The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd (ALSWA) congratulates Mara Barone SC on her appointment as a Judge of the District Court. Ms Barone is a former Managing lawyer and in-house counsel with ALSWA’s Criminal Law Unit, where she worked for eight years until leaving to establish her own legal practice...
It is with heartfelt sadness that the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) pays tribute to the late Honourable Stephen Thackray, former Chief Judge of the Family Court of Western Australia. “We are extremely saddened to learn of the passing of Mr. Thackray, who has a long and highly regarded association...
Guests : ALSWA South Hedland lawyer Carly Price gives us an insight into life and work in regional WA; Glenn Shaw, Senior Heritage Project Officer/Aboriginal Heritage/Dept. of Planning, Lands and Heritage talks about the Review of the Aboriginal heritage Act 1972. For more information on this, go to: www.dplh.wa.gov.au [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Law-Matters-EP149-4-3-2020-1.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Law Matters is back for another year and our Guests on the program are Thomas Mayor who speak about The Uluru Statement From The Heart, ALSWA Custody Notification Service (CNS) Managing Lawyer Hayley O’Hara, and Kathy Russell, Managing Lawyer of ALSWA’s Family Law Unit. For information about where you can see...
Law Matters Program 147 Jodi Hoffmann speaks with Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd CEO Dennis Eggington about a range of topics including WA’s Custody Notification Service, tragic police shootings in recent times, the ALSWA AGM and ALSWA’s current position vacant for a Community Legal Education Officer [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/LAW-MATTERS-EP147-13-11-19.mp3"][/audio] Download...
POLICE BADGE NOT A LICENCE TO KILL says ALSWA 14th November 2019 Tragically, at just 19 years old, Kumanjayi Walker’s short life is over, a life taken too soon at the hands of Constable Zachary Rolfe in the NT outback community of Yuendumu. His death comes just two months after the shooting death...
Guest: Peter Collins, ALSWA Director of Legal Services. This program focuses on the Custody Notification Service (CNS) which commenced operations on 2nd October 2019. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Law-Matters-EP146_2-10-19.mp3"][/audio] Download ...
Wednesday 2nd October 2019 The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd (ALSWA) is elated that the Custody Notification Service (CNS) is now fully operational in Western Australia. ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington says the CNS will save lives, and is proud that ALSWA will run this vital and much needed service. It has been...