Media Releases
26/05/2016
Sorry Day 2016
It’s Sorry Day and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (NATSILS) acknowledges the pain and continued suffering of those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children forcibly removed from their families and from country since Invasion.
23/05/2016
Proposed youth bail reform in the NT will condemn our children to a life of institutionalisation
These proposed bail laws, coupled with the other inequities and challenges already within the system, will condemn our children to a life of institutionalisation and cause further harm to our kids at a time when the rate of suicide and self-harm amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children has reached crisis levels, says the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ... Read More
12/05/2016
Family violence funding: How do we pick one victim over another?
NATSILS’ Chairperson, Mr Wayne Muir said ‘Funding $10million per year for the Legal Assistance Sector is a start and it is good to see that the Federal Government is taking these steps, but more is needed if Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander victims are to be protected.
10/05/2016
The loss of a unified voice for Australia’s First Peoples will deliver a devastating silence
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (NATSILS) is disappointed that the Federal Government will not demonstrate their commitment to the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples (National Congress) to unify Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations across the country.
03/05/2016
Budget 2016-17 denies many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people access to justice
The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service (NATSILS) is deeply concerned that the Federal Government is decreasing the funding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) in the 2016-17 Budget.
02/05/2016
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).
29/04/2016
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.
15/04/2016
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.
19/11/2015
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.
06/11/2015
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.