MEDIA CONTACT FOR THE ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE OF WA
Media enquiries, including requests for staff bios and photos, should be directed to ALSWA Media Officer Jodi Hoffmann on 0428 948 610 or via jhoffmann@als.org.au
- Kate Gough, Senior Associate from Shine Lawyers – WA Stolen Wages Class Action. Find out more and register for the WA Stolen Wages Class Action here: Stolen Wages Class Action…
Read More - Guests: ALSWA CEO Wayne Nannup and Len Yarran, CEO Wadjuk Northside Aboriginal Corporation talk about Old Ways New Ways, a new justice reinvestment youth diversionary program being established in WA.…
Read More - MEDIA STATEMENT [caption id="attachment_5130" align="alignleft" width="312"] Wayne Nannup[/caption] In an exciting development, the Federal Government has allocated $3 million dollars each year for the next two years for a new…
Read More - The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP 19 April 2024 Media Release Minister for Indigenous Australians The Hon Linda Burney MP Attorney-General Cabinet Secretary The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP…
Read More - Guests: Dean Curtis, Law Society of WA talks about the forthcoming Youth Civics Leadership Day that ALSWA will be involved in; Paul Clark, Executive Manager, Education Prevention and Inclusion at…
Read More - 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…
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