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  • Law Matters Program 142, 29th May 2019


    May 29, 2019
    Guests: WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson talks about the WA Police Reconciliation Action Plan launched during Reconciliation Week; Co-Chair of Reconciliation WA Carol Innes talks about the significance of National…
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  • Law Matters Program 141, 15th May 2019


    May 15, 2019
    Guests: Jim Morrison from Yokai chats with us about Sorry Day which is on 26 May; Dominique Hansen, CEO of Law Access lets us know about the annual Law Walk…
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  • Law Matters Program 140, 1st May 2019


    May 1, 2019
    Guests: Iain Cameron, Road Safety Council Chairperson discusses a road safety guide for Indigenous Communities – Keeping Your Mob Safe, the Indigenous safety campaign done with Goolarri Media and community…
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  • Law Matters Program 139, 17th April 2019


    April 18, 2019
    Guests: Lexi Lachal, ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyer talks about WA’s Mandatory Sentencing lawa and Greg McIntyre SC, President of the Law Society of WA discusses law Week, which starts…
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  • LONG WEEKEND CLOSURE 18th – 23rd April


    April 18, 2019
    EASTER LONG WEEKEND CLOSURE ALSWA offices will CLOSE at 1.00 pm on Thursday 18th April and RE-OPEN at 8.30 am on Tuesday 23rd April 2019   ANZAC DAY CLOSURE ALSWA…
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  • Law Matters Program 138, 3rd April 2019


    April 9, 2019
    LAW MATTERS: ALSWA/NATSILS/NATIONAL CONGRESS Peter Collins, ALSWA DLS  gives us an update on the CNS which ALSWA is currently recruiting for; Gary Oliver, CEO of the National Congress of Australia’s…
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  • NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE – Abandoning standalone Commonwealth Indigenous Legal Assistance Program


    April 3, 2019
    3 April 2019 MEDIA RELEASE Abandoning standalone Commonwealth Indigenous Legal Assistance Program after 50 year long commitment threatens self-determination and cultural safety The National Peak Body for the Aboriginal and…
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  • Law Matters Program 137, 20th March 2019


    March 20, 2019
    Dr. Hannah Mc Glade chats with us about the Indigenous People’s Organisation who have spoken out strongly about white supremacy, racial vilification and the tragic events in Christchurch last week.…
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  • Supreme Court finds mandatory sentencing laws should not have applied to 12 year old Aboriginal boy


    March 11, 2019
    Excerpt from https://www.hrlc.org.au The Supreme Court of Western Australia today overturned the sentence of a 12 year old Aboriginal boy caught up by Western Australia’s draconian mandatory sentencing laws. The boy, who…
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  • Law Matters Program 136, 6th March 2019


    March 6, 2019
    Law Matters returns to the airwaves for another year, with our first program for 2019. Aboriginal Legal Service of WA CEO Dennis Eggington joins Law Matters host Jodi Hoffmann as…
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  • Law Matters program 135 5th December 2018


    December 5, 2018
    This is the final Law Matters program for 2018. We will return to the airwaves in 2019. This show features the year in review as Jodi Hoffmann chats with Dennis…
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  • Life Saving CNS Progress Welcomed by ALSWA


    November 23, 2018
    23 November 2018    Today’s announcement that the Custody Notification Service (CNS) is a step closer to implementation in Western Australia has been welcomed by the Aboriginal Legal Service of…
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  • Custody Notification Service a step closer to implementation in WA


    November 23, 2018
    Release Date: 23 November 2018 Media release Joint Media Release Senator the Hon. Nigel Scullion - Commonwealth Minister for Indigenous Affairs Hon. John Quigley MLA - WA Attorney General Hon.…
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  • ALSWA Submission Number 2 to the Review of s 9AA of the Sentencing Act


    November 22, 2018
    ALSWA Submission Number 2 to the Review of s 9AA of the Sentencing Act
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  • ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper – An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA


    November 22, 2018
    ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper - An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA FINAL
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  • Submission to the Auditor General’s Inquiry into Managing Disruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing


    November 22, 2018
    Submission to the Auditor General's Inquiry into Managing Distruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing  
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  • Law Matters Program 134 7th November 2018


    November 9, 2018
    Guests: Neil Anderson, ALSWA Family Law Unit Manager and ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington [audio mp3="https://www.als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Law_Matters_EP134_07118.mp3"][/audio] Download
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  • Law Matters Program 133 26th September 2018


    September 26, 2018
    Guests: WA Chief Justice the Hon Peter Quinlan SC and Paul Kaplan from the First Nations Deaths in Custody Watch Committee. [audio mp3="https://www.als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Law_Matters_Ep_133_290818.mp3"][/audio] Download
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  • Law Matters Program 132, 29th August 2018


    August 29, 2018
    Calla Wahlquist from The Guardian Australia discusses the Database that the Guardian have researched and established called: Deaths Inside: Indigenous Australian deaths in custody, which can be viewed online at:…
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  • Law Matters Program 131, 15th August 2018


    August 15, 2018
    Guests: Mel Thomas from the University of WA lets us know about the 13th National Indigenous Law Conference which takes place at UWA on 25-26 September 2018.  More information on…
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