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 ...
Guests: David Woodroffe, NAAJA Principal Legal Officer and President of Winkiku Rrumbangi NT Indigenous Lawyers Aboriginal Corporation chats about the National Indigenous Legal Conference that took part in Darwin last week; Nicole Casley, Policy Advisor in ASIC’s Indigenous Outreach Program, talks about scams. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Law-Matters-EP145_21-8-19.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: Chloe Collard, Program Manager from the Geraldton Streetwork Aboriginal Corporation, and Nikolas Barron, ALSWA Lawyer, about the importance of getting assistance to pay off your Fines. Law-Matters-EP_144_24-7-19-2Download ...
Guests: ALSWA Community Legal Education Officer Sabah Rind talks about the events that ALSWA is involved in during NAIDOC Week (7-14 July 2019); Peter Collins, ALSWA Director of Legal Services, provides an update on WA’s Custody Notification Service (CNS) which is currently being established by ALSWA. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Law-Matters-EP143-10-7-19.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson talks about the WA Police Reconciliation Action Plan launched during Reconciliation Week; Co-Chair of Reconciliation WA Carol Innes talks about the significance of National Reconciliation Week and some of the events taking place. [audio mp3="https://als.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Law-Matters-EP142_29-5-19.mp3"][/audio] Download...
Guests: Jim Morrison from Yokai chats with us about Sorry Day which is on 26 May; Dominique Hansen, CEO of Law Access lets us know about the annual Law Walk for Access, which 600 people took part in yesterday, raising $80,000. ALSWA Civil/Human Rights lawyer Chloe Wood took part in the walk with...
Guests: Iain Cameron, Road Safety Council Chairperson discusses a road safety guide for Indigenous Communities – Keeping Your Mob Safe, the Indigenous safety campaign done with Goolarri Media and community consultation for the development of WA’s next Road Safety Strategy. Brendon Barlow, Australian Electoral Commission Operations Manager chats about all we need...
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...