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❓ Question seeks details on the implementation of the Mundy Review recommendations and the funding split for legal assistance services between the State and Federal Governments. The Attorney General provides funding figures but declines to table the analysis of the review's recommendations.

AnsweredQoN 77Legislative Council

Asked

10 April 2025

Member

Hon Nick Goiran

Portfolio

Attorney General

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I refer to the Mundy Review’s final report which was released in May 2024, and I ask: (a) has the Department conducted an analysis of which recommendations are capable of being implemented by the State Government and which ones are matters for the Federal Government; (b) in reference to (a), will the Attorney General table that analysis; (c) what is the current level of legal assistance service funding provided in Western Australia; and (d) in reference to (c), what is the split of that funding between that provided by the State Government and that provided by the Federal Government?

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Answered

20 May 2025

Responded by

Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney General

Response time

4 days

(a)   Yes.
(b)   No.
(c)   This financial year, more than $159 million will be provided to Western Australia’s legal assistance sector:
Financial Year
Commonwealth
State
Total
2024-25
$71,214,500
$88,507,215
$159,721,715
(d)   Refer to (c) above.

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