Legal Advocacy Service Inc.
Pilbara Community Legal Service
Sussex Street Community Law Service
Mental Health Law Centre
Youth Legal Service
(c) 27
(d) The Law Society of Western Australia as well as organisations listed in (b) received funding in
2015-16.
(e) Please see Tabled Paper No.
(a) $10,000
(b) Other organisations in receipt of funding in 2015-16 are listed below:
Advocare Incorporated
Australian Red Cross
Bunbury Community Legal Centre
CASE for Refugees
Catherine Ann Fletcher
City of Gosnells
Consumer Credit Legal Service WA Inc.
Financial Counsellors Association of WA
University of Western Australia
Murdoch University
Welfare Rights & Advocacy Service
Citizens Advice Bureau of WA
Employment Law Centre of WA
Francis Burt Law Education Programme
Fremantle Community Legal Centre
Gosnells Community Legal Centre
Jacaranda Community Centre
Law Access
Midland Information, Debt & Legal Advocacy Service Inc.
Pilbara Community Legal Service
Sussex Street Community Law Service
Mental Health Law Centre
Youth Legal Service
(c) 27
(d) The Law Society of Western Australia as well as organisations listed in (b) received funding in
2015-16.
(e) Please see Tabled Paper No.
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