- Guests: Marnie Williams, Aboriginal Family Legal Service (AFLS) Managing Solicitor, Perth region talk about the role of AFLS and Olivia Roberts, ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit Lawyer discusses Guardianship and Administration.…
Read More - First program for 2024 with Guests: Michael Blurton (Chair of ALSWA Board of Directors), Wayne Nannup (ALSWA CEO) and Chloe Wood (ALSWA Manager, Civil and Human Rights Unit). [audio mp3="https://www.als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Law-Matters-6-March-24.mp3"][/audio]…
Read More - 5th February 2024 When Roebourne temperatures soared to over 50 tortuous degrees during the summer of 2022, the WA Government announced in November of that year that $10 million dollars…
Read More - This is the final Law Matters program for 2023. We look back at the triumphs and tragedies of the year with Guests ALSWA CEO Wayne Nannup, ALSWA Director Legal Services…
Read More - Guests: ALSWA CEO Wayne Nannup, Social Reinvestment WA, Community Campaigner Ronald Bin Swani and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Head of AIHW Justice and Education Unit Amanda Donges. [audio…
Read More - Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited ACN 617 555 843 (the Company) will be held at the registered office…
Read More - Guests: Noel Pearson - in Perth this week to talk about the Voice to Parliament and Ron Bin Swani, Social Reinvestment WA Community Campaigner talks about their ongoing campaign to…
Read More - Guests: Sue-Anne Hunter – Commissioner/Deputy Chair at Yoorrook Justice Commission in Victoria talks about their truth telling commission, which has the powers of a royal commission, and put forward 46…
Read More - 23rd August 2023 ALSWA's Jodi Hoffmann speaks with Australian Human Rights Commission President Rosalind Croucher AM who provides an insight into understanding the Referendum from a human rights perspective.…
Read More - July 2023 ALSWA receives complaints about human rights violations from clients on a daily basis, however Australia’s piecemeal and inconsistent human rights framework means there are very limited options for…
Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights
August 16, 2023
Read More - Hayley O’Hara, ALSWA Managing Solicitor discusses the role of the Custody Notification Service (CNS) [audio mp3="https://www.als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Law-Matters-_120723.mp3"][/audio] Download
Read More - ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE OF WA LTD - MEDIA STATEMENT 11 July 2023 SUPREME COURT OF WA ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AFTER FINDING FREQUENT USE OF SOLITARY…
SUPREME COURT OF WA ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AFTER FINDING FREQUENT USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
July 11, 2023
Read More - Law Matters Issue 10 - July/August 2023
Read More - Jackie Fitzgerald, Executive Director of the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research discusses the recently released report – "Why are Aboriginal Adults Less Likely to Receive Cannabis Cautions". …
Read More - WA Chief Justice Peter Quinlan talks about the WA Courts and Tribunals Reconciliation Statement launched on the 29th of May which saw WA judges make a historic pledge to right…
Read More - The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd (ALSWA) is outraged by comments by WA Premier Mark McGowan who claims that medical conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are…
Read More - The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd (ALSWA) is representing three young people who have instituted judicial review proceedings in the Supreme Court of WA in relation to ongoing lockdowns…
Read More - Guests: Jim Morrison, Founder of ‘Yokai Healing our Spirit’ talks about his work and reflects upon the life of the late Rob Riley, who passed away on the 1st of…
Read More - Aboriginal Legal Services across the country are facing a financial crisis. Hear from Karly Warner, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) Chair and ALS NSW/ACT CEO and…
Read More - On today's program Jodi Hoffmann and Dennis Eggington discuss the Voice to Parliament, Justice Reinvestment and the ongoing racism that still exists within society. [audio mp3="https://www.als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/lawmatters050423.mp3"][/audio] Download
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