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NATSILS expectations from Budget 2016

In the lead up to the 2016 Federal Budget, NATSILS look forward to the Government showing leadership by providing funding certainty to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS).

Senate Inquiry into the indefinite detention of people with a cognitive or psychiatric impairment in Australia

The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) have today given evidence to the Senate Inquiry into the indefinite detention of people with cognitive and psychiatric impairment in Australia.

25 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody

This morning NATSILS Deputy Chairperson Cheryl Axleby gathered in Canberra with the Change the Record Coalition members to discuss the lack of progress on this important issue.

NATSILS welcomes Labor commitment to closing the justice gap

Today National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) has welcomed Labor’s commitment to addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples imprisonment rates and experiences of violence.

NATSILS says UPR provides an important opportunity to address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander imprisonment rates

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) hopes that the UPR will place a spotlight on the issue of the over representation of  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the criminal justice system.

NT Youth Detention Must be Urgently Addressed

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) the peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) has today called for urgent steps to be taken to address the issues raised in the NT Children’s Commissioner’s alarming report into incidents at the Don Dale Youth Detention in August 2014.

NATSILS meet to discuss critical issues facing Aboriginal and Torrres Strait Islander communities

Today leaders from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) around Australia met to discuss crucial issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

NATSILS meet to discuss critical issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Today leaders from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) around Australia met to discuss crucial issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

Video of NATSILS at UN Speaking on Indigenous Imprisonment

NATSILS Chair Shane Duffy speaking about a side event hosted by NATSILS at the UN. Shane Duffy and Eddie Cubillo will be speaking about Change the Record, a campaign which aims to provide solutions to the problem of Indigenous imprisonment rates.

NATSILS funding secured

Today National and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) welcomed the restoration of its funding after one and a half years of uncertainty about its future.