The report gathers recent research and inquiry recommendations, together with commentary from prominent legal figures to paint a concerning picture of Australia's justice system and what needs to happen to change it. In 2009, then Federal Attorney General Robert McClelland said that the “critical test” for the justice system is whether it is “fair, simple...

Community legal centres are providing strong return on investment, argues this report. The study finds that, on average, community legal centres (CLCs) have a cost benefit ratio of 1:18; that is, for every dollar spent by government on funding CLCs, they return a benefit to society that is 18 times that cost. To express this...