Dennis Eggington CEO ALSWA ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington was announced as the recipient of the ‘Indigenous Leadership Award’ at the WA Citizen of the Year Awards on 28 May 2011. He speaks candidly about receiving the Award and acknowledges the contributions of fellow nominees in this category.
Read more →Dr. Mark Bin Bakar Former National Indigenous Person of the Year, former WA Australian of the Year and a finalist in this month’s WA Citizen of the Year Awards. Known to many as the creator of Mary G, Mark is also the Director of the Kimberley Stolen
Read more →SERANIE GAMBLE ALSWA Law and Advocacy Unit Solicitor Find out about the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Seminar which will take place at ALSWA on 18 May 2011. LATE CHANGE / Please Note: The ALSWA RCIADIC Seminar discussed in this interview has been cancelled until
Read more →Shane Duffy (Chairperson of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Forum (NATSILS) 20 years on from the release of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Report, we discuss some of the issues that are still faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Read more →SAM DINAH, Former ALSWA Prisoner Support Officer Sam Dinah is known to many of our people throughout the Country for his tireless work within the Community spanning many decades. Until 2010 Sam was ALSWA’s Prisoner Support Officer, but many people would be unaware that Sam was also
Read more →John Bedford, ALSWA Executive Officer and Acting CEO Nominations for the 2011 ALSWA Executive Committee Elections open at 9 am on Monday 28th March and close at 4 pm on Friday 8th April 2011. John provides all of the information you need to know in the lead
Read more →Andy Matthews, ALSWA Criminal Law Unit Lawyer Have you ever considered a career in law? Hear from ALSWA lawyer Andy Matthews, who was Admitted as a lawyer in 2000. He shares his views on law studies at UWA and working within WA’s justice system both in Perth
Read more →Guests: ALSWA’S Tammy Solonec, Shanna Satya and Darlene Summers
Read more →Seranie Gamble ALSWA Law and Advocacy Unit Human Rights lawyer Find out about ALSWA’s involvement in the UN Universal Periodic Review (held on 27 January 2011), a new procedure of the UN to review Australia’s human rights record. Amala Groom University of Technology (UTS) Sydney, Law student
Read more →Linc Ugle, ALSWA Prisoner Support Officer Prisoner Support Officers provide support to our people who are incarcerated and ALSWA PSO Linc Ugle joins us to talk about his role with ALSWA and what assistance is available. Kenny Sutton, Manager ALSWA Court Officer Unit Do you know your
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