Guest: Heather Menaglio, ALSWA Civil / Human Rights lawyer discusses ALSWA’s Outreach work occurring in the southern region of WA. This program also contains information on the newly elected ALSWA Executive Committee Members. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/audio_Law_Matters_EP_80_030615.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: Paul Gazia and Sarouche Razi (ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyers) chat about their recent trip to the Kimberley region where they attended Open Days run by the WA Attorney General’s Department. Jim Morrison, Co-Chair Bringing them Home (WA) and National Community Engagement Manager at Connecting Home Ltd, a service for the...
Guests: Kirstie Parker, Co-Chair of the National Justice Coalition talks about ‘Change the Record’, a new campaign to end the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the justice system with a generation. Mick Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner discusses his role with the Australian Human...
Guests: John Schumann, formerly of Redgum, penned “I was Only 19” back in 1983, and has just released a song that honours our Indigenous Service men and women, called “On Every Anzac Day”; John Schnarrs talks about the importance of ‘Honouring Indigenous War Graves’; Matthew Keogh, President of the Law Society of WA...
In Western Australia, one in fifteen Aboriginal men will spend tonight in jail, more women and children are being locked up, and deaths in custody remains a tragic reality that continues to change lives forever. Amid this turmoil, the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA) struggles on with business as usual,...