Law Matters Program 29, 3rd October 2012

Nicole Casley, Chairperson of the 7th National Indigenous Legal Conference Organising Committee. The conference is on in Perth this week. Bethany Campbell discusses her role as ALSWA’s newly appointed Community Legal Education Officer. Community Anouncement: From Constitutional Change to Everyday Life: The potential impact of constitutional recognition

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Law Matters Program 28, 19th September 2012

Dennis Eggington Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) CEO Paul Gazia Manager ALSWA Civil / Human Rights Unit discusses the assistance that ALSWA is providing for people lodging applications for stolen wages. Deadline now extended to 30 November 2012 and to date ALSWA has assisted over 1300

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Law Matters Program 27, 5th September 2012

Shane Duffy CEO Chairperson of NATSILS and CEO of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Service QLD Jody Broun, Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples provides an overview of the role of the Congress and discusses why she is in Perth, Community meetings

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Law Matters Program 26, 14th December 2011

Dennis Eggington ALSWA CEO In our final program for 2011, ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington looks back over the past year and discusses key issues including: Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody 20 years on, continued over-representation of Aboriginal peoples, Ward matter, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait

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Law Matters Program 25, 30th November 2011

Fiona Skyring, Author of the recently released book – ‘Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA’ A new book about the history of the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA has just been published through UWA Press and we speak with it’s author, Fiona Skyring.

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Law Matters Program 24, 19th October 2011

Dennis Eggington ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington ALSWA CEO speaks about recent issues making news, including the Police Commissioners ‘elephant in the room’ comments and plans to sweep young people off of the streets Wayne Nannup ALSWA Lawyer Wayne Nannup, ALSWA Criminal Law Unit lawyer discusses how he

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Law Matters Program 23, 21st September 2011

Mick Gooda (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission) Mick Gooda (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission), is currently in Perth and he joins us to talk about Justice Reinvestment and Constitutional Reform. Peter Dawson Social

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Law Matters Program 21, 24th August 2011

Mary Chape ALSWA Family Law Unit Manager Find out about ALSWA’s Family Law Unit and the services it provides when we speak with Managing Solicitor Mary Chape. Madge Mukund ALSWA Civil and Human Rights Unit Lawyer We let you know about the National Human Rights Action Plan

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Law Matters Program 22, 7th September 2011

Dennis Eggington, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Having recently returned from Cusco in Peru, South America, ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington discusses his attendance at the World Indigenous People Conference on Education (14-18 August 2011). We also discuss Constitutional Reform and let you know about

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Law Matters Program 20, 10th August 2011

Les Sanders, ALSWA Criminal Law Unit Lawyer Les discusses police powers and changes to police rights of entry to houses without a search warrant. Nicholas Van Hattem, ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Lawyer Nicholas joined the team at ALSWA earlier this year and provides an insight into his own

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