ALSWA to Deliver Perth Landmark Diversionary Program

Having advocated strongly for diversionary programs for our young people, the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) welcomes the announcement that it will play a vital role in delivering a court-based program in Perth, designed to reduce offending by young Aboriginal people. State funding for this program

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Law Matters Program 80, 3rd June 2015

Guest: Heather Menaglio, ALSWA Civil / Human Rights lawyer discusses ALSWA’s Outreach work occurring in the southern region of WA. This program also contains information on the newly elected ALSWA Executive Committee Members. Download

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Law Matters Program 79, 20th May 2015

Guests: Paul Gazia and Sarouche Razi (ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyers) chat about their recent trip to the Kimberley region where they attended Open Days run by the WA Attorney General’s Department. Jim Morrison, Co-Chair Bringing them Home (WA) and National Community Engagement Manager at Connecting Home Ltd,

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Law Matters Program 78, 6th May 2015

Guests: Kirstie Parker, Co-Chair of the National Justice Coalition talks about ‘Change the Record’, a new campaign to end the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system with a generation. Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner discusses his

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Law Matters Program 77, 22nd April 2015

Guests: John Schumann, formerly of Redgum, penned “I was Only 19” back in 1983, and has just released a song that honours our Indigenous Service men and women, called “On Every Anzac Day”; John Schnarrs talks about the importance of ‘Honouring Indigenous War Graves’; Matthew Keogh, President

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FUNDING UNCERTAINTY: ANXIOUS WAIT FOR ALSWA

In Western Australia, one in fifteen Aboriginal men will spend tonight in jail, more women and children are being locked up, and deaths in custody remains a tragic reality that continues to change lives forever. Amid this turmoil, the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) struggles on

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