In October 2023, CLCNSW put in a submission to the independent review of the National Legal Assistance Partnership. The submission was in two parts:
- Part One responds to the review paper, and
- Part Two outlines a model for sustainable and resilient Community Legal Centres.
To develop the model, we consulted with community legal centres in New South Wales, and conducted a survey of salaries and the cost of running centres. We benchmarked wages with Legal Aid NSW and recommend that CLC wages are raised by approximately 30 percent, plus 18 percent wage on-costs, to achieve parity with Legal Aid NSW. We're calling for an additional 27 percent increase for program support costs.