Media Release – VALS Submission to the Victorian Law Reform Commission on Committal Proceedings.
VALS believes that committal proceedings are an essential component of the criminal process, because of their critical function in ensuring the right to a fair trial. Cross-examination of witnesses at this early stage in the proceedings provides a vital opportunity to facilitate disclosure and test the prosecution’s case. In light of entrenched systemic racism in […]
Media Release – VALS and Robinson Gill Lawyers Joint Media Release: “Significant Supreme Court Win for Victim of Police Brutality”
This is a joint-statement signed by Nerita Waight, Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) and Jeremy King, Principal Lawyer on behalf of Robinson Gill Lawyers, in response to this morning’s Supreme Court Judgment of Her Honour Justice Richards. Today, Her Honour found that in April 2015 Eathan Cruse was assaulted and […]
Media Release – ”Tireless advocacy by the Day family leads to decriminalisation of public drunkeness.”
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) welcomes the announcement of the Attorney-General to decriminalise public drunkenness and replace it with a health-based response. A full media statement can be located below.Media Release Media contact:Patrick Warner ([email protected]) and Isabel Robinson ([email protected])
Lack Of Funding Forces Aboriginal Children’s Legal Service To Close
A culturally appropriate legal service specifically established to give Aboriginal children in Victoria a voice in their legal proceedings will be forced to close its doors on Friday 28 September 2018 after no ongoing funding has come forward from State or Commonwealth governments. VALS understand that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children move in and […]
MEDIA RELEASE : Royal Commission on Family Violence
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service call on Daniel Andrews’ Government to reaffirm its commitment to implementing all of the Family Violence Royal Commission recommendations, particularly as it relates to recommendation 146. Media Release