Dr. Mark Bin Bakar Former National Indigenous Person of the Year, former WA Australian of the Year and a finalist in this month’s WA Citizen of the Year Awards. Known to many as the creator of Mary G, Mark is also the Director of the Kimberley Stolen Generation Aboriginal Corporation and he...
SERANIE GAMBLE ALSWA Law and Advocacy Unit Solicitor Find out about the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Seminar which will take place at ALSWA on 18 May 2011. LATE CHANGE / Please Note: The ALSWA RCIADIC Seminar discussed in this interview has been cancelled until further notice. TAMMY SOLONEC ALSWA Law...
Shane Duffy (Chairperson of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Forum (NATSILS) 20 years on from the release of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody (RCIADIC) Report, we discuss some of the issues that are still faced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples nationally, within...
SAM DINAH, Former ALSWA Prisoner Support Officer Sam Dinah is known to many of our people throughout the Country for his tireless work within the Community spanning many decades. Until 2010 Sam was ALSWA’s Prisoner Support Officer, but many people would be unaware that Sam was also one of ALSWA’s very first...
John Bedford, ALSWA Executive Officer and Acting CEO Nominations for the 2011 ALSWA Executive Committee Elections open at 9 am on Monday 28th March and close at 4 pm on Friday 8th April 2011. John provides all of the information you need to know in the lead up to ALSWA’s Elections...
Andy Matthews, ALSWA Criminal Law Unit Lawyer Have you ever considered a career in law? Hear from ALSWA lawyer Andy Matthews, who was Admitted as a lawyer in 2000. He shares his views on law studies at UWA and working within WA's justice system both in Perth and regional WA [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/law-matters-ep8-090311-part-1.mp3"][/audio] Margaret...
[audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/law-matters-ep-6-090211.mp3"][/audio] Seranie Gamble ALSWA Law and Advocacy Unit Human Rights lawyer Find out about ALSWA’s involvement in the UN Universal Periodic Review (held on 27 January 2011), a new procedure of the UN to review Australia’s human rights record. Amala Groom University of Technology (UTS) Sydney, Law student Amala is a student intern...
[audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/law-matters-ep-5-151210.mp3"][/audio] Linc Ugle, ALSWA Prisoner Support Officer Prisoner Support Officers provide support to our people who are incarcerated and ALSWA PSO Linc Ugle joins us to talk about his role with ALSWA and what assistance is available. Kenny Sutton, Manager ALSWA Court Officer Unit Do you know your rights and what to do...
[audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/law-matters-ep-4-011210.mp3"][/audio] Jolene Farrell ALSWA Secretary Gilbert ‘Jack’ Calyun ALSWA Reception Meet two of the David Wirrpanda Foundation and Central Institute of Technology ‘Solid Futures’ students who helped to create ALSWA’s vibrant historical mural . (See Koori Mail articles 22/9/10 and 1/12/10). Following their involvement with the ‘Solid Futures’ program, Jolene and Jack...