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Big Law • 15 May 2024
‘Rushed knife laws will harm Aboriginal people,’ argues ALS
NSW’s peak Indigenous legal service has criticised the new knife laws announced by the Minns government. It argues that the...
Big Law • 06 May 2024
‘An unequal justice system is no justice system at all’: Legal orgs call for increased funding in regional NSW
Following a roundtable discussion among local solicitors and legal leaders in NSW, legal organisations have called for...
Politics • 25 March 2024
‘Counterintuitive’ NSW bail laws continue to receive widespread criticism
Barristers, bar associations, and other legal bodies have continued their criticism of the new NSW bail laws, which include a...
Big Law • 18 December 2023
ALS calls for immediate action following LECC report
Urgent action is needed to mitigate a “systemic problem” of police interviewing vulnerable people against their accepted...
A Kamilaroi and Ngunnawal man has been elected by the board of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) as its new...
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A national law firm and a number of community legal services and pro bono lawyers have joined forces to provide free...
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The Albanese government has confirmed it will establish real-time reporting of all deaths in custody, with a dashboard...
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After the ALS was forced to freeze services across NSW last week, lawyers and legal organisations have called for...
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A former Aboriginal Legal Service employee has had his case against the ALS dismissed after he claimed he was...
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The coroner is set to decide if systemic racism will be considered in the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker.
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The Tasmanian government has made the decision to cease the incarceration of children under the age of 14 in a move that...
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Legal bodies have called on the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission to take action after a police officer touched the...
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The community legal sector has called for a dedicated commissioner for Aboriginal children in Western Australia in a...
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Remote communities in Western Australia have been afforded access to free wills clinics as part of a broader project to...
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