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Author: Matthew Wheatley

10 Feb

Posted at 15:08h in Media Releases

ALSWA WELCOMES OPCAT RATIFICATION ANNOUNCEMENT 10TH February 2017 The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) welcomes the announcement by the Commonwealth Government that it intends to ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (OPCAT) by December this year. ALSWA Acting CEO, John...

14 Dec

Posted at 15:12h in Media Releases

Decision in Ms Dhu’s death in custody inquest set for Friday 16th December December 14, 2016 The Western Australian State Coroner will hand down her findings in the inquest into Ms Dhu’s death in custody this Friday. She will also decide on whether to release harrowing footage showing Ms Dhu’s final...

07 Dec

Posted at 16:09h in Radio Programs
Final Law Matters program for 2016 Guests: ALSWA Law Matters presenter Jodi Hoffmann and ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington (pictured) cover a range of topics as they look back over 2016 in this Year in Review program. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Law_Matters_Ep_107_071216.mp3"][/audio]   Download

30 Nov

Posted at 14:27h in Media Releases

Della Rae Morrison, a much loved and respected Bibbulman Noongar woman has been overwhelmed by the support she has received since her traumatic ordeal in Perth with Transit Officers. She is currently receiving assistance from the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA and will speak out publicly on this matter when the...

10 Nov

Posted at 15:52h in Radio Programs
Law Matters Radio Program Guests: Elizabeth Needham, President of the Law Society of WA; Sabah Rind Community Legal Education Officer ALSWA; Ashley Truscott Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyer; [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Law_Matters_Ep_105_091116.mp3"][/audio] Download

27 Oct

Posted at 10:21h in Media Releases

[caption id="attachment_3329" align="alignnone" width="300"] Dennis EggingtonCEO Aboriginal Legal Service[/caption] As a proud Aboriginal man, a father and a former teacher, I am dismayed to see WA Police Commissioner Karl O’Callaghan endorsing the Bill Leak cartoon as an ‘accurate reflection’ of Aboriginal parenting. This sickening stereotype promotes blaming and shaming of all...

02 Sep

Posted at 15:37h in Media Releases

This weekend, across Western Australia, kids will be running out onto ovals across the state to play in footy finals. Good kids, troubled kids and struggling kids. Kids united by a jumper, a love of footy, supported by family, friends and entire communities. But this weekend, one kid will be missing....

01 Sep

Posted at 15:33h in Media Releases

This week marked the first anniversary of the death of a loved Noongar man, who passed away after a citizen’s arrest by a home-owner in the Perth suburb of Lockridge. For the family of the late Mr. Woods-Roberts, their sadness has been compounded by the knowledge that they are no closer...