National Legal Aid calls for $300m funding increase to keep Australian women safe

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Exclusive: Peak body unable to meet increased demand for family services as nation grapples with a crisis of murdered women

More than $300m additional annual government funding is needed to meet demand for legal aid services related to family violence, the national peak body has warned, as Australia grapples with a crisis of murdered women.

The National Legal Aid chair, Louise Glanville, said that national rallies against gendered violence held over the weekend demonstrated that the community expected more to be done.

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