GO8256: 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 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.

To be eligible 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 leave to attend a private session (if legal representatives are authorised), 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.

Applications by legal representatives, authorised agents or organisations on a witness's behalf are accepted.

A copy of the written correspondence from the Royal Commission must be attached.

A new application is required for each request from the Royal Commission.