Budget cuts could stop help for DV victims

Budget cuts could stop legal aid services helping victims of domestic violence despite a groundswell of support for tackling the issue in Queensland.

That's according to Rosslyn Monro, the coordinator of Women's Legal Service Queensland and incoming head of the National Association of Community Legal Centres.

While she's encouraged by the recent legislative spotlight on family violence in Queensland, there are fears budget cuts to the organisation could hamper victims' access to justice.

Community legal centres are facing a 30 per cent cut to funding from 2017 despite a mounting workload, she said.

The danger is that some victims will fall through the cracks, unable to get help until it's too late.

"I know what it feels like for lawyers and social workers to be turning people away who need our help" she told AAP.

"It's a great tragedy for that to occur - the risk is picking up the newspaper the next morning and seeing if in fact there has been a tragedy because that person has not got the help they require."

Nevertheless, Ms Monro is hoping to recruit government support to channel focus to centres in areas with the highest demand.

Domestic and family violence support makes up the highest proportion of work carried out by the non-for-profit NACLC, which provides free legal services to the public.