Fair Matters

Government lifts its years long “gag-clause” prohibiting CLCs from political advocacy

In good news for the community legal assistance sector, the Federal Government is lifting a restriction in federal funding agreements that previously prohibited Community Legal Centres (CLCs) from taking part in political advocacy and lobbying. In making the announcement, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus said this change ends: “political censorship and restor[es] independence and free speech […]

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