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Rudi Maxwell

Extra $21m to keep Indigenous legal services operating

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus announced $21 million in extra funding for Aboriginal legal services. (Flavio Brancaleone/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced an extra $21 million additional funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal services.

Before the Budget earlier this month, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services chair Karly Warner, who is also the chief executive of Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT), called for an injection of $250 million in emergency federal funding.

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