NATSILS Media Release: NATSILS welcomes commitments as over 100 organisations call for next Federal Government to retain the Indigenous Legal Assistance Program
The National Peak Body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) has released an open letter from over 100 organisations calling for the next Federal Government to commit to retaining the Indigenous Legal Assistance Program (ILAP).
NATSILS Media Release: Abandoning standalone Commonwealth Indigenous Legal Assistance Program after 50 year long commitment threatens self-determination and cultural safety
The National Peak Body for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services welcomes the overturning of the planned and ongoing cuts to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, introduced in a 2013 ongoing savings measure.
NATSILS Media Release: Independent Review shows Attorney-General must urgently support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services to end over-incarceration and legal injustices
NATSILS urges the Attorney-General to take immediate action on the findings of the Government’s Independent Review into the Indigenous Legal Assistance Programme (ILAP). NATSILS welcomes the report and is calling for the Government to overturn impending $10 million in cuts from next year and urgently inject funds to end mass incarceration and legal injustices including housing and child protection.