The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Limited will CLOSE at midday on Friday 22nd December and will RE-OPEN at 8.30 am on Monday 8th January 2018 For URGENT criminal matters during this period, please phone the ALSWA After Hours number - 08 9265 6644...
In our final program for 2017, ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington and WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson discuss ways of moving forward and how the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system can be overcome. We also speak with David Braddock, Head of the Child Welfare & Prisoner Health Unit...
ALSWA Annual Report 2017 ...
MEDIA STATEMENT 23rd November 2017 ALSWA JOINS CALL TO RAISE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Limited (ALSWA) joins the call to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years. Without this change, ALSWA says that young, vulnerable, Aboriginal children will remain enmeshed in the...
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, 23 November 2017 at 4:00 pm Notice Annual General Meeting 2017 -...
Guest: Jim Morrison, 2017 joint recipient (with Angela Ryder) of the 2017 John Curtin Medal [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Law_Matters_Ep119_111017.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Monday 25th September 2017 The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA will be CLOSED on Monday 25th September and will RE-OPEN on Tuesday 26th September at 8.30 am. For URGENT AFTER HOURS assistance, please contact the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA on 08 9265 6644. ...
LAW MATTERS Program 118, 13th September 2017 Guests: Black Comedy’s Steven Oliver is an Ambassador for R U OK. He joins us to chat about the importance of R U OK’s vision, which is of a world where we’re all connected and protected from suicide. Their mission is to...
Guests: Professor Neil Morgan, Inspector of Custodial Services in WA, and Joseph Wallan, OICS Community Liaison Officer, discussing the recent OICS Report: “Behaviour Management Practices at Banksia Hill Detention Centre” [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Law-Matters_Ep117_020817.mp3"][/audio] Download ...
What Price, the Life of a Child The verdict has now been handed down; a fourteen year old child is lost to his family, friends and community forever. A child, on a trail bike, breaking free from the constraints of Kalgoorlie, breaking free from a town that has made those with power...