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Lawyers poring over defendants' finances amid legal aid funding stoush

ABC News Australia - Top Stories · 19 October 2026 at 7:31 am

Northern Territory lawyers say victims of crime have been forced into the "horrifying" position of seeing perpetrators — including those facing child sex charges — have their cases postponed indefinitely amid an ongoing legal aid funding stoush.

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