Government legal spending hits $600 million

Public spending on law firms and lawyers increased by almost 50 percent in two years before the Attorney General’s Department sidelined expensive top-tier corporate law firms, n demands discounts and does not review its preferred suppliers, according to new figures.

The figures, released on Tuesday as part of the Ministry of the Attorney General’s legal services spending report, show spending on external law firms hit $448 million in 2022-23, driven by blowouts at the ministry of Defense and the Australian Services and an increase in legal proceedings. by regulators. This figure increased from $381 million in 2021-22 to $301 million in 2020-21.

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