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PM unaware vital Aboriginal legal service is about to lose Commonwealth funding

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In a few weeks, the vital Custody Notification Service could cease to exist. The 24-hour hotline provides life saving legal assistance for Indigenous people in police custody... but its funding hasn't been renewed by the Federal Government. The Prime Minister said today he was unaware the service was under threat. NITV News Political reporter Myles Morgan has more.
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