Guests: Marnie Williams, Aboriginal Family Legal Service (AFLS) Managing Solicitor, Perth region talk about the role of AFLS and Olivia Roberts, ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit Lawyer discusses Guardianship and Administration. Download
Read more →First program for 2024 with Guests: Michael Blurton (Chair of ALSWA Board of Directors), Wayne Nannup (ALSWA CEO) and Chloe Wood (ALSWA Manager, Civil and Human Rights Unit). Download
Read more →5th February 2024 When Roebourne temperatures soared to over 50 tortuous degrees during the summer of 2022, the WA Government announced in November of that year that $10 million dollars would be provided for air-conditioning to be installed in every cell at Roebourne Regional Prison (RRP). With
Read more →This is the final Law Matters program for 2023. We look back at the triumphs and tragedies of the year with Guests ALSWA CEO Wayne Nannup, ALSWA Director Legal Services Peter Collins and ALSWA Co-Manager of Human/Civil Rights Unit Chloe Wood. The Law Matters program is currently
Read more →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
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