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
- 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…
Read More - 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…
Read More - 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…
Read More - 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…
Read More - 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…
NATSILS MEDIA RELEASE – Abandoning standalone Commonwealth Indigenous Legal Assistance Program
April 3, 2019
Read More - 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.…
Read More - 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…
Supreme Court finds mandatory sentencing laws should not have applied to 12 year old Aboriginal boy
March 11, 2019
Read More - 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…
Read More - 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…
Read More - 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…
Read More - 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.…
Read More - ALSWA Submission Number 2 to the Review of s 9AA of the Sentencing Act
Read More - ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper - An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA FINAL
ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper – An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA
November 22, 2018
Read More - Submission to the Auditor General's Inquiry into Managing Distruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing
Submission to the Auditor General’s Inquiry into Managing Disruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing
November 22, 2018
Read More - 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
Read More - 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
Read More - 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:…
Read More - 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…
Read More - WA’s Chief Justice Wayne Martin retires this week and he joins ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington in the studio to chat about his 12 years spent as Western Australia’s 13th Chief…
Read More - WA Police and Road Safety Minister Michelle Roberts chats with us from Halls Creek about new Kimberley local crime prevention initiatives; Parliamentary Education Officer Peter Dooley provides an insight into…
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