Guests: Dr Hannah McGlade, Senior Indigenous Research Fellow Curtin University, discusses a meeting that she attended in Brisbane recently with the UN Rapporteur Violence for against Women, who recommended that a specific National Plan of Action addressing violence against Indigenous women be developed. The UN Rapporteur also noted that the
Welcome back to Law Matters for another year! Our guests on our first 2017 program are ALSWA’s Community Legal Education Officer Sabah Rind and Chris Avent, WA Deputy Electoral Commissioner. The WA State Election is on 11th March 2017. More information at www.elections.wa.gov.au
Law Matters returned to the airwaves today for another big year of broadcasting on 100.9FM 6NME Noongar Radio in Perth. The fortnightly program, which commenced back in 2010, is produced and presented by the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA (ALSWA). Presenter Jodi Hoffmann ensures that listeners have access to up-to-date
Final Law Matters program for 2016 Guests: ALSWA Law Matters presenter Jodi Hoffmann and ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington (pictured) cover a range of topics as they look back over 2016 in this Year in Review program. Download
Law Matters Radio Program Guests: Eloise Langoulant, ALSWA Civil and Human Rights Unit lawyer; Mechelle Wilson, Noongar Radio Broadcaster; Download
Law Matters Radio Program Guests: Elizabeth Needham, President of the Law Society of WA; Sabah Rind Community Legal Education Officer ALSWA; Ashley Truscott Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyer; Download
Guests: Alison Xamon, President of the WA Association for Mental Health; Download
Guests: ALSWA Civil Unit Lawyer Heather Menaglio talks about Racial Discrimination on today’s program ALSWA thanks Noongar Radio and the National Indigenous Radio Service for their interest in broadcasting Law Matters each fortnight. Download
Guests: Carolyn Lewis, Deaths in Custody Watch Committee (WA) Board Member, Nicholas Van Hattem, Lawyer and Co-Founder of the Piddington Society, Marina Simoncini, Coordinator of Victim Based Crime at the Australian Federal Police Download
This is the 100th Law Matters program since broadcasts commenced on Noongar Radio 100.9FM in October 2010. Guests: ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington and WA Chief Justice Wayne Martin. ALSWA thanks Noongar Radio and the National Indigenous Radio Service for their interest in broadcasting Law Matters each fortnight. Download
Guests: Neil Coyne (aka NC Viper) is Australia’s first Aboriginal Wrestler. David Waymouth, WA Census Director. Mechelle Wilson, Noongar Radio presenter Download
Guests: In recognition of Sorry Day (26 May), this program features interviews with Jim Morrison, Co-Convenor of the Bringing them Home Committee and Ken Riddiford, CEO of the Kimberley Stolen Generations Aboriginal Corporation. Please Note: This Law Matters program incorrectly states 57 William Street Perth as the address of the Curtin
Guests: Elizabeth Needham, President, Law Society of WA talks about what’s happening during LAW WEEK which is on in WA from Monday 16th to Friday 20th May 2016 Meet Nicole Young, a new ALSWA Lawyer, working within ALSWA’s Civil and Human Rights Unit, whose work will include a focus on Stolen
Guests: ALSWA Lawyer Alice Barter : Equality before the Law – Does it exist for Aboriginal people? Alice’s research paper on this topic will be published in the Indigenous Law Bulletin, May 2016. David Braddock: Head of Child Protection and Youth Justice Unit, AIHW, Canberra talks about a new AIHW
Guests: ALSWA Lawyer Alex Walters and Australian Competition & Consumer Commission ACCC NT Regional Director Derek Farrell discuss consumer rights and Ruth Barson, Senior Lawyer with the Human Rights Law Centre talks about deaths in custody, 25 Years on from the release of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
Guests: ALSWA CEO Dennis Eggington and ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit lawyers Paul Gazia (Unit Manager) and Alice Barter. Download
Guests: Dr. Hannah Mc Glade, Deputy Chair, Deaths in Custody Watch Committee WA, discusses the ongoing tragedy of deaths in custody, and lets us know about a Public Forum called ‘Aboriginal Lives Matter’ taking place in Perth on Wednesday 16th March 2016. Download
Guests: Amanda O’Connor, National Cycling Centre WA Head Coach, who discusses the new Indigenous (Cycling) Talent Identification and Development Program for Aboriginal kids in Perth aged 10-14. For more information email the National Cycling Centre WA on admin@nccwa.com.au, check out their Facebook page or phone 0418 949 509. Emily Howie, Human
Guests: Peter Collins ALSWA Director of Legal Services and Paul Gazia ALSWA Civil/Human Rights Unit Manager and Neil Morgan the Inspector of Custodial Services. This program was the final program for 2015 and Law Matters will return to the airwaves in 2016. Download
Guests: Robert ‘Bono’ Bonson, originally from Darwin, spent over 25 years working with the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA. He joins us on Law Matters to talk about life in Darwin and in Perth and his recent retirement. Kay Buck is the Coordinator of Indigenous Initiatives at Perth’s Acacia Prison and
Guest: Murri Lawyer Peta MacGillivray was one of the Project Researchers on the recently released UNSW Report. She discusses this report – Indigenous Australians with Mental Health Disorders and Cognitive Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System – “A Predictable and Preventable Path”. Download
Guest: Craig Comrie, CEO of the Youth Affairs Council of WA (YACWA) discusses some of the issues facing some young people today, including mental illness and homelessness. We also feature music from YACWA’s recently launched ‘Music Feedback Volume 7 CD – Music Talks About Mental Health – So Can You”.
Guests: Kathy Watson, Secretary of ALSWA Executive Committee and West Kimberley representative; Rod Astbury, CEO of WA Association for Mental Health; Ben White, Managing Solicitor of ALSWA Broome Office Download
Guests: Arlia Fleming, Lawyer, Bandyup Action Group (B.A.G) discusses the B.A.G Action Plan and Debbie Kilroy OAM, CEO of Sisters Inside.