Women’s Forum Australia CEO Rachael Wong says the City of Sydney Council removing funding from the Feminist Legal Clinic is a “serious misuse of power” it should be held accountable for. Ms Wong has been advocating on behalf of the Feminist Legal Clinic, a pro-bono service which provides legal assistance to disadvantaged women around Sydney, which had its City of Sydney Accommodation Grant revoked earlier this year. Ms Wong says it is “ironic in a sense”, because “what the clinic has been accused of is discrimination but that’s exactly what the council is doing in this situation”. “Quite frankly I don’t think it should be allowed to get away with punishing those it disagrees with,” she told Sky News host Chris Kenny.“I think it’s a very serious misuse of power, and that the council should be held accountable for that.”
Source: City of Sydney Council revoking legal clinic grant ‘a serious misuse of power’