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 →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 →ALSWA Submission Number 2 to the Review of s 9AA of the Sentencing Act
Read more →ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper – An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA FINAL
Read more →Submission to the Auditor General’s Inquiry into Managing Distruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing
Read more →Guests: Neil Anderson, ALSWA Family Law Unit Manager and ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington Download
Read more →Guests: WA Chief Justice the Hon Peter Quinlan SC and Paul Kaplan from the First Nations Deaths in Custody Watch Committee. Download
Read more →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 →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 →WA’s Chief Justice Wayne Martin retires this week and he joins ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington in the studio to chat about his 12 years spent as Western Australia’s 13th Chief Justice. *NB: Due to technical problems, audio for this program is unavailable.
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