Today fourteen legal organisations wrote a letter to Police Minister Lisa Neville, expressing serious concern about Victoria Police’s failure to correctly swear in more than 1,200 police officers over the…

MEDIA RELEASE 3 March 2022Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) Content warning: this document contains discussions of abuse and trauma VALS acknowledges and pays our respects to the members of the…

DATE: Tuesday 8 March 2022TIME: 12.45pm to 2pmREGISTRATION LINK: tinyurl.com/IWDCCVALS In January, VALS published a policy paper titled “Addressing Coercive Control Without Criminalisation: Avoiding Blunt Tools that Fail Victim-Survivors”. On…

MEDIA RELEASE 19 February 2022Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) A new model for responding to public intoxication is due to take affect in November, but there are still many questions…

MEDIA RELEASE 17 February 2022Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) VALS is disappointed by the Andrews Government’s response to the landmark Our Youth, Our Way report. The Andrews Government has decided…

https://youtu.be/OKLZLQo6Gq0 An all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander panel discussion about important justice issues. In the lead up to Invasion Day 2022, VALS is hosted a panel discussion about Aboriginal…

In the lead up to Invasion Day, VALS is hosting a panel discussion about Aboriginal Self-Determination, systemic racism, ending Aboriginal deaths in custody, and protest rights. Registration link: www.tinyurl.com/ID22VALSDate: Friday…

Ms Calgaret was a kind soul and mother to her four children and her whole family. She was a proud Yamatji, Noongar, Wongi and Pitjantjatjara woman. Ms Calgaret loved her…

14 December 2021 It has been 200 days since VALS and over 50 other human rights, legal, and community organisations wrote to the Andrews Government about the need for urgent…

The 2022 election is an opportunity for Victoria’s politicians to dream big and commit to policies that will deliver for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the immediate and…