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In reply to Ms MICHAELS (Enfield) (2 August 2021). (Estimates Committee A)
The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government): In response to questions 14 and 15 I have been advised the following:
Attorney-General’s Department
The following table provides the allocation of grant program/funds for 2020-21 and across the forward estimates for the Attorney-General’s Department—Controlled:
Grant program/fund name | Purpose of grant program/fund | 2020-21 Actual $000 | 2021-22 Estimate $000 | 2022-23 Estimate $000 | 2023-24 Estimate $000 | 2024-25 Estimate $000 |
National Legal Assistance Partnership—Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services | Provides both generalist and family law/family violence legal services in South Australia | 5,192 | 5,267 | 5,350 | 5,427 | 5,506 |
Aboriginal Justice Advocacy Service | To provide advice and advocacy on behalf of Aboriginal South Australians and their interactions with the justice sector. | 120 | 120 | 226 | 232 | 236 |
Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) National Institute of Forensic Science | Contribution to National Institute of Forensic Science | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 | 41 |
Australian Government, The Treasury | Contribution to Council for Australian Federation (CAF) Secretariat for 2020-21 | 16 | — | — | — | — |
Australian Institute of Criminology Research Grants | The Australian Institute of Criminology is Australia's national research and knowledge centre on crime and justice and seeks to promote justice and reduce crime by undertaking and communicating evidence-based research to inform policy and practice | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
Australian National Research Organisation for Women’s Safety Limited (ANROWS) | Contribution to deliver relevant and translatable research evidence which drives policy and practice leading to a reduction in the levels of violence against women and their children | 15 | — | — | — | — |
Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration | Research into judicial administration and the development and conduct of educational programmes for judicial officers, court administrators and members of the legal profession in relation to court administration and judicial systems | 17 | — | — | — | — |
Australian Pro Bono Centre | Services for promoting and supporting pro bono work | 7 | 7 | — | — | — |
Australian Sports Commission – ‘Play by the Rules’ | Deliver education and training that supports environments that are safe, fair and inclusive for sport and recreation | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
AustLii Foundation Ltd | To improve access to justice through better access to information | 2 | — | — | — | — |
National Legal Assistance Partnership—Community Legal Centres | Provides both generalist and family law/family violence legal services in South Australia, as well as a Domestic Violence Unit which provides legal assistance and other forms of support, including financial support services such as financial counselling, to women experiencing or at risk of domestic violence in South Australia. | 6,241 | 6,659 | 6,764 | 6,868 | 6,982 |
Conservation Council SA | To enable the Conservation Council to coordinate a community response to a range of planning, infrastructure and transport initiatives | 10 | — | — | — | — |
Bushfire Legal Assistance Services | Provision of Cth funding to the Legal Assistance Sector for the 2019-20 bushfires | 875 | — | — | — | — |
COVID-19 Legal Assistance Services | Provision of Cth funding to the Legal Assistance Sector to help address the impact of COVID-19 | 4,546 | — | — | — | — |
Crime Prevention and Community Safety Grants | Encounter Youth—Increase community safety | 108 | — | — | — | — |
Crimestoppers South Australia | Contribution to Crime Stoppers, a program in where the community and media help police solve crime. | 200 | 205 | 210 | 215 | — |
Department of the Premier and Cabinet – iAPPLY Initiative | 2020-21 iAPPLY Fee | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 36 |
Department of the Premier and Cabinet—Better Services Initiative | 2020-21 contribution to Better Services Senior Management Council Initiative | 12 | — | — | — | — |
Department of the Premier and Cabinet—JAWUN | 2020-21 contribution for JAWUN | 12 | — | — | — | — |
Department of Justice and Community Safety – Bond Products Research project | Contribution to the National Bond Products Research Project | 12 | — | — | — | — |
Drug Court | Provide general legal defence services for defendants referred to and or accepted into the Drug Court Program | 159 | 163 | 198 | 203 | 208 |
Financial Counselling and Advocacy Service | Financial counselling and advocacy services for tenants with low financial literacy | 131 | 134 | 138 | 141 | 144 |
Institute of Public Administration SA Division | 2020-21 IPAA Agreement | 21 | — | — | — | — |
Municipal Services on Aboriginal Lands | Services funded by the MUNS Program include waste management, dog control and environmental health control, road and airfield maintenance, and water infrastructure maintenance | 2,227 | 3,132 | 3,210 | 3,292 | 3,376 |
MUNS – Infrastructure Program | Repair and renewal of MUNS related infrastructure that is critical to communities’ safety and wellbeing, including roads, waste, landfills, playgrounds and public spaces, wastewater systems and household septic tanks | 2,299 | 4,259 | — | — | — |
National Coronial Information System contribution | The National Coronial Information System is a data repository containing information about deaths reported to a Coroner in Australia and New Zealand | 39 | 40 | 41 | 41 | 42 |
National Criminal Court Statistics Unit (NCCSU) contribution | State contribution to the NCCSU to compile, analyse, publish and disseminate uniform national criminal courts statistics, subject to the provisions of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 | 22 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council contribution | Contribution to deliver continuous and sustainable vehicle theft reduction in Australia by advancing reform and cooperation between industry, government and community stakeholders | 33 | — | — | — | — |
Operation Flinders Foundation | Provides a crime prevention program for young offenders and young people at risk of reoffending | 477 | 489 | — | — | — |
Professor Ross Vining Forensic Research Grant | Provide funding for collaborative research to improve casework | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 | 50 |
Road Trauma Support Team of SA | Contribution to Road Trauma Support Team of SA for 2020-21 | 57 | 100 | — | — | — |
Street Crime Initiative (Repay SA) | To provide skills, training and where appropriate qualifications linked to the community work that offenders undertake | 296 | 304 | 312 | 320 | 328 |
South Australian Law Reform Institute | To provide funding for administrative support | 64 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 52 |
SA Offender Management Plan | 2020-21 contribution to SA Offender Management Plan administrative support | 13 | — | — | — | — |
The following table provides the allocation of grant program/funds for 2020-21 and across the forward estimates for the Attorney-General’s Department—Administered:
Grant program/fund name | Purpose of grant program/fund | 2020-21 Actual result $000 | 2021-22 Estimate $000 | 2022-23 Estimate $000 | 2023-24 Estimate $000 | 2024-25 Estimate $000 |
Child Abuse Protection Fund | To fund work which protects children | 416 | 425 | 434 | 444 | 454 |
Justice Rehabilitation Fund | To fund programs and facilities that will further crime prevention and rehabilitation strategies | 298 | 240 | 240 | 240 | 240 |
Legal Services Commission | Legal Aid Services (inc. Commonwealth funding) | 42,858 | 43,687 | 43,715 | 44,639 | 45,585 |
State Expensive Criminal Cases | Reimburse Legal Services Commission for expensive criminal cases | 437 | 400 | 400 | 400 | 400 |
Victims of Crime Fund | To advance the interests of victims of crime or assist in the prevention of crime | 5,184 | 4,174 | 4,255 | 4,361 | 4,469 |
Harm Minimisation Fund | For programs that support health and safety education and rehabilitation services | 31 | 200 | 200 | 200 | 200 |
There were no approved carryovers of grants from 2020-21 into 2021-22 for the Attorney-General’s Department as at the end of August 2021.