Mary Sayers, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, VCOSS speaking at the Means Test Review briefing event
Update: 2016-08-10
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Speakers from the Means Test Review briefing event 10 August 2016:
Bevan Warner, Managing Director, Victoria Legal Aid; Mary Sayers, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Council of Social Services; Steven Sapountsis, President, Law Institute of Victoria; Belinda Lo, Chairperson, Federation of Community Legal Centres.
We are reviewing the way we assess financial eligibility for grants of legal assistance because we want to make sure that people in need have access to justice. We aim to expand eligibility and make our means test simple to understand, flexible, efficient to administer, financially sustainable and fair.
Find out more at www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/thousands-of-victorians-who-miss-out-on-legal-aid-focus-of-means-test-review
Bevan Warner, Managing Director, Victoria Legal Aid; Mary Sayers, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Council of Social Services; Steven Sapountsis, President, Law Institute of Victoria; Belinda Lo, Chairperson, Federation of Community Legal Centres.
We are reviewing the way we assess financial eligibility for grants of legal assistance because we want to make sure that people in need have access to justice. We aim to expand eligibility and make our means test simple to understand, flexible, efficient to administer, financially sustainable and fair.
Find out more at www.legalaid.vic.gov.au/about-us/news/thousands-of-victorians-who-miss-out-on-legal-aid-focus-of-means-test-review
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