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Legal financial assistance for witnesses engaging with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
A legal financial assistance scheme to assist entities, including individuals and organisations, with the costs of legal representation and disbursements associated with being requested to formally engage with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Before applying for this scheme, you should exhaust other options for legal assistance. Your…
Key facts
- Agency
- Agency not disclosed
- Location
- National
- Status
- Open
- Opened
- 24 Feb 2026
- Closing
- 14 Dec 2026
- Funding
- $2.2M
- Categories
- 151004 - Legal Services
Summary and scope
A legal financial assistance scheme to assist entities, including individuals and organisations, with the costs of legal representation and disbursements associated with being requested to formally engage with the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion. Before applying for this scheme, you should exhaust other options for legal assistance. Your options depend on the nature of your employment or former employment relevant to the issues for which you are giving evidence to the Royal Commission. If you are eligible for another form of assistance, you will generally not be eligible for assistance under this scheme. Further information is available at Legal assistance for witnesses – Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion Attorney-General's Department.
Eligibility
To be eligible to apply you must have received correspondence from the Royal Commission: calling you, or granting you leave to appear, as a witness at a public or private hearing, or granting you leave to attend a private session (if legal representatives are authorised to be present by the Royal Commission), or requesting you to attend an interview, or requesting you to provide a written statement that will be used as evidence, or that you must comply with a notice to produce. The department may seek the advice of the Office of the Royal Commission to determine whether an entity is eligible. If your organisation has been called by the Royal Commission, the organisation will be assessed to determine whether it can meet the cost of its legal representation without incurring serious financial difficulty. If you have been called in your personal capacity, you will be exempt from an assessment of financial circumstances.
Source and freshness
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Information shown is sourced from public opportunity records. Official buyer documents and addenda take precedence for deadlines, eligibility and submission requirements.