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Attorney-Basic Jarrod Bleijie has declared plans to executenew version for the Legal Practitioner Interest on Trust Account Fund (LPITAF), that will also maximise the delivery of front-line legal solutions. The Fund provides more than $3-6 million a year in financing to some host of organisations including Legal Aid Queensland, the Bar Association and Community Legal Centres all over the state," Mr Bleijie said. These organisations offer important legal solutions to our neighborhood and Queenslanders must be fulfilled this cash is being used efficiently and as effectively as possible." The allotment of most LPITAF funds moving from a continual basis to strategic triennial allotments under service delivery agreements
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