History made with first Aboriginal magistrates appointed in SA

The South Australian government has, for the first time, sworn in two First Nations people to our state’s judiciary. Both are highly qualified, professional female lawyers.

Lana Chester is a senior youth court lawyer with more than 25 years of experience in criminal law in the Legal Services Commission (LSC), and Natalie Brown has nearly 20 years experience in both private practice and within the LSC.

South Australian Attorney-General and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs

Kyam Maher said he hoped the two former Aboriginal Cadets would inspire more Aboriginal people to follow in their footsteps.

“For the decades and centuries that we’ve had the state of South Australia and the colony that preceded it, we haven’t had Aboriginal people as part of our judiciary at any level of our courts,” he said.