Legal Services
Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek has defended new legislation which would allow welfare payments to be cancelled for people accused of serious crimes, describing criticism of the move as "unbe...
The peak body for Indigenous legal services has joined more than 20 organisations in urging the Northern Territory Government to implement all recommendations from the coronial inquest into the shooti...
Legal and justice experts and Senator Lidia Thorpe have warned of the danger proposed NT laws represent to children in the Territory. Senator Thorpe, a Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung independent...
The New South Wales government is failing to fund life-saving legal services amid "unprecedented" changes to the court system, the state's peak Indigenous legal service says.
The Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service (QIFVLS) will host the third annual Overcoming Indigenous Family Violence Forum on the Gold Coast next month, followed by an on-Country workshop...
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has called on the federal government to fund universal access to therapeutic bail support, mirroring calls from more than 90 legal, human rights and Indigenous organis...
Kimberley Community Legal Services and Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre have secured the right to use P! nk's 'What About Us' in the US Without Abuse campaign.
Aboriginal Family Legal Services is commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Ochre Ribbon Campaign, a national initiative dedicated to raising awareness of family and domestic violence in Aboriginal...
The Northern Territory government must ensure proposed amendments to the Care and Protection of Children Act uphold the rights and wellbeing of Aboriginal children by working closely with Family Viole...
The 'US Without Abuse' Campaign, led by Kimberley Community Legal Services in partnership with Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, was launched on Monday.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services will receive more than $160 million in funding from next year, the mid-year budget papers have revealed.
The passing of legislation that will see children as young as ten spend their life in prison for some crimes will only make communities less safe, the peak body for Indigenous community-controlled leg...
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...