Civil and Human Rights Lawyer Clea Jones will be providing free legal advice Monday 26 June 12:00pm – 2:00pm Albany Prison Tuesday 27th June Pardelup Prison farm Southwest Prison Outreach
Read more →Guests: WA Lawyer of the Year recipient Nicholas Van Hattem (Co-founder of the Piddington Society) and Adrianne Walters, Human Rights Law Centre Acting Director of Legal Advocacy, who’ll be discussing the recent report highlighting the over-representation of Aboriginal women in prison. Download
Read more →26 April 2017 The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (Ltd) welcomes the findings and recommendations of the State Coroner in the Inquest into the death of Ms Mandijarra. Ms Mandijarra passed away in the Broome police station lock up on 30 November 2012, after being arrested
Read more →26 April 2017 The Federal Government’s announcement to overturn the proposed $16.7 million in cuts to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) until 2019-20 comes as a huge relief to the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Limited (ALSWA). ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington said that
Read more →Guests: Bob Taddeo, WA Department of the Attorney General RE Aboriginal Justice Program Open Days in Western Australia; Alain Musikanth, President of the Law Society of WA RE Law Week 15-19th May 2017; Wayne Muir, NATSILS Co-Chair RE Federal Government Decision to overturn planned funding cuts to
Read more →12th April 2017 Guests: Annetta Bellingeri, Kimberley Senior Regional Officer, Consumer Protection. Topics: Employment scams. Fake ATO phone call, dodgy pop-ups; Sabah Rind, ALSWA Community Legal Education Officer. Topics: Upcoming community legal education events in Perth and regional WA, including during Law Week Download.
Read more →The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) today welcomed the news that Gene Gibson has won his appeal against his conviction in the Court of Appeal. “It was the Aboriginal Legal Service which originally fought for Mr. Gibson in exposing the police investigation which resulted in
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