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This template is for seeking an exemption from using the Legal Services Panel under exceptional circumstances. It can be used for a particular matter or class of matters.

Panel Head Agreement template for agreements between the Commonwealth of Australia as represented by the Attorney-General’s Department and a legal services provider for the provision of legal services to the Australian Government.

This addendum modifies the operation of the Commonwealth Guidelines for Financial Assistance 2012 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.

This guide provides information for Commonwealth Agencies on how to use the Legal Services Panel (LSP) Portal.

Whole of Australian Government Legal Service Panel information and induction session - for Legal Services Providers.

Whole of Australian Government Legal Service Panel - Agency information session.

If you are a participating agency and you do not have a portal user account, please complete this form to use the Legal Services Panel Portal to search for the names and rates of legal services providers and AGS, for any practice area.

Australian Government Solicitor (AGS) client engagement agreement template.

Corporate Commonwealth entities and Commonwealth Companies are encouraged to opt-in to use the Panel. Use of the Panel will be mandatory for all non-corporate Commonwealth entities as defined in the Legal Services Directions 2017.

This Deed is for Corporate Commonwealth entities or Commonwealth Companies that have elected to participate in / utilise the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel Arrangement.

This document provides the framework used by AGD to determine the Panel Fee payable by participating Agencies.

Listing of the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel areas of law and practice.

Information about the Legal Services Panel - useful documents.

The purpose of this Guidance Material is to provide information to Agencies and Legal Services Providers (LSPs) in relation to the operation of the Whole of Australian Government Legal Services Panel.

On 2 August 2019, the Attorney-General announced legislative amendments to allow reporting of consumer financial hardship information. The amendments will indicate to credit providers those customers who have entered into financial hardship arrangement and enable people experiencing financial difficulty to demonstrate good credit reporting behaviour by complying with the hardship arrangement.

When negotiating an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) Commonwealth entities will observe these principles.

On 23 July 2019, the final report of the Statutory Review of the Tribunals Amalgamation Act 2015 was tabled in Parliament.

Social Compass completed an evaluation of the pilot program of specialist domestic violence units and health justice partnerships in February 2019.