23 November 2018 Today’s announcement that the Custody Notification Service (CNS) is a step closer to implementation in Western Australia has been welcomed by the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA). The CNS will provide a much needed 24 hour welfare and legal advice phone line
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/life-saving-cns-progress-welcomed-by-alswa/" align="left"]Release Date: 23 November 2018 Media release Joint Media Release Senator the Hon. Nigel Scullion – Commonwealth Minister for Indigenous Affairs Hon. John Quigley MLA – WA Attorney General Hon. Michelle Roberts MLA – Minister for Police Custody Notification Service (CNS) to be introduced in WA 24-hour
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/custody-notification-service-a-step-closer-to-implementation-in-wa/" align="left"]ALSWA Submission Number 2 to the Review of s 9AA of the Sentencing Act
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/alswa-submission-number-2-to-the-review-of-s-9aa-of-the-sentencing-act/" align="left"]ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper – An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA FINAL
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/alswa-submission-to-discussion-paper-an-office-for-advocacy-and-accountability-in-aboriginal-affairs-in-wa/" align="left"]Submission to the Auditor General’s Inquiry into Managing Distruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/submission-to-the-auditor-generals-inquiry-into-managing-disruptive-behaviour-and-illegal-activities-in-public-housing/" align="left"]Guests: Neil Anderson, ALSWA Family Law Unit Manager and ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington Download
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/law-matters-program-134-7th-november-2018/" align="left"]Guests: WA Chief Justice the Hon Peter Quinlan SC and Paul Kaplan from the First Nations Deaths in Custody Watch Committee. Download
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/law-matters-program-133-26th-september-2018/" align="left"]Calla Wahlquist from The Guardian Australia discusses the Database that the Guardian have researched and established called: Deaths Inside: Indigenous Australian deaths in custody, which can be viewed online at: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2018/aug/28/deaths-inside-indigenous-australian-deaths-in-custody Download
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/law-matters-program-132-29th-august-2018/" align="left"]Guests: Mel Thomas from the University of WA lets us know about the 13th National Indigenous Law Conference which takes place at UWA on 25-26 September 2018. More information on the conference at: http://www.nilc2018.com.au/ Richard Weston, CEO at Healing Foundation, discusses a report launched earlier today (collated
[read_more text="Read more" title="Read more" url="https://www.als.org.au/law-matters-program-131-15th-august-2018/" align="left"]Guests: Glen Colbung, ALSWA Executive Board Vice President discusses the recent exposure of racist Facebook rants by a WA Police Officer, and chats about the https://www.cialispascherfr24.com/ historical and current day contributions of Aboriginal people in Western Australia. Robyn Westgate talks about the issues facing women in prison
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