Newsletter date: 13 September 2015
Contents:
* News Analysis: Susan Browning, ABC News: Tasmania's new Indigenous legal service provider 'not available' when needed, community worker claims
* Change.org Petition: Reinstate funding to the Aboriginal Legal Service in Tasmania
* Homepage: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc: http://tacinc.com.au/
* About: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc - About Us: http://tacinc.com.au/about-us/
* facebook: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre - Community Organization: https://www.facebook.com/TasmanianAboriginalCentre
* Background
News Analysis: Amy McQuire, New Matilda: Defunding Of Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service Provider Criticised As 'Political Decision'
WGAR Background: Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget
WGAR Background: Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody
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- News Analysis
ABC News: Tasmania's new Indigenous legal service provider 'not available' when needed, community worker claims
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-12/aboriginal-people-miss-out-on-lega...
12 Sep 15: "Indigenous people in Tasmania who are seeking legal assistance are missing out on representation now that a Victorian service provider is in charge, according to the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC). ... Community worker for the centre, Sara Maynard, said the TAC was dealing with people every week who did not know who to turn to. "[We have] engaged other services like the Legal Aid Commission and other service providers like private lawyers and the Women's Legal Service to assist Aboriginal people because the new service provider, you can't even get them on the phone, they don't respond to your emails and they're just not available," she said. ... " By Susan Browning
- Petition
Change.org Petition: Reinstate funding to the Aboriginal Legal Service in Tasmania
Petitioning Federal Attorney General, Senator George Brandis
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc
https://www.change.org/p/federal-attorney-general-senator-george-brandis...
"Give us back our Legal Service!
The Australian Prime Minister - Tony Abbott and Attorney General - George Brandis have de-funded the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre’s (TAC) legal service program (Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service) after 42 years of service to our community.
The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre had no warning of the decision and have been given only three weeks to close the Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service. There are no compliance breaches and the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has an impeccable financial record. The TAC ALS funding application agreed to meet every criteria set down by the Attorney General’s Department, especially given our experience after 42 years of doing everything properly. ...
Community controlled and run Aboriginal organisations throughout Australia have always believed that this means that it is only the local Aboriginal people who are fully involved in delivering services to our own people in our own communities. ... "
- Homepage
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc:
http://tacinc.com.au/
- About
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre Inc - About Us
http://tacinc.com.au/about-us/
"The TAC is an Aboriginal community organisation developed in the early 1970s and funded by the federal government since 1973. It was incorporated as the Aboriginal Information Service in November 1973 and changed its name to Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) in August 1977. TAC represents the political and community development aspirations of the Tasmanian Aboriginal community. ... Some of its main achievements include: ... "
Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre - Community Organization, facebook
https://www.facebook.com/TasmanianAboriginalCentre
"The TAC was set up in the early nineteen seventies to provide a voice, and hope, for Tasmanian Aborigines. It remains the largest Aboriginal community organisation in Tasmania. For information on services and programs please see the website. http://www.tacinc.com.au/ "
- Background
New Matilda: Defunding Of Tasmanian Aboriginal Legal Service Provider Criticised As 'Political Decision'
https://newmatilda.com/2015/06/17/defunding-tasmanian-aboriginal-legal-s...
WGAR Background: Aboriginal Peoples and the impact of the Federal Budget
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-aboriginal-peoples-a...
(last updated: 15 July 2015)
WGAR Background: Justice Reinvestment, Aboriginal imprisonment and Aboriginal deaths in custody
https://indymedia.org.au/2014/12/24/wgar-background-justice-reinvestment...
(last updated: 5 September 2015)
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WGAR: Working Group for Aboriginal Rights (Australia)
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