27 Jun Law Matters Program #189, 26th June 2024
Guests: Share the Dignity Founder Rochelle Courtenary and Jim Morrison, Yokai Healing our Spirit Download...
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29 May Law Matters Program #188, 29th May 2024
Kate Gough, Senior Associate from Shine Lawyers – WA Stolen Wages Class Action. Find out more and register for the WA Stolen Wages Class Action here: Stolen Wages Class Action | Shine Lawyers Your registration must be completed by 30 June 2024. You can also phone Shine Lawyers about this...
15 May Law Matters Program #187, 15th May 2024
Guests: ALSWA CEO Wayne Nannup and Len Yarran, CEO Wadjuk Northside Aboriginal Corporation talk about Old Ways New Ways, a new justice reinvestment youth diversionary program being established in WA. Download...
19 Apr ‘Old Ways New Ways’ – A new chapter in Justice Reinvestment 19TH April 2024
In an exciting development, the Federal Government has allocated $3 million dollars each year for the next two years for a new Justice Reinvestment youth diversionary program in Western Australia....
19 Apr Next Justice Reinvestment Programs Announced
The Albanese Government is investing in ten additional justice reinvestment initiatives as part of its landmark justice reinvestment programs. The projects announced today are part of the largest commitment to justice reinvestment ever delivered by the Commonwealth....
09 Feb Roebourne Regional Prison – Cells STILL without air-conditioning
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When Roebourne temperatures soared to over 50 tortuous degrees during the summer of 2022, the WA Government announced in November of that year that $10 million dollars would be provided for air-conditioning to be installed in every cell at Roebourne Regional Prison (RRP)....
03 Nov Notice of Annual General Meeting 2023
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited ACN 617 555 843 (the Company) will be held at the registered office Piccadilly Square 7 Aberdeen Street, Perth WA 6000 on Thursday, 16 November 2023 at 2:00 pm. Notice of Annual General Meeting...
16 Aug Submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights
ALSWA receives complaints about human rights violations from clients on a daily basis, however Australia’s piecemeal and inconsistent human rights framework means there are very limited options for clients to seek redress for violation of their rights....
11 Jul SUPREME COURT OF WA ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AFTER FINDING FREQUENT USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
ABORIGINAL LEGAL SERVICE OF WA LTD - MEDIA STATEMENT 11 July 2023 SUPREME COURT OF WA ORDERS GOVERNMENT TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW AFTER FINDING FREQUENT USE OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT Today the Supreme Court of WA has declared that three young people were unlawfully locked in their cells at Banksia Hill and...
10 May ALSWA CONDEMNS WA PREMIER’S OUTRAGEOUS FASD COMMENTS
The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd (ALSWA) is outraged by comments by WA Premier Mark McGowan who claims that medical conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) are “just an excuse”....