Aboriginal Legal Service
of Western Australia (Inc.)
ALSWA is the largest community based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander legal organization in Australia. It provides legal aid services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples throughout Western Australia in accordance with grant conditions imposed by the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department.
ALSWA has a head office in Perth and offices in 16 country locations:
Governing Committee
Electoral Regions:
- Central Desert
- Central (Metropolitan)
- Murchison
- Gascoyne
- Southern
- Pilbara
- Goldfields
- West Kimberley
- East Kimberley
An Executive Committee, consisting of elected Aboriginal community representatives from around the State, governs ALSWA. The 8 electoral regions that determine these 16 representatives are shown on the right.
The Committee meets four times a year to make decisions influencing operational procedures, organisational functions and policy directions of the Service. The Executive Committee may form sub-committees on specific issues as it sees the need.
Internal Management
The internal management structure consists of:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Responsible for overall management;
- Executive Officer
- Responsible for office management, finance and human resource issues;
- Director, Legal Services
- Responsible for the professional conduct of legal practitioners and management of Civil, Criminal, Family Law and Court Officer Units.
ALSWA Services
ALSWA offers a variety of services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Western Australia.
For detailed information about the services ALS provides, refer to the brochure "Services at the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc)"
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