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Experts condemn ‘reactionary’ WA youth justice policies as calls for federal intervention grow
Western Australian justice advocates have joined counterparts across the country...
Dechlan Brennan 17 Mar 2026
Exclusive: Families and Aboriginal Legal Service raise concerns over lockdowns at Hakea Prison
Eliana received a hurried phone call from her brother inside Hakea Prison in Per...
Natasha Clark 24 Feb 2026
CCC review sparks police dog changes in WA
Warning: This article contains an image of wounds sustained by a child attacked...
Giovanni Torre 10 Feb 2026
Menace of racial hatred must be tackled in wake of January 26 terror - Aboriginal Legal Service
The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA has backed calls for urgent action to confron...
Giovanni Torre 29 Jan 2026
Recommendations from inquest into fatal police shooting of JC can't "sit on a shelf gathering dust", advocates warn

Bernadette Clarke, the sister of JC – the 29-year-old Ngarlawangga Yamatji Martu woman fatally shot by a police officer in September, 2019 – has spoken out on the findings of the inquest i...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 3, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: WA government backs Aboriginal Legal Service with funds to keep service running after office fire

The Western Australian government has approved a $250,000 payment for the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA to support the continuation of services after fire destroyed its office on Aberdeen Street in B...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jun 16, 2025
ALS slams WA government's "tawdry political move to garner votes" with youth bail changes

The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia says the state government's proposed youth bail changes will undermine the administration of justice, increase the likelihood of children being impris...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jan 10, 2025
WA Police target Indigenous youth rehabilitation event, arresting three boys in front of other children

Police arrived without warning at a youth rehabilitation event co-run by the Aboriginal Legal Service of WA with five cars, arresting three boys participating in the program on Thursday.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Nov 14, 2024
Aboriginal Legal Service WA calls for federal action on Western Australia's youth justice crisis

The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA has called for urgent action by the federal government to address the crisis facing Western Australia's youth justice system and the basic human rights being denied...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 17, 2024
Aboriginal Legal Service WA slams minister's resistance to systemic change after death in custody

The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia says it was "devastated" to learn of the passing of the young boy overnight after he was found unresponsive in his cell at Banksia Hill Detention Cent...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Aug 30, 2024
Aboriginal Legal Service never heard back from Department after asking why Cleveland Dodd was moved to Unit 18, inquest reveals

Children in the notorious Unit 18 of Casuarina Prison are subject to racist comments and staff are ill-equipped to deal with young people, a hearing into the death of an Indigenous child has heard.

Dechlan Brennan Dechlan Brennan Jul 22, 2024
Founding member and inaugural chairman of the Kimberley Land Council, Mr Chulung, passes away

The Kimberley Land Council has acknowledged the sad passing of founding member and inaugural Chairman Mr Chulung, and extended their sincere condolences to his family.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Jul 17, 2024
ALSWA named as finalist for 2023 Australian Human Rights Awards

The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia has been named a finalist in the 2023 Australian Human Rights Commission Awards. Nominated in the Law Award category, the Aboriginal Legal Service of...

Joseph Guenzler Joseph Guenzler Oct 17, 2023
Aboriginal Legal Service WA urges action on Disability Royal Commission recommendations

WA's Aboriginal Legal Service has called for action on the findings of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability.

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Oct 2, 2023
Shocking details of alleged abuse in WA youth detention revealed in 57 letters from Aboriginal Legal Service

Almost 60 complaints from children detained at Banksia Hill Detention Centre and Unit 18 at Casuarina Prison revealing shocking details of alleged abuse have been tabled in Western Australian parliame...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 18, 2023
Aboriginal Legal Service WA slams McGowan for claim medical disorders "just an excuse" for young offenders

The Aboriginal Legal Service of WA expressed outrage on Wednesday after comments by WA Premier Mark McGowan claiming medical conditions such as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder are "just an excuse".

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre May 10, 2023
Banksia Hill detention centre officers go on strike

This report was updated at 6pm Thursday 9 March. Youth Custodial Officers at Western Australia's Banksia Hill Detention Centre have walked off the job following "another insufficient offer" from the D...

Giovanni Torre Giovanni Torre Mar 9, 2023
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