The Guardian • Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS)
Issue #2107
Victoria: closure of two prisons recognition of state violence towards Aboriginal people
Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) has welcomed the announcement of the closure of Port Phillip and Dhurringile prisons, saying that prisons represent sites of significant...
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Issue #2147
Victoria’s budget slammed for ‘fiscal injustice and bad policy’
The Victorian government is celebrating a Budget they say is “Focused On What Matters Most,” but from the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service’s (VALS) point of...
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Issue #2165
Pseudo-cops
The City of Melbourne council has embarked upon a law enforcement experiment that involves security guards carrying out policing functions that on-the-beat officers usually perform...
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Issue #2181
Reforms make culture and community a priority
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) has welcomed the passage of the Children, Youth & Families (Stability) Bill 2025 (Stability Bill). VALS calls the legislation...
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Issue #2204
Victorian police officers charged over arrest of Aboriginal man
The Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS) has welcomed the announcement that, the state’s Independent Broad-based Anti-corruption Commission (IBAC) has criminally charged two police officers involved...
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Issue #2202
Victoria erodes human rights in prisons
The Victorian government has passed a Bill in the Lower House which strips away one of the most basic human rights for people in Victorian...
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Issue #2189
Aboriginal solutions ignored in Victorian Budget
The Victorian government has delivered its first state budget following its commitment to First Peoples through Statewide Treaty. The 2026/27 budget is being heralded as...
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Issue #2170
Treaty is the only path forward
As the Statewide Treaty Bill was debated in Parliament, the Liberal party announced not only that they would repeal it within the first 100 days...
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