MEDIA STATEMENT The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Limited (ALSWA) has welcomed today’s announcement by the State Government that Western Australia will receive Federal funding to establish a statewide 24 hour hotline, requiring police to call the ALSWA whenever an Aboriginal person is brought into a lock-up. “This is wonderful news that...
Acclaimed author Kim Scott spoke about his latest novel ‘Taboo’ with presenters Jim Morrison and Jodi Hoffmann (ALSWA Media Officer). Listen to the program here: http://rtrfm.com.au/story/moorditj-mag-with-kim-scott-jodie-hoffman-and-jim-morrison/ ...
Guests: Greg McIntyre, Senior Vice President, Law Society of WA and Dennis Eggington, CEO, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA *Law Week is on from 14-18 May 2018 – Information available on the LSWA Website [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Law_Matters_Ep_125_090518.mp3"][/audio] Download...
ALSWA Media Officer Jodi Hoffmann co-hosted the program with Jim Morrison on 12th April with Guests, Author and Historian Anna Haebich and Wayne Bynder from Wangki Yupurnanupurru Radio in Fitzroy Crossing. Moorditj Mag is a weekly program on 92.1 RTR-FM presented by Jim Morrison and Nick Abraham....
Sallie McLean, Principal Legal Officer, Australian Law Reform Commission about ‘Pathways to Justice – An Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ Rodney Dillon, Amnesty Indigenous Rights Advisor Bonnie Djordjevic, ALSWA Civil and Human Rights Unit lawyer [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Law_Matters_Ep124_110418.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: Nyoongar human rights lawyer Dr. Hannah McGlade, and from the ALSWA Broome office, Court Officer Teeka Skeen and lawyer Marcus Dyason [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Law_Matters_Ep123_280318.mp3"][/audio] Download...
ALSWA ON RETIREMENT OF WA CHIEF JUSTICE Following today’s announcement that Western Australia’s Chief Justice The Hon Wayne Martin AC, will retire later this year, the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) reflects on the strong rapport that has been built between ALSWA and the Chief Justice since he took on...
ALSWA Lawyer Lexi Lachal from the Civil & Human Rights Unit, can provide: on matters below: Police Complaints Racial Discrimination Consumer Rights False Imprisonment Prison Complaints Coronial Inquests Deaths in Custody Govt agency complaints MONDAY 9 April HARVEY COURT HOUSE, TUESDAY 10 April BUSSELTON COURT HOUSE, WEDNESDAY 11 April COLLIE COURT HOUSE...
Guests: ALSWA Community Legal Education Officer Sabah Rind, and ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit Lawyer Ashley Truscott (discussing the rights of prisoners). [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Law_Matters_Ep122_140318.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Kevin Blurton, ALSWA Bunbury Senior Court Officer, on 30 years at ALSWA – Kevin is also the Male recipient of the NATSILS Trevor Christian Award for Employee of the Year nationally. Journalist Michael Brull from New Matilda about his 5 part series on the treatment of Aboriginal people with disabilities behind...