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 WA (ALSWA). The CNS will provide a much needed 24 hour welfare and legal advice phone line for Aboriginal people taken into police...
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. Michelle Roberts MLA - Minister for Police Custody Notification Service (CNS) to be introduced in WA 24-hour welfare and legal advice phone line for Aboriginal people...
ALSWA Submission Number 2 to the Review of s 9AA of the Sentencing Act...
ALSWA Submission to Discussion Paper - An office for advocacy and accountability in Aboriginal Affairs in WA FINAL...
Submission to the Auditor General's Inquiry into Managing Distruptive Behaviour and Illegal Activities in Public Housing ...
Guests: Neil Anderson, ALSWA Family Law Unit Manager and ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Law_Matters_EP134_07118.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: WA Chief Justice the Hon Peter Quinlan SC and Paul Kaplan from the First Nations Deaths in Custody Watch Committee. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Law_Matters_Ep_133_290818.mp3"][/audio] Download...
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: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2018/aug/28/deaths-inside-indigenous-australian-deaths-in-custody [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Law_Matters_Ep_132_-290818.mp3"][/audio] Download...
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 the conference at: http://www.nilc2018.com.au/ Richard Weston, CEO at Healing Foundation, discusses a report launched earlier today (collated by the Australian Institute of...
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 Justice. *NB: Due to technical problems, audio for this program is unavailable....