Guests: ALSWA CEO Wayne Nannup, Social Reinvestment WA, Community Campaigner Ronald Bin Swani and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Head of AIHW Justice and Education Unit Amanda Donges. Download
Read more →Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited ACN 617 555 843 (the Company) will be held at the registered office Piccadilly Square 7 Aberdeen Street, Perth WA 6000 on Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 2:00 pm.
Read more →Guests: Noel Pearson – in Perth this week to talk about the Voice to Parliament and Ron Bin Swani, Social Reinvestment WA Community Campaigner talks about their ongoing campaign to raise the age. Download
Read more →Guests: Sue-Anne Hunter – Commissioner/Deputy Chair at Yoorrook Justice Commission in Victoria talks about their truth telling commission, which has the powers of a royal commission, and put forward 46 recommendations in its latest interim report released this week. The Yoorrook report calls for self-determination to transform
Read more →23rd August 2023 ALSWA’s Jodi Hoffmann speaks with Australian Human Rights Commission President Rosalind Croucher AM who provides an insight into understanding the Referendum from a human rights perspective. AHRC recently released an Educational Resource Kit which you can view here: https://humanrights.gov.au/…/voice-referendum… ALSWA Counsel (Appeals)
Read more →July 2023 ALSWA receives complaints about human rights violations from clients on a daily basis, however Australia’s piecemeal and inconsistent human rights framework means there are very limited options for clients to seek redress for violation of their rights, and no effective mechanisms in place to prevent
Read more →Hayley O’Hara, ALSWA Managing Solicitor discusses the role of the Custody Notification Service (CNS) Download
Read more →ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE OF WA LTD – MEDIA STATEMENT 11 July 2023 SUPREME COURT OF WA ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AFTER FINDING FREQUENT USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Today the Supreme Court of WA has declared that three young people were unlawfully locked in
Read more →Law Matters Issue 10 – July/August 2023
Read more →Jackie Fitzgerald, Executive Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research discusses the recently released report – “Why are Aboriginal Adults Less Likely to Receive Cannabis Cautions”. Download
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