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NSW prisons more unequal than ever with record level of Aboriginal people behind bars
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with the Public Interest Advocacy Centre Tuesday 30 May 2023 The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) (ALS) and the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) say the Government cannot ignore the growing crisis of the imprisonment of Aboriginal people in NSW. New figures from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) show the proportion of...
READ MOREALS congratulates Keisha Hopgood on appointment to NSW Local Court
MEDIA RELEASE Thursday 25 May 2023 The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited (ALS) congratulates Keisha Hopgood on her appointment as a Magistrate of the NSW Local Court. Ms Hopgood’s appointment was announced on Thursday by Attorney General Michael Daley. She will be sworn in 6 June. “Keisha has been an integral member of the ALS team since 2017, serving in a...
READ MORESmall increase to ATSILS funding will help keep the lights on, but won’t stop all service freezes
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement South Australia, Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Friday 19 May 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) around...
READ MOREACT Government delays raising the age to 14, defying advice from Aboriginal, legal and human rights organisations
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with Human Rights Law Centre, Change The Record, Amnesty International, and ACT Council of Social Service Tuesday 9 May 2023 The ACT Government has been criticised for its failure to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 right away, with justice advocates saying the welfare of 12- and 13-year-old children cannot wait until 2025....
READ MOREEmergency funding needed to prevent imminent service freezes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement South Australia, Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (QLD) Ltd, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service, Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service EMBARGOED: 4pm, Monday 17 April 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services...
READ MORECoroner to deliver findings into fatal police shooting of Aboriginal man Stanley Russell
MEDIA ALERT WHEN: Coronial findings are scheduled for 9:30am, Friday 14 April 2023; to be followed by a press conference outside the court at approximately 11:00 am WHERE: Lidcombe Forensic Medicine and Coroners Court Complex WHAT: Deputy State Coroner, Her Honour Magistrate Forbes will deliver findings into the death of Stanley Russell at 9:30am. After taking a short break to consider the findings, the...
READ MORENSW election: Aboriginal people deserve a fairer justice system
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with the NSW Bar Association and Law Society of NSW 20 March 2023 The peak bodies for NSW solicitors and barristers have joined the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) to call for a fairer justice system in the lead-up to the state election. CEO of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Limited Karly Warner said continued commitment to...
READ MOREPolice oversight body calls for overhaul of consorting laws, disproportionately impacting Aboriginal communities
2 March 2023 JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with Public Interest Advocacy Centre and NSW Bar Association A new report from the Law Enforcement Conduct Committee (LECC) shows that ‘consorting laws’ are being misused and disproportionately targeting Aboriginal people in NSW, and continue to be used against people under 18. Consorting laws allow police to charge people simply for associating with...
READ MORELegal centres call for all COVID fines to be cancelled, existing fines regime to be reviewed
JOINT MEDIA RELEASE Issued in partnership with Redfern Legal Centre and Public Interest Advocacy Centre Tuesday 13 December 2022 The NSW Government’s ‘law and order’ response to the pandemic created significant fines debt and damaged community-police relations in some of the most disadvantaged parts of the state, according to a new UNSW Law School report. The Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT), Redfern...
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