Guests: Roger Farley, Assistant Director Communication and Engagement for the Road Safety Commission -New mobile phone penalties from 1st September 2020; ALSWA Lawyer Hayley Barbarich talks about what assistance the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA can provide for community members sharing their story with the Disability Royal Commission [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Law-Matters-EP149-4-3-2020.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: Gordon Cole, Board Member of Shelter WA, about Homelessness Week; Jasmyn Yavu-Kama (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Leadership Team Member of ‘Nutha Way’ (formerly Lore/Law) and Nick van Hattem, President of the Law Society of WA. *This week is both Homelessness Week (2-8 August) and National Missing Persons Week (4-10 August) [audio...
Guests: Jonathon Reid, ALSWA Family Law solicitor Last week’s Smoking Ceremony at the Perth Children’s Court; Commencement of the therapeutic pilot court for care and protection matters Nick Van Hattem, President – Law Society of WA RE 2020 Sir Ronald Wilson Lecture Webinar To be presented by Pauline Wright, President Law Council of Australia https://www.lawsocietywa.asn.au/swl-registration/ Dan Creasey, Head...
Alice Barter, ALSWA Managing Solicitor - WA's Inquiry into the WA Corruption and Crime Commission’s oversight of police misconduct investigations, particularly allegations of excessive use of force. Cheryl Axleby, NATSILS Co-Chair and Chief Executive of ALRM – Raise the Age Benson Saulo – Appointed Australia’s first Indigenous consul-general to the United States [audio...
Roxanne Moore, NATSILS Executive Officer - Black Lives Matter, role of NATSILS, key issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the justice system; Glenda Kickett, Social Reinvestment WA Co-Chair - WA Legislative amendments to fines, penalties and infringements (FPINE); Dennis Eggington ALSWA CEO – CCTV Footage released by The Guardian,...
BLACK LIVES MATTER Guests: Aboriginal Legal Service of WA CEO Dennis Eggington, Dr. Hannah McGlade, Professor Ted Wilkes, Tanesha Bennell (Co-Organiser of the Perth Black Lives Matter protest on Saturday 13 June 2020 starting at 12 noon at Langley Park in Perth. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Law-Matters-EP150-10-6-2020.mp3"][/audio] Download ...
Guests : ALSWA South Hedland lawyer Carly Price gives us an insight into life and work in regional WA; Glenn Shaw, Senior Heritage Project Officer/Aboriginal Heritage/Dept. of Planning, Lands and Heritage talks about the Review of the Aboriginal heritage Act 1972. For more information on this, go to: www.dplh.wa.gov.au [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Law-Matters-EP149-4-3-2020-1.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Law Matters is back for another year and our Guests on the program are Thomas Mayor who speak about The Uluru Statement From The Heart, ALSWA Custody Notification Service (CNS) Managing Lawyer Hayley O’Hara, and Kathy Russell, Managing Lawyer of ALSWA’s Family Law Unit. For information about where you can see...
Law Matters Program 147 Jodi Hoffmann speaks with Aboriginal Legal Service of WA Ltd CEO Dennis Eggington about a range of topics including WA’s Custody Notification Service, tragic police shootings in recent times, the ALSWA AGM and ALSWA’s current position vacant for a Community Legal Education Officer [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/LAW-MATTERS-EP147-13-11-19.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guest: Peter Collins, ALSWA Director of Legal Services. This program focuses on the Custody Notification Service (CNS) which commenced operations on 2nd October 2019. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Law-Matters-EP146_2-10-19.mp3"][/audio] Download ...