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The Board of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service support and advocate in favour of constitutional recognition of Aboriginal Australians, as the first peoples of these lands, seas skies and waterways

TALS appeared before the Legislative Council Sessional Committee for the Inquiry into Tasmanian Adult Imprisonment & Youth Detention Matters.

TALS urges the Federal and Family Court and the Tasmanian Government to find a solution to the ongoing Burnie courthouse saga.

TALS calls out the Tasmanian Government for failing to improve the health and welfare of Tasmanian Aboriginal people - with key Closing the Gap outcomes worsening in 2021-22.

The over-representation of Indigenous Australians in our prisons is shocking. Lee-Anne Carter, Community Engagement and Program Manager writes in response to the current inquiry into Tasmanian Adult Imprisonment and Youth Detention Matters,

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services (ATSILS) around Australia are calling on the federal government to deliver a $250 million emergency support package to prevent imminent service freezes and unjust incarceration of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

TALS wants the Government to resource and fund community-led solutions to address the staggering increases in the imprisonment of Aboriginal people.

TALS calls on the State Government to release actions plans and implement a transparent consultation process

TALS and its Family Violence Prevention Legal Service (SiS) participates in White Ribbon Day

TALS, with Amnesty International, participates in the Raise the Age Rally

SiS provides holistic family violence support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Tasmania.