Our team in Mackay do a great job for the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and offer quality Civil, Criminal and Family legal assistance and representation. The team are committed to protecting and advancing the legal rights of the many mobs in the region and have a particular passion in working with […]
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Our Bundaberg office deliver a range of Criminal, Civil and Family law services to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in the Wide Bay region. The Bundy team are committed to ensuring the local community understand their legal rights and last week, they gave up some of their valuable time to participate in the […]
ATSILS CEO Shane Duffy on ABC Speaking Out discussing the need for a new approach to crime and punishment. “…instead of looking at our mob as the problem, look at us as the solution.” As the Royal Commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory continues, legal rights advocates have called on governments to rethink […]
Recently the Communications and Sector Engagement team met with a range of stakeholders across the justice, health, community and child protection sectors in the Wide Bay region. The team gained valuable insights into some of the significant justice issues impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities from a range of perspectives. Engaging regularly with community […]
Our team in Hervey Bay work tirelessly to advance and protect the legal rights of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Fraser Coast region. With limited resources they go above and beyond to raise the profile of the service throughout the community and ensure the people of Maryborough and Hervey Bay […]
Chelsea, Josie and Kevin from our Toowoomba office were out in the local community for Close The Gap Day. The team hosted a stall at the University of Southern Queensland campus and had a great day showing support for this important cause whilst raising awareness of our broad range of services. The ever widening justice […]
Addressing violence against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and rising imprisonment rates requires a nuanced approach, according to Antoinette Braybrook and Shane Duffy, Co-Chairs of the Change the Record Coalition. This article is part of a #JustJustice series running at Croakey this week to coincide with Guardian Australia’s Breaking the Cycle project (which is […]
Mossman – Kuranda – Yarrabah Staff from our Brisbane office ventured to Cairns, Mossman Kuranda & Yarrabah recently to meet with community members including representatives from the local justice groups. The team shared legal education resources related to blue card applications, provided information sessions and application assistance for the Royal Commission into Child Abuse and discussed […]
Pictured here are Melda, Sarah, Robyn and Tegan, four of our finest aspiring Indigenous lawyers from the Cairns office. These ladies work with ATSILS across our Court Support and Paralegal roles, strengthening their commitment to social justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people whilst on their path to legal practice. Melda, Sarah and Robyn […]