Aboriginal Legal Service Nsw
The Aboriginal Legal Service has welcomed judicial condemnation of the "unacceptable and deeply concerning treatment" of one of the agency's young clients in ACT police custody.
The NSW/ACT Aboriginal Legal Service says new figures showing rising Aboriginal incarceration demonstrates the NSW government's failure to prevent crime and make communities safer.
The number of young Aboriginal people in custody in New South Wales increased almost 22 per cent in the last year as new youth bail laws have taken effect.
Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT has issued a call for support from the community to keep the vital service alive. ALS NSW/ACT Principal Legal Officer Nadine Miles told National Indigenous Times on Tu...
Nestled next to Redfern oval, in one of the most historic and culturally important inner-city areas for Aboriginal people in the country, the headquarters of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) is...
Senator Lidia Thorpe has expressed disappointment at the legal assistance package put forward by the National Cabinet, saying without further funding, legal services will continue to struggle to meet...
Company Directors of the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) have appointed a new Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson to lead the organisation's governance and strategic direction.
A new report from the NSW Ombudsman released Friday - Protecting children at risk: an assessment of whether the Department of Communities and Justice is meeting its core responsibilities - has reveale...
The peak Indigenous legal service in New South Wales has criticised the passing of new knife laws in state parliament, saying they warned parliamentarians last month the legislation would give "extrem...
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has joined a number of crossbenchers in urging the government to uphold the integrity of the International Criminal Court.
Legal and Human Rights groups are urging the rejection or amendment of new 'wanding' knife laws being debated in New South Wales parliament this week, arguing they will give police "extraordinary" pow...
More legal and advocacy groups have expressed dismay at planned changes to New South Wales' bail laws for children, labelling the move "misguided" and unlikely to make the community safer.
Indigenous advocacy groups including the Aboriginal Legal Service of NSW/ACT warn that the New South Wales government's planned changes to bail laws for children will fail to reduce crime and end in d...