Ochre Ribbon Week (12-19 February) – Don’t Silence the Violence
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Ochre Ribbon Week (12-19 February) – Don’t Silence the Violence

Don’t Silence the Violence
Ochre Ribbon Week (12-19 February) is an Aboriginal-led campaign to raise awareness of the devasting impacts of family violence in Aboriginal communities and a call for action to end the violence.
If you or someone you know is experiencing family violence it is important to seek help as soon as possible.
For 24/7 support please contact:
13YARN (for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people)
13 92 76
https://www.13yarn.org.au/
1800 RESPECT
1800 737 732
https://1800respect.org.au/
For legal assistance, call
ATSILS – 1800 012 255
Legal Aid Queensland – 1300 650 143
Queensland Indigenous Family Violence Legal Service – 1800 887 700
Community Legal Centres Queensland – 07 3392 0092
First Nations Women’s Legal Services Qld Inc – 1800 082 600
Make Queensland Fair Campaign

Make Queensland Fair Campaign

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service is partnering with key stakeholders in the social services sector to support the QCOSS led – Make Queensland Fair Campaign.

The campaign is being launched today and our CEO – Mr Shane Duffy will be there to help advocate the need for our leaders to take more meaningful action to address the cost of living emergency.

For more information and to add your voice to the campaign visit: Home – Make Queensland Fair

View the campaign launch video below:

Christmas Period 2024 – Office Closure & Service Delivery Arrangements

Christmas Period 2024 – Office Closure & Service Delivery Arrangements

From all the team, we wish you a safe and joyous Christmas and all the very best for the holiday period and the New Year.

 

To our funding bodies and all the community, partner, and stakeholder organisations we’ve had the pleasure of working with this year, we thank you for your continued support and we look forward to working with you again in 2024.

 

Our offices will be closed over the two-week Christmas and New Year’s period (Monday 25th December until Friday 5th January). However, we will continue to provide court representations for fresh arrest matters over that period as well as having an on-call team available for urgent matters.

 

For legal assistance with urgent criminal law matters during this time you contact us on our Free call number: 1800 012 255.

 

 

Once again Merry Christmas, stay safe, and stay deadly!
ATSILS Rockhampton
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ATSILS Rockhampton

Recently our Director of Sector Engagement and Communication – Graham White visited our regional office in Rockhampton to touch base with staff and key stakeholders in the justice sector.

It was a good opportunity for the team to share their local stories and challenges for service delivery in the region. Graham also met the local Youth Justice Service Centre and key NGOs critical to ATSILS service delivery. The feedback from these organisations was very positive in relation to their engagement work and dealings with the ATSILS in Rockhampton.

Our Rockhampton office delivers family, civil and criminal law services as well as Throughcare services to local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in the Central Queensland region.

ATSILS is available Freecall 24/7 for urgent criminal law matters on 1800 012 255.

Cairns: Temporary Office Closure

Cairns: Temporary Office Closure

Due to the severe weather conditions around Cairns and Far North Queensland, we advise our Cairns regional office is temporarily closed.

In the meantime, please call 1800 012 255 to contact ATSILS.
We will provide an update when the office has re-opened.

Please keep up to date with advice from emergency services and stay safe.

Stay informed | Cairns Regional Council

Great to meet with ‘Elders for Change’ in Townsville.
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Great to meet with ‘Elders for Change’ in Townsville.

CEO Shane Duffy, & Director of Communications and Sector Engagement Graham White traveled to Townsville last week to meet with local elders around opportunities for collaboration on grassroots community-led justice reinvestment (Justice Galbidera Way) initiatives to help Close the Gap. The team gave insight into the ATSILS run Throughcare program, Blue Card reforms and discussed opportunities for advocacy.

It was great to connect and share knowledge and we look forward to further engagement in the future.

Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice Events – December 2023
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Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice Events – December 2023

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Upcoming Events – North QLD

Bowen 6th December 2023 (9am – 3pm)

Mackay 7th December 2023 (9am – 3pm)

Join Cultural Support Officers from the Office of the Commissioner – Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa, for upcoming events on Torres Strait Islander traditional child-rearing practice.

Delivering Community Legal Education to Hymba Yumba Students
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Delivering Community Legal Education to Hymba Yumba Students

Members of our Brisbane CLE team were out in the community last week empowering students at the Hymba Yumba Independent School to understand their legal rights.

Pree Sharma and Michelle Rabbidge delivered the community legal education session to the deadly young group. The session focussed on teaching the jarjums about their basic rights when interacting with police, what to do if they are stopped by the police, when to seek legal advice and what to do if they are a victim of a crime.

Approximately 30 students attended and were very engaged, asking great questions along the way. ATSILS regularly delivers legal education sessions to the community as part of our Prevention, Intervention and Community Legal Education Program.

Job Vacancies – Legal Practitioners – Family/Civil Law
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Job Vacancies – Legal Practitioners – Family/Civil Law

ATSILS seeks skilled Legal Practitioners in Family Law to join our statewide team. You will join a flexible and supportive work environment with dedicated team members that allow for diverse casework. Currently, we have positions in Cairns, Hervey Bay and Ipswich.

Applications close mid-November 2023

Please visit our vacancies page to find out more or to make an application.

Job Vacancies

 

Job Vacancies – Court Support/Field Officers

Job Vacancies – Court Support/Field Officers

ATSILS seeks suitably qualified Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander candidates to fill several Court Support/Field Officer vacancies across Queensland. Currently, we have positions available in Murgon, Mt Isa, Maroochydore and Palm Island.

These identified roles are focused on supporting clients to navigate the justice system. Our dedicated workplaces support many rural and remote communities surrounding our regional office locations, servicing both adult and youth jurisdictions and regular circuit travel may be required to surrounding communities. Being a steady role model to community members is an ideal quality, as is an understanding of our clients’ rights in seeking justice.

Please visit our vacancies page to find out more or to make an application.

Job Vacancies