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DHS Says 'Operation Rotten Apple' Netted 2,100 Arrests in New York. Legal Aid Groups Say Latinos Most Affected

DHS says its NY sweep netted 2,100+ arrests. Data show most ICE detainees have no criminal record, and Latino neighborhoods say they bore the brunt.

Latin Times · Sep 2

John Swinney to probe legal aid award in Outer Hebrides dog cafe row

JOHN Swinney has said he will probe whether the Scottish Legal Aid Board was right to fund a case by an American woman over a row about her dog not…

The National (Scotland) · Sep 1

US woman at centre of dog-ban legal battle with island group breaks silence

THE American woman who is at the centre of a fierce legal battle with two community organisations in the Outer Hebrides has broken her silence on…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 27

New funding for Legal Aid 'wholly inadequate', top law council says

Homeless services are set to receive millions in the next ACT budget.

The Canberra Times · May 25

Beau Lamarre-Condon’s mother charged after allegedly attempting to influence key witness in double murder trial

Coleen Lamarre, 63, charged with perverting the course of justice in relation to trial over alleged murders of Luke Davies and Jesse Baird

The Guardian - AU · Apr 29

Morning Mail: Trump claims ‘productive’ peace talks with Iran, ‘unacceptable’ Legal Aid move, Easter chocolate shrinkflation

US president calls halt to bombing and says Iran wants to ‘make a deal’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23

Queensland government criticised over ‘absurd’ decision to appoint former police officer to Legal Aid board

Barrister who represented Indigenous Palm Island community says appointing Darren Robinson to the Legal Aid board is a ‘slap in the face to the family of Mulrunji Doomadgee’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 23

Morning Mail: threats of escalation from US and Tehran; outrage over Legal Aid appointee; outsourced workers treated ‘like battery hens’

Iran threatens to destroy Middle East infrastructure; former detective joins Queensland’s Legal Aid board; outsourced ATO workers allege poor working conditions

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22

Queensland government ‘opens old wounds’ as police officer criticised after Palm Island riots appointed to Legal Aid board

Exclusive: Townsville lawyer and former detective Darren Robinson’s appointment by attorney general Deb Frecklington has ‘brought back a lot of trauma’ for Indigenous community

The Guardian - AU · Mar 22

Woman stays mum over cop assault, leaving kids in car

A woman has stayed silent outside court about allegedly assaulting an off-duty cop who spoke to her about leaving four children in a shopping centre car park.

AAP · Jan 15