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The Australian Government has made changes to functions overseen by the Attorney-General's Department and Department of Home Affairs. These changes involve the transfers of:

  • identity and biometrics functions into the Attorney-General's Department
  • protective security policy and government and major event security functions to the Department of Home Affairs.

Commonwealth Guidelines for Legal Financial Assistance 2012: Addendum for the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

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Paragraph 3.5(d) of the Commonwealth Guidelines for Financial Assistance 2012 (the Guidelines) establishes the Royal Commission and Inquiries scheme.

This addendum modifies the operation of the Guidelines with regard to applications for legal financial assistance in relation to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with a Disability.