CAWLS Holiday Closure Information

CAWLS HOLIDAY CLOSURE INFORMATION 🎄🕛 📍 Alice Springs & Tennant Creek Offices 📅 Closed from midday Friday 23 December 2022 👋 Reopening on Tuesday 3 January 2023 at 8:30am If you need assistance during our closed period, know there is always help at hand 🙏 ℹ️ For Police assistance, contact the Northern Territory Police, Fire…

Sisters in Law | 14 December 2022

ℹ️ Yesterday, ‘Sisters in Law’ host and CAWLS lawyer, Sarah, welcomed NT Attorney-General, The Hon Chansey Paech: Member for Gwoja MLA, to the 8CCC studios for the last episode of 2022 🎙️ Minister Paech and Sarah discussed recent legislative changes to the Anti-Discrimination Act, the minimum age of criminal responsibility and mandatory sentencing laws ⚖️…

#SaveSorryBusiness

💵 Youpla, (formerly trading as Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund or ACBF), is a funeral insurance provider, which sold itself with Aboriginal imagery, messaging and staff over several decades, despite not having any Indigenous owners for the majority of that time. 📢 Earlier this year, CAWLS shared the news that the company became insolvent, leaving 17,000…

Sisters in Law | 7 December 2022

ℹ️ ‘Sisters in Law’ hosts and Central Australian Women’s Legal Service lawyers, Sarah & Meaghan, were in the studio today, discussing how to plan for safety + domestic violence concerns in preparation for the holiday season 🎄⚖️   ⏯️📱 If you missed the episode, you can listen back via Spotify, TuneIn, Google Play and other…

Appointment of New CAWLS CEO, Anna Ryan

📢 The CAWLS Board are today pleased to announce, the appointment of Anna Ryan as the new Chief Executive Officer of the Central Australian Women’s Legal Service. 🗣️ Anna has been employed with CAWLS since 2011 and currently holds the position of ‘Legal Practice Manager & Principal Lawyer’. Anna’s previous experience includes working as a…

Sisters in Law | 2 November 2022

ℹ️ This week on ‘Sisters in Law’, CAWLS lawyer Sarah E, took to the airwaves to speak with Annie Taylor from NT Shelter about the Australian Government Productivity Commission’s report into the ‘National Housing and Homelessness Agreement’. The pair also discussed the recently announced increase in funding for housing in the Federal Budget 📢🏘️ 🗣️…