Guests: Lexi Lachal, ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyer talks about WA’s Mandatory Sentencing lawa and Greg McIntyre SC, President of the Law Society of WA discusses law Week, which starts on 13th May 2019. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Law_Matters_EP137_18-4-19.mp3"][/audio] Download...
LAW MATTERS: ALSWA/NATSILS/NATIONAL CONGRESS Peter Collins, ALSWA DLS gives us an update on the CNS which ALSWA is currently recruiting for; Gary Oliver, CEO of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, brings us the latest news out of Canberra following on from last night’s Federal Budget; and: Karly Warner, Executive Officer of...
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....