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Author: Matthew Wheatley

29 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Submissions

This submission was made in response to the Law Reform Commission of Western Australia’s (LRC) Discussion Paper regarding the Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Act 2004 (WA) (the Act). The LRC examined the application of the Act to juvenile reportable offenders and to certain adult reportable offenders who are considered to...

29 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Radio Programs

Shayne Neumann, Chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs We find out about the Report ‘Doing Time – Time for Doing’ that was tabled in Parliament on 20 June 2011. Peter Collins, ALSWA Director of Legal Services Find out where WA stands in relation to the high incarceration...

21 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Presentations

‘Justice Reinvestment’ Law and Advocacy Unit Justice Reinvestment Forum: Build Communities Not Prisons Deaths in Custody Watch Committee Thursday May 12th from 2 - 4pm Mercy Employment & Community Programmes 4 Brewer Place Mirrabooka WA 6061 The abstract for the presentation is below: Australia has epidemic and internationally alarming levels of incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander...

17 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Radio Programs

Sam Jeffries, Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples The inaugural meeting of Australia’s First Peoples was held in Sydney last week and the inaugural Board of Directors was announced (8 June 2011).  Sam Jeffries, National Congress Co-Chair provides an overview of the Congress and discuss its importance in Australia’s future....

02 Jun

Posted at 00:00h in Radio Programs

Dennis Eggington CEO ALSWA ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington was announced as the recipient of the ‘Indigenous Leadership Award’ at the WA Citizen of the Year Awards on 28 May 2011. He speaks candidly about receiving the Award and acknowledges the contributions of fellow nominees in this category.  Also discussed is the...