MEDIA RELEASE – NATSILS Funding Secured

The Federal Attorney-General’s Department yesterday announced it will reverse its decision and restored funding to NATSILS. As a member organisation we welcome the responsible step by the Government to restore funding to our national peak body. Given the country faces a national crisis with the rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander‬ people going to jail, it is crucial that NATSILS is in place and can operate with certainty in providing strategic advice to all levels of government.

NATSILS is a vital organisation in the legal assistance sector and brings together over forty years of expertise in providing quality frontline legal services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE: 
Read full Media Release here:
http://www.natsils.org.au/portals/natsils/Media%20Release%20-%20NATSILS%20funding%20secured%20FINAL.pdf

In the MEDIA:

ABC Radio
Listen to ATSILS CEO and NATSILS Chairman Shane Duffy Speak to ABC Radio’s AM Program about the last minute funding reprieve by the Federal Government.
http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2015/s4230373.htm

ABC Online

Budget 2015: Indigenous legal services peak body to receive $295,000 funding in last-minute reprieve

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-06/indigenous-legal-services-organisation-to-have-funding-restored/6448148

First Nations Telegraph