Access to justice is incredibly important.
The social inequality is already huge. Those who can afford to pay a lawyer can often bully their way to outcomes far beyond their legal entitlement with a series of confusing formal looking letters.
Those who can afford the right lawyers often get off scot free in criminal matters while the less fortunate end up with ruined lives.
So it’s interesting to see the Greens launching a five point plan to close the gap.
The points are:
- Action 1 2010/11 Budget funding to secure: (i) a permanent Indigenous Liaison Officer; and (ii) establishment of a Mental Health Legal Centre
Action 2 Urgent location of short term office space to meet the present needs of the three CLCs [Community Legal Centres] co-located at Havelock House
Action 3 Quantify unmet legal need in the ACT and develop a funding plan to close the gap
Action 4 Implement the funding plan by establishing an ACT Community Legal Services Program
Action 5 Commit in the 2012/13 budget to securing an ACT Community Legal Centre Hub to house CLCs.
Your thoughts dear readers?
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