‘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...

15 May 2024

By Grace Robbie

‘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...

06 May 2024

By Lauren Croft

‘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...

25 March 2024

By Lauren Croft

ALS calls for immediate action following LECC report

Urgent action is needed to mitigate a “systemic problem” of police interviewing vulnerable people against their...

18 December 2023

By Lauren Croft

Aboriginal Legal Service elects new chair

A Kamilaroi and Ngunnawal man has been elected by the board of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) as its new...

04 September 2023

By Jerome Doraisamy

BigLaw firm, CLCs combine to launch free wills clinic in WA

A national law firm and a number of community legal services and pro bono lawyers have joined forces to provide free...

26 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

Real-time deaths in custody measure does not go far enough, legal orgs say

The Albanese government has confirmed it will establish real-time reporting of all deaths in custody, with a dashboard...

23 June 2023

By Lauren Croft

The ALS freeze is ‘catastrophic’ and ‘appalling’

After the ALS was forced to freeze services across NSW last week, lawyers and legal organisations have called for...

22 May 2023

By Lauren Croft

Discrimination claim against ALS over vaccine mandate dismissed

A former Aboriginal Legal Service employee has had his case against the ALS dismissed after he claimed he was...

08 May 2023

By Lauren Croft

Inquest into Indigenous death may consider systemic racism

The coroner is set to decide if systemic racism will be considered in the inquest into the death of Kumanjayi...

12 September 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

NSW and ACT must follow Tasmania’s lead in raising the age of criminal responsibility

The Tasmanian government has made the decision to cease the incarceration of children under the age of 14 in a move...

15 June 2022

By Jerome Doraisamy

LECC urged to take action following ‘disgraceful misconduct’ by NSW police officer

Legal bodies have called on the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission to take action after a police officer touched the...

11 April 2022

By Lauren Croft

AFLS calls for dedicated commissioner for Aboriginal children

The community legal sector has called for a dedicated commissioner for Aboriginal children in Western Australia in a...

31 January 2022

By Lauren Croft

Free wills clinics offered to remote communities

Remote communities in Western Australia have been afforded access to free wills clinics as part of a broader project to...

16 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

NSW state care system ‘not good enough’

Legal bodies and services for Aboriginal children have criticised the NSW government for failing to work adequately...

10 November 2021

By Lauren Croft

WA open to tenders for Aboriginal legal services

Western Australia’s Department of Justice is currently seeking tenders for an Aboriginal community-controlled...

08 November 2021

By Naomi Neilson

Death of Aboriginal man to be subject of coronial inquiry

The family of a Gomeroi man found dead this week is demanding answers about his death and final...

14 October 2021

By Lauren Croft

Discretion must be exercised when issuing COVID-19 fines

Legal bodies have called on the NSW authorities to exercise caution when issuing COVID-19 fines, as they have the...

27 August 2021

By Lauren Croft

Former Aboriginal Legal Service solicitor joins WA’s District Court

Attorney-General John Quigley has confirmed an experienced solicitor and counsel has taken to the bench of the Western...

19 August 2021

By Emma Musgrave

ALS ‘extremely concerned’ Aboriginal people will be targeted by Operation Stay at Home

The Aboriginal Legal Service has expressed fear that efforts by the NSW Police Force to reduce the spread of COVID-19...

17 August 2021

By Jerome Doraisamy