The federal government has warned funding to Australia's biggest Aboriginal legal aid service is 'at risk' unless changes are made to its board, the ABC can reveal.
The federal and NT governments and NIAA have written to NAAJA saying they have "lost confidence" in the board and warning the organisation's funding is "at risk".
In a letter seen by the ABC, executives from both NT and federal attorneys general and the National Indigenous Australians Agency told NAAJA chairman Hugh Woodbury they had "lost confidence" in the board's ability to act in accordance with the agency's best interests. "The combination of these factors is currently putting at risk the ongoing funding of NAAJA as the Aboriginal Legal Service in the Northern Territory," it said.In a statement released on Thursday afternoon, NAAJA announced several directors would be stepping down from the board, and that chairman Hugh Woodbury would be stepping down from his role — but remain on the board — at the end of the month.
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