The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS), as the peak national body
for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) in Australia, welcomes this opportunity
to submit to the Review of the Indigenous Legal Assistance Programme (ILAP). ILAP is administered by
the Commonwealth Attorney General’s Department (the Department) and is the primary (if not sole)
source of funding for ATSILS and NATSILS.