Submission on the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety Enquiry into: Justice (Age of Criminal Responsibility) Legislation Amendment Bill 2023
Tag: justice
Bernard Collaery & Land Titles
HEARSAY 9.9.2020 Invisible Justice? While the former President of East Timor, Ramos Horta, would give hiscountry’s highest honour to our Law Society member Bernard Collaery, ourAustralian government continues Bernard’s prosecution in relation to ourAustralian government’s bugging of an East Timor government building in Dili.The charges under the National Services Act 2001 carry a maximum penalty […]
Law Council in Darwin – minimum age of criminal responsibility, and presentations by Olga Havnen, CEO Danila Dilba Health Service, and by Chief Justice of the NT Supreme Court, the Hon Michael Grant CJ – both focussing on children in detention
28 June 2019 This quarter the Law Council of Australia (LCA) meetings were hosted by the Northern Territory Law Society in Darwin. At one of these meetings, a significant policy position was reached — that the minimum age for criminal responsibility should be 14 years, and the LCA would like that policy adopted by all […]
ACT Freedom of Information Act 2016 removing rights to obtain information under the Children and Young People Act 2008
31 May 2019 Recent correspondence from the ACT Government and the Greens Party state they are united in their intention to immediately remove some of the existing rights a person has to obtain “sensitive information” about themselves held by officials under the Children and Young People Act 2008 (C&YP Act). Under the Freedom of Information […]
Blackburn Lecture by retired magistrate Karen Fryar AM on “pro bono”, presentation by retired Chief Justice of the ACT Supreme Court, the Honourable Terence Higgins AO QC, on the workings of the PNG legal system, and the constitutional basis for the Manus Island case
17 May 2019 This year Law Week was launched by the Attorney-General Gordon Ramsay MLA with some self-effacing humour and a very worthwhile reminder that we all work to protect the right to equal access to the legal system, and one of the “vital rights … we must uphold is the right to a coherent, […]
Christchurch tragedy, and Elder Abuse
22 March 2019 On behalf of the Canberra legal community, I extend sincere sympathy to our friends and neighbours in Christchurch NZ for their tragic and terrible loss. Having barely survived an earthquake, it is just too cruel for them to now have to suffer this recent horror. If you’ve been affected by this trauma, […]
Welcome to Justice Chrissa Loukas-Karlsson and Magistrate Louise Taylor
19 November 2018 On Thursday night the Society had the pleasure of giving a formal welcome to our newest judicial officers, Justice Chrissa Lukas-Karlsson and Magistrate Louise Taylor. Justice Loukas-Karlsson was appointed in March this year, and has already proven herself a valuable addition to the bench. Among the many achievements in Her Honour’s career […]