Justice

A history of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia

By: Fiona Skyring

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In 1967, Australia voted 'yes' to equality and justice for Aboriginals, but the fatal shooting of an Aboriginal man in Laverton in 1969 demonstrated how much further there was to go. From the early 1970s, the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia has been influential in national campaigns to address the legacies of dispossession and human rights abuses. It continues to play a central role in advocating for measures to address Aboriginal deaths in custody, land rights, and the stolen generations. As a lively and multi-dimensional account, this book shows the human face of some of the Australia's major social, political, and legal reforms during the last four decades. It is the story of individuals determined to protect and defend the human rights of Aboriginal people whose rights have been routinely abused. Engaging and sometimes dramatic, this is more than simply an educational resource. It is an important contribution to histories of social justice, law reform, and Indigenous affairs, woven with oral history accounts. Justice: A History of the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia offers a distinctive insight into the collaboration between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

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Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
A New Era	p. 37
'It's time!': The start of the Aboriginal Legal Service	p. 67
New territory	p. 87
Skull Creek: The Laverton Royal Commission	p. 115
Law and language	p. 138
Land rights	p. 166
State wide	p. 195
Setting the reform agenda	p. 224
Justice on trial: The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody	p. 255
Reconciliation and the Royal Commission reports	p. 289
Mabo and mandatory sentencing: one step forward, three strikes back	p. 321
From a radical challenge to a seat at the table	p. 353
Justice in a civilised society	p. 381
Notes	p. 397
Select Bibliography	p. 429
Index	p. 437
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