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Policy Bulletins

2025

  • Policy Bulletin 2025/3: Verification of means
  • Policy Bulletin 2025/2: Increase to Commonwealth family and civil law fee scales
  • Policy Bulletin 2025/1: Civil Law policy - new Commonwealth benefits policy

2024

  • Policy Bulletin 2024/12 Expert evidence fee changes
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/11 Commonwealth Community Safety Order scheme matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/10: Removal of the ELA Means Test in care and protection matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/9 Family Law ELA policy
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/8 Civil law ELA and ERA
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/7: Increase to Cth Fee Scales
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/6: Apprehended Violence Order policy change
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/5: Fee Scale for Commonwealth criminal law matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/4: Fee Scale for Commonwealth family law matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/3: Civil Law Migration Policy
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/2: Family Law Property matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2024/1: At Special Disadvantage Test

2023

  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 13 Crime ELA: Applications to vary conditions of parole orders and ICOs
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 12 Family Law Property: expanding ERA for property settlement matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 11 Increase in preparation fee for Independent Children’s Lawyers
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 10 Care & Protection: certain care mediations to be conducted as ERA service
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 9 Care & Protection: policy amendment and an increased funding for preparati…
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 8 Increased fees for private lawyers in State matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 7 Crime Fees: Psychologist and Psychiatrist
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 6 Legal Assistance for Families Partnership
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 5 Means Test changes
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 4 Civil Extended Legal Assistance: Complex Fines Work
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 3 Civil Extended Legal Assistance: Respect at Work
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 2 Family Policy: Care and Protection
  • Policy Bulletin 2023 / 1 Family Policy: Funding for Independent Children’s Lawyers

2022

  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 11 Availability of Funds Test
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 10 Criminal Policy: Children
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 9 Family Fees: Funding for Drug Testing
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 8 Civil Policy: Mental Health
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 7 Crime Policy: Mandatory Disease Testing
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 6 Family Fees: Increased fees for private lawyers in certain matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 5 Fees: Increased fees for private lawyers in State matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 4 Crime Fees: High Risk Offender matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 3 Crime Policy: High Risk Commonwealth Terrorism matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 2 Family Policy and the Merit Test
  • Policy Bulletin 2022 / 1 Family Early Resolution Assistance: Early Intervention Mediation

2021

  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 7 Means Test Changes
  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 6 Extended Legal Assistance – Corrections to the Child Protection Register
  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 5 Family Early Resolution Assistance: Prefiling Adoption Mediation Pilot
  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 4 Fees: Increased fees for private lawyers in State matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 3 Crime Policy: Aboriginal women in the Local Court
  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 2 Civil Extended Legal Assistance: Victims of violent crime
  • Policy Bulletin 2021 / 1 Crime Policy: Contempt of court

2020

  • Policy Bulletin 2020 /11 Civil Law - The Legal Aid Bushfire Scheme
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 10 Civil and Family Polices:Aboriginal Client Services Strategy policy review
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 9 Extended Legal Assistance - Civil and Crime matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 8 Family Policy: Property matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 7 Increased fees for private lawyers in State matters
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 6 Criminal Law Policy - applications to remove driver disqualifications
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 5 COVID-19 changes for parents in care proceedings
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 4 COVID-19 Means Test changes
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 3 COVID-19 Telephone Mediation Scheme
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 2 Family Early Resolution Assistance: Property Mediation Pilot
  • Policy Bulletin 2020 / 1 Fees: Local Court and Children’s Court Summary matters and Travel
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