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InWhatCircumstancesCanYouApplyForReview
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In what circumstances can you apply to review a government decision and Grounds for judicial review ADJR Act and State equivalents Judicial review principles ...
TypesOfReviewAvailable
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Types of review available for government decisions and Commonwealth Commonwealth government administrative actions or decisions may be tackled in the following...
RulesForGovernmentDecisionMaking
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Rules for government decision making and Introduction The bulk of government administration is carried out by state and commonwealth government departments. Ea...
NTContactPointsAndOtherResources
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Contact points and other resources and Native Title Contacts National Native Title Tribunal (The National Native Title Tribunal is an independent agency. The ...
AboriginalSites
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Aboriginal sites and Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) The provisions of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 1972 (WA) (“the AHA”) are dealt with below. They are parti...
AboriginalReserves
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Aboriginal Reserves and Western Australia has never had land rights legislation as such. An Aboriginal Land Rights Bill was introduced into the State Parliament...
NativeTitleLaw
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Native Title Law and The Mabo Decision In June 1992 the High Court handed down its decision in the case of Mabo v the State of Queensland [1992] HCA 23; (1992) 175 CLR 1 (“Ma...
ATSIContactPoints
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Contact points and other resources and Legal Services * ALS of WA (Head Office)7 Aberdeen StreetPerth WA 6000Ph: (08) 9265 6666Toll free: 1800 019 900A/H Ph...
ATSILegalAssistanceInWA
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Legal assistance in WA and ALSWA The Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia (Inc) – often abbreviated to ALSWA or ALS – was established in 1973. ALSWA i...
ATSIDiscrimination
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Discrimination and Discrimination and racial and vilification remain a daily fact of life for many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander individuals. Both the S...
AboriginalChildrenAndTheLaw
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Aboriginal children and the law and Care and protection The Children and Communities Services Act 2004 (WA) (“CCSA”) is the primary piece of legislation in WA ...
ATSICriminalLaw
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Criminal law and Criminal procedure In Western Australia the Commissioner of Police has produced written guidelines for police officers to use in their work. T...
ATSIFamilyLaw
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Family law and In the family law jurisdiction, when the Court determines what is in the best interests of the child, one of the additional considerations that t...
KeyEventsAffectingATSIJusticeIssues
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Key events affecting ATSI justice issues and For a summary of key legal and political events impacting on Aboriginal people in WA since colonisation, see the bo...
AboriginalTraditionalLore
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Aboriginal traditional lore and For thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans in Australia, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples had well deve...
ATSIIntroduction
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Introduction and Terminology The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples recognises the different cultural groups still existing in WA. This diversi...
IntroContactPoints
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Contact points and other resources and The following list of relevant sites is by no means exhaustive, but does give a series of jumping off points: * For Co...
FindingTheLaw
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Finding the law and A self represented litigant needs to be able to find out what the law really is in any given circumstances. This will mean studying Statutes...
Selfrepresentation
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Self representation and The fact that lawyers are very expensive is no secret. Many people who get involved in civil disputes or who are charged with criminal o...
Tribunals
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Tribunals and Tribunals are not part of the judiciary. They are dispute resolution bodies set up under laws passed by parliament and they are under the control ...
WhosWhoInTheCourts
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Who's who in the courts and All Courts have a basically similar makeup. If you enter a court, you will find that the judge or magistrate is raised above all oth...
TheCourtsCommonwealthCourts
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The Courts: Commonwealth courts and Federal Circuit Court of Australia The Federal Circuit Court jurisdiction includes family law and child support, administra...
TheCourtsStateCourts
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The Courts: State courts and As there are both State and Commonwealth governments in Western Australia, there are both State and Commonwealth courts. Magistrat...
TheAdversarialSystem
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The adversarial system and Legal disputes in Australia are resolved by way of an adversarial system. This means that the two parties to the dispute are each res...
SeparationOfPowers
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Separation of powers and The division of government into three separate areas with separate powers and responsibilities is known as the doctrine of Separation o...
WhoMakesTheLaw
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Who makes the law? and The answer, at least theoretically, is that as we are a representative democracy, we do! We elect people to speak for us in the parliamen...
WhatIsALegalSystem
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What is a legal system? and A Legal System is the complete social structure that makes, oversees and enforces those rules. The Australian Legal System is made u...
WhatIsLaw
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What is 'law'? and People have a fairly clear idea about what “law” is. Generally, people see law as sets of rules. Any group of people that has to live togethe...
AboutTheWALegalSystem
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About the WA Legal System and The purpose of this introductory chapter is to provide a broad overview of the basic components of the Western Australian Legal Sy...
Resources
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Resources and Courts Tribunals Family Court of Western Australia Daily Court List Supreme Court of Western Australia Government Offices WA Department o...
AppealsAndReviews
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Appeals and Reviews and Appeals against a decision of a Magistrate and reviews of a decision made by a Registrar Subject to permission to appeal being necessar...
ApplicationProcedureForParentingAndFinancialOrders
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Procedure for applications for Parenting and Financial Orders in the Family Court and Making an application Pre action procedures Before a party makes an appl...
DeFactoRelationshipsShortRelationships
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De Facto Relationships that ended before 1 December 2002 or were of less than 2 years' duration and In Western Australia, the Family Court does not hear dispute...
PropertyAndSpousalMaintenace
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Property and spousal maintenance and In Western Australia this section applies to: * married parties; and * also to parties to a de facto relationship whi...
ChildSupport
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Child Support and Child Support is money paid by one parent (the 'payer') to the other (the 'payee') for the day to day living expenses of their child. All pare...
FamilyHMChildren
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Children and What law applies Where the dispute concerns the welfare of children whose parents are or have been married, the Commonwealth Family Law Act 1975 a...
HowToMakeAComplaint
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How to make a complaint? and A complaint can be lodged by sending a letter to the relevant Committee Secretariat or can be lodged by email (see contact details ...
WhySeekInternationalRemedies
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Why seek international remedies? and The most obvious reason for seeking an international remedy is that it provides another option if no remedy is available un...
UsefulLinks
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Useful links and Mental Health Law Centre Community legal centre that provides free legal advice and representation to people who experience mental health issue...
MentallyImpairedAccused
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Mentally impaired accused and Persons accused of a criminal offence who suffer from a significant mental impairment may be managed under the Criminal Law (Menta...
Family
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Family and * Definitions * Marriage * De Facto Relationships * Breakdown of a Marriage or De Facto Relationship * Separation and Divorce * Chi...
WhatHumanRightsAreProtected
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What human rights are protected? and The international community has agreed to protect certain human rights that are outlined in a number of international human...
SeparationAndDivorce
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Separation and divorce and Separation Separation is when the parties no longer live together as partners. There is no such thing as a “legal separation”. Partn...
PatientsRights
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Patient's rights and A person has a right to be provided an explanation of their rights under the Act in the following circumstances: 1 When admitted to hosp...
TreatmentOfPatients
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Treatment of patients and The manner in which a person can be provided treatment will depend on what type of patient the person is for the purposes of the Act. ...
DeFactoRelationships
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De Facto Relationships and What is a de facto relationship? A de facto relationship exists when two persons are in a relationship which has marriage like quali...
Legislation
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Legislation and The Mental Health Act 2014 (WA) (the Act) came in to force on 30 November 2015. This new legislation brought with it a greater focus on meeting ...
MentalHealth
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Mental Health and This chapter provides a brief summary of the relevant provisions of the Mental Health Act 2014 (WA) focusing on the rights of patients subject...
Marriage
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Marriage and Who may marry A marriage is, in legal terms, the union between two people at the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life. This,...
FamilyDefinitions
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Definitions and Marriages Marriages are regulated by the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) which is a Commonwealth law. It sets out who may marry, who may perform marri...
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