Dr. Hannah Mc Glade chats with us about the Indigenous People’s Organisation who have spoken out strongly about white supremacy, racial vilification and the tragic events in Christchurch last week. ALSWA’s thoughts are with all who have been affected by this terrible tragedy. Lawyer Mark Woods from Gippsland in Victoria is the...
Law Matters returns to the airwaves for another year, with our first program for 2019. Aboriginal Legal Service of WA CEO Dennis Eggington joins Law Matters host Jodi Hoffmann as they discuss a range of topics, including: NATSILS, Save the Murray Darling, ALSWA’s Board, Closing the Gap, Massacres and more… [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Law_Matters_EP136_060319.mp3"][/audio] Download...
This is the final Law Matters program for 2018. We will return to the airwaves in 2019. This show features the year in review as Jodi Hoffmann chats with Dennis Eggington, Aboriginal Legal Service of WA CEO, about some of the key issues of the past year. Thank you to our Law...
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....
WA Police and Road Safety Minister Michelle Roberts chats with us from Halls Creek about new Kimberley local crime prevention initiatives; Parliamentary Education Officer Peter Dooley provides an insight into the Parliament of WA through discussion about regular tours, educational resources and the Aboriginal Gallery; ALSWA CLE Officer Sabah Rind talks about...
Guests: Carolyn Lewis from the First Nations Deaths in Custody Watch Committee who will present a workshop on the tragic passing of Ms. Dhu at the National NAIDOC Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Conference in Sydney from 11-12 July 2018 and Andrew Meredith, Senior Library Officer/Client Services, State Library...