Legal assistance services funding
In December 2024, the Attorney-General announced an additional $142 million for Queensland’s community legal services, bringing the total state funding to just over $1 billion over five years. This commitment unlocked $827 million in Commonwealth funding under the National Access to Justice Partnership (NAJP) agreement.
This funding supports Legal Aid Queensland (LAQ), Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service, (ATSILS), Women’s Legal Services (WLS), Community Legal Centres (CLC), Family Violence Prevention and Legal Services (FVPLS) and Community Legal Centres Queensland (CLCQ).
A breakdown of the 2025-30 funding provided to individual community organisations is set out below.
Queensland and Commonwealth 2025–30 funding
| LAQ | Queensland and Commonwealth funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| Legal Aid Queensland | $1,168,335,000 |
| ATSILS | Queensland and Commonwealth funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd | $271,781,000 |
| WLS | Queensland and Commonwealth funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| First Nations Women's Legal Service Qld Inc. | $12,767,000 |
| North Queensland Women's Legal Service Inc. | $40,132,000 |
| Women's Legal Service Queensland Ltd | $55,549,000 |
| CLCs | Queensland and Commonwealth funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia | $4,817,000 |
| Basic Rights Queensland Inc. | $17,596,000 |
| Bayside Community Legal Service Inc. | $1,395,000 |
| Cairns Community Legal Centre Inc. | $9,127,000 |
| Caxton Legal Centre Inc. | $35,945,000 |
| Central Queensland Community Legal Centre Inc. | $10,401,000 |
| Gold Coast Community Legal Centre & Advice Bureau Inc. | $13,741,000 |
| HUB Community Legal | $10,139,000 |
| LawRight Inc. | $18,310,000 |
| LGBTI Legal Service Inc. | $5,201,000 |
| Mackay Regional Community Legal Centre Inc. | $6,170,000 |
| My Community Legal* | $1,025,000 |
| Northside Connect Inc. | $2,809,000 |
| Pine Rivers Community Legal Service Inc (Encircle Ltd) | $8,866,000 |
| Prisoners' Legal Service Inc. | $6,357,000 |
| Queensland Advocacy for Inclusion | $ 6,316,000 |
| Refugee and Immigration Legal Service Inc. | $ 9,464,000 |
| Suncoast Community Legal Service Inc. | $4,887,000 |
| TASC National Ltd. | $21,131,000 |
| Tenants Queensland Ltd. | $3,411,000 |
| Townsville Community Law Inc. | $8,172,000 |
| Wide Bay Burnett Community Legal Service | $4,877,000 |
| YFS Ltd. | $6,377,000 |
| Youth Advocacy Centre Inc. | $5,764,000 |
* This organisation receives only Queensland funding
| FVPLSs | Commonwealth funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| Aboriginal Family Legal Service Queensland (MARUMA- LI- MARI) Indigenous Corporation | $13,419,000 |
| Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service | $65,733,000 |
| CLC Peak Body | Queensland funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| Community Legal Centres Queensland (CLCQ) | $6,244,000 |
CLC and WLS Program Coordination funding
At the start of each funding cycle, a portion of funding is quarantined to ensure that necessary costs for CLCs and WLS can be met for the whole funding period.
Throughout the funding cycle, these allocations may be adjusted where needed.
The following table shows funding that has currently been set aside:
| Program coordination funding | Queensland and/or Commonwealth funding 2025-30 |
|---|---|
| Sundry expenses | $1,770,000 |
| Data collection systems access and licensing | $1,250,000 |
| Translating and Interpreting Services | $5,395,000 |
| Program Management | $1,562,000 |
| Innovation Funding | $2,630,000 |