Join us on Wednesday March 29 from 12.45pm – 1.45pm for an online panel discussion, as part of our ‘Unlocking Victorian Justice’ webinar series. This webinar will focus on the…

Last week the Coroner found that Victoria’s bail laws were a “complete and unmitigated disaster” as part of the Inquest into the passing of Veronica Nelson. Uncle Percy Lovett, Veronica’s…

VALS is calling on the Victorian government to make urgent changes to the criminal justice system, following two weeks of startling evidence given to the Yoorrook Justice Commission. Yoorrook Commissioners…

A panel of representatives from VALS will appear before the Yoorrook Justice Commission today to call for radical change to address the ongoing harm inflicted upon First Peoples in Victoria…

 A coronial inquest will be held this week into the death of a 12-year-old Aboriginal girl who tragically died in 2019 at the Royal Children’s Hospital, after spending almost four…

VALS is delighted to announce that our Criminal Law Practice has reopened client intake at several metropolitan courts after a freeze since June 2022. VALS is now operating at Melbourne…

Empowering our clients is a core part of VALS’ purpose. Empowering our clients is crucial to breaking the generational impacts of invasion and colonisation. Today VALS made our first two…

JOINT MEDIA RELEASE 1 July 2021    This International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the Andrews Government must do better on OPCAT Last week, on the same day…

MEDIA RELEASE 1st July 2021 Uniformed Victoria Police attend Coronial Inquest for ‘security’, compounding the grief and trauma of the Thomas Family Quotes Attributable to Uncle Ray, Raymond Noel’s father…

Friday 26th March 2021 Joint Media Release from Djirra and Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service: No Justice, No Peace – It is time for a Victorian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…