A great article by Queensland Law Society Proctor, paying tribute to Lyle Parker, one of ATSILS’s finest! …The recently retired criminal lawyer just wanted to show “people are people” and make to sure the disadvantaged and vulnerable “were treated with respect and dignity”. https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2024/08/hippie-just-focused-on-helping/
Once again our team in Cairns delivered the “Get Work Ready” community legal education workshop to IYMP (Cairns) students. The students are completing their final month of study, and this workshop helps prepare them for a successful entry into the workforce by providing timely information on their work rights, how to deal with employment disputes […]
Members of our Cairns team attended the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day event hosted by Mamu Health Service in Innisfail. It was a joy celebrating our children and getting an insight into the local community’s concerns and finding out where ATSILS may be able to target key services to be part of […]
ATSILS Solicitor Cicilia Halaholo continues to deliver Community Legal Education (CLE) sessions throughout Far North Queensland under ATSILS Respect@Work Program. The key aim of the program is to prevent workplace sexual harassment and the most recent CLE was delivered through our partnership with Indigenous Youth Mobility Pathways (IYMP) to remote students based in Cairns. […]
We stand together with our National Peak Bodies to condemn the abuse and mass incarceration of First Nations children with disability. The significant over-representation of First Nations children in custody, especially those with cognitive or intellectual disabilities, is an ongoing and well-documented national crisis. FPDN, NATSILS, ATSILS and SNAICC call upon the Qld Government to […]
Last week, ATSILS mobile legal practitioner Kevin Amantea undertook the remote court circuit in the Gulf country to assist clients and to help ensure our most remote communities have access to justice. Kevin said, ‘I enjoyed traveling to the Northwest QLD region of the Gulf of Carpentaria for work…. It was one of the most […]
ATSILS had an amazing day out at the 30th Annual Musgrave Park Family Fun Day! Over 400 people visited our NAIDOC stall, and we shared countless yarns and stories. Members of our Brisbane Team were out in force, offering advice to individuals and sharing resources to assist the community with a broad range of legal […]
ATSILS held a stall at the NAIDOC celebration at Ferny Grove State High School on Wednesday 10th July which saw approximately 2000 students and teachers come down to the oval to participate. The day was a great success with many students and teachers stopping by the stall to ask about what ATSILS does. Some students […]
Happy #NAIDOC2024 ‘Keep the Fire Burning! Blak, Loud and Proud’ celebrates the unyielding spirit of First Nations communities. This year’s deadly NAIDOC Week poster ‘Urapun Muy’ (One Fire) is by Torres Strait Islander artist Deb Belyea.
After four decades of passionate advocacy for Queensland’s most vulnerable people and significant contributions to justice, including his work with ATSILS and the Fitzgerald Inquiry, esteemed lawyer Lyle Parker has retired. Lyle is affectionately known amongst his ATSILS’ colleagues as “The Bail King” – to quote Lewis Shillito, our Director of Criminal Law: “mostly because he would get […]