Aboriginal Legal Service
Aboriginal Legal Service organizations were founded by Aboriginal people in the late 1960s . It was either lawyers or personalities interested in solving problems for Aborigines who founded the Aboriginal Legal Services.
These new organizations dealt with legal, social, and family problems that Aboriginal people got into. They provided support for prevention and helped in conflicts with applicable laws.
The first municipal Aboriginal Legal Service was established in Australia in 1971 in Redfern , a district of Sydney . One of the founders was Paul Coe , an attorney, and Gary Foley , a writer and doctorate in history. Further organizations arose in all federal states of Australia. In addition to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS), there are the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women's Legal Services , the Family Violence Prevention Legal Services (FVPLS) (legal aid for families) and the Community Legal Centers (regional legal aid) and the Legal Aid Commission (legal aid commission).
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, there were eight such legal services and nine Aboriginal legal services at the end of June 2008, and there are regional aid centers in 179 communities in Australia and Tasmania . The 196 organizations employed 5,108 people in June 2008, including 1,713 lawyers admitted to higher and lower courts. Employee income was $ 733.2 million from 2007 to 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Frank E Guivarra: INDIGENOUS LAW AND JUSTICE: NEW CHALLENGES. (PDF; 161 KB) Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative Ltd., September 12, 2004, archived from the original on May 14, 2005 ; accessed on October 8, 2013 .
- ↑ Legal Help: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services ( memento of October 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on July 14, 2009.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics , accessed July 14, 2009.