ALSWA Statement RE Geraldton Tragedy

The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) is devastated by the loss of life of a young mother at the hands of a police officer in Geraldton. Our thoughts and condolences go out to the family and friends of Ms. Clarke on their terrible loss. ALSWA CEO

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Law Matters Program 145, 21st August 2019

Guests: David Woodroffe, NAAJA Principal Legal Officer and President of Winkiku Rrumbangi NT Indigenous Lawyers Aboriginal  Corporation chats about the National Indigenous Legal Conference that took part in Darwin last week; Nicole Casley, Policy Advisor in ASIC’s Indigenous Outreach Program, talks about scams. Download

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Law Matters Program 143, 10th July 2019

Guests: ALSWA Community Legal Education Officer Sabah Rind talks about the events that ALSWA is involved in during NAIDOC Week (7-14 July 2019); Peter Collins, ALSWA Director of Legal Services, provides an update on WA’s Custody Notification Service (CNS) which is currently being established by ALSWA. Download

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Law Matters Program 140, 1st May 2019

Guests: Iain Cameron, Road Safety Council Chairperson discusses a road safety guide for Indigenous Communities – Keeping Your Mob Safe, the Indigenous safety campaign done with Goolarri Media and community consultation for the development of WA’s next Road Safety Strategy. Brendon Barlow, Australian Electoral Commission Operations Manager

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LONG WEEKEND CLOSURE 18th – 23rd April

EASTER LONG WEEKEND CLOSURE ALSWA offices will CLOSE at 1.00 pm on Thursday 18th April and RE-OPEN at 8.30 am on Tuesday 23rd April 2019   ANZAC DAY CLOSURE ALSWA offices will be closed on Thursday 25th April 2019   FOR URGENT AFTER HOURS ASSISTANCE PLEASE PHONE

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Law Matters Program 138, 3rd April 2019

LAW MATTERS: ALSWA/NATSILS/NATIONAL CONGRESS Peter Collins, ALSWA DLS  gives us an update on the CNS which ALSWA is currently recruiting for; Gary Oliver, CEO of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, brings us the latest news out of Canberra following on from last night’s Federal Budget;

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