Tas to fund legal services cut by Brandis

Tasmania will fill a gap left by the federal government's decision to cut funding to community legal centres.

Attorney-General Vanessa Goodwin on Wednesday said the state would temporarily meet the funding shortfall to Community Legal Centres and Legal Aid as they lobby the federal government to reinstate resources.

Attorneys-general from five states and the Australian Capital Territory have written to their federal counterpart, George Brandis, to ask him to reverse the changes outlined in the May budget.