Dennis Eggington ALSWA CEO and Director of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples Director Joining us from Sydney where he is attending the first official meeting of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Dennis shares his views on the importance of NAIDOC Week. The 2010 recipient of the...
Shayne Neumann, Chair of the Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs We find out about the Report ‘Doing Time – Time for Doing’ that was tabled in Parliament on 20 June 2011. Peter Collins, ALSWA Director of Legal Services Find out where WA stands in relation to the high incarceration...
Sam Jeffries, Co-Chair, National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples The inaugural meeting of Australia’s First Peoples was held in Sydney last week and the inaugural Board of Directors was announced (8 June 2011). Sam Jeffries, National Congress Co-Chair provides an overview of the Congress and discuss its importance in Australia’s future....
Dennis Eggington CEO ALSWA ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington was announced as the recipient of the ‘Indigenous Leadership Award’ at the WA Citizen of the Year Awards on 28 May 2011. He speaks candidly about receiving the Award and acknowledges the contributions of fellow nominees in this category. Also discussed is the...
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...