AFLS Geraldton hosts free event alongside Shine Lawyers

Aug 28, 2024

Our Geraldton Legal Team, in partnership with Shine Lawyers, hosted a free information session last week focusing on the First Nations Child Removal Class Action.

This work is hugely important in promoting the need for intervention and justice against the discriminatory practices of forced child removals by the Department of Child Protection, the separation of aboriginal children from family and culture, and the ongoing damage this causes.

It also recognises the family members who are unfairly denied care of their grandchildren and/or young relatives in favour of the Department’s contracted Out of Home Care system or general foster carers, often placing children away from their Country.

This action is directly related to the needs of our local aboriginal community, care and protection, and at the core of what the AFLS Legal Team practices. The event, led by our Managing Solicitor Amy Bowlay and Family Advocate Marcia Phillips.