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Justice Services--Community Legal Services Program

To provide funding to organisations to:

(a) provide legal assistance services (including legal advice and legal representation):

(i) to persons in relation to matters in the federal jurisdiction or in relation to Commonwealth laws; or

(ii) specifically targeted to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; or

(iii) to persons in a Territory; or

(b) provide legal assistance services through the use of telephone and online communication services; or

(c) provide for communication between legal assistance organisations; or

(d) collect data, conduct research, and provide advice for the purpose of informing the Commonwealth in relation to legal services; or

(e) evaluate or improve the matters referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) above.

This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing support for activities:

(a) incidental to the legislative powers vested in the Commonwealth; or

(b) done in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth; or

(c) with respect to telegraphic, telephonic, and other like services; or

(d) with respect to statistics; or

(e) with respect to the people of any race for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws; or

(f) with respect to a Territory.

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Elder Abuse Service Trials

To fund trials of the following specialist services to prevent, identify and respond to elder abuse:

(a) specialist elder abuse units comprising lawyers and social workers who provide services tailored to individuals' needs (which may include legal advice, counselling, or referral and support to access other services);

(b) health justice partnerships, which would assist older persons in the health care system, identified by health care workers or social workers as being at risk or potentially subjected to elder abuse, to access specialised legal support services;

(c) case management and mediation services.

This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to providing funding:

(a) to give effect to Australia's obligations under either or both of the following:

(i) the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, particularly Articles 4, 8 and 16;

(ii) the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly Articles 2, 7, 17 and 26; or

(b) for services that are specifically targeted to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people; or

(c) in, or in relation to, a Territory.