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A pro bono legal service will begin offering free advice to about 200 South Australians who experience homelessness each year, following a State Government decision to strip the Welfare Rights Centre of funding.
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A free legal service for disadvantaged South Australians forced to represent themselves in serious civil law matters – which helps save hundreds of thousands of dollars in court costs each year – will close after the State Government axed the funding for its not-for-profit provider.
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SA Best leader Nick Xenophon has committed to recurrent public funding to co-ordinate pro bono legal services for people in need, as a key not-for-profit warns an investment shortfall looms as “a serious and ongoing challenge to the viability of our organisation”.
