Submission to Welfare Review Interim Report If you would like more information on our submission, please contact the ALSWA Policy Officer on 08 9265 6666 or VWilliams@als.org.au.
Read more →Review of PBO Act – ALSWA If you would like more information on our submission, please contact the ALSWA Policy Officer on 08 9265 6666 or VWilliams@als.org.au.
Read more →ALSWA Submission to CLMIA Act DP If you would like more information on our submission, please contact the ALSWA Policy Officer on 08 9265 6666 or VWilliams@als.org.au.
Read more →Submission Royal Commission Issues Paper 7 If you would like more information on our submission, please contact the ALSWA Policy Officer on 08 9265 6666 or VWilliams@als.org.au.
Read more →The Australian Human Rights Commission is concerned that many people with disability who need communication supports or who have complex and multiple support needs are not having their rights protected, and are not being treated equally, in the criminal justice system. It prepared an Issues Paper, outlining five
Read more →The Community Development and Justice Standing Committee is conducting an inquiry into custodial arrangements in police lock-ups across Western Australia, which is yet to report. The terms of reference include: Whether current arrangements fully comply with the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Read more →The Minister for Corrective Services the Inspector of Custodial Services, pursuant to section 17(2)(b) of the Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003 to conduct a full investigation into all aspects of the incident that occurred as Banksia Hill Detention Centre on 20 Januray 2013. ALSWA prepared a comprehensive,
Read more →The Public Sector Commission conducted a review of the operation and effectiveness of the Commissioner for Children and Young People Act 2006 (the Act). The terms of reference included: Examine the operation and effectiveness of the Act Report on the extent to which the purpose of the
Read more →This submission was made in response to the press release by the Minister for Mental Health (WA), the Hon Helen Morton MLC, regarding proposed changes to the existing Mental Health Act 1996. The Mental Health Bill 2011: Draft Bill for Public Comment was launched by the Minister on
Read more →A lively and multi-dimensional insight into Australian history, Justice: A history of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia reveals the human face of some of the nation’s major social, political and legal reforms of the past four decades. The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (ALSWA) began by defending Aboriginal people’s right to equality before the law, and its defence of Aboriginal people’s human rights has taken this story beyond the criminal justice system.
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