11-13 October 2013, Sydney – Australian Judicial Officers Association

Opening

Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir, Governor of New South Wales

Keynote address

Chief Justice Tom Bathurst, Supreme Court of New South Wales Separation of Powers: Reality or Desirable Fiction? (pdf) (119KB)

Royal Commissions – The Practicalities

The Hon Neville Owen QC Royal Commissions: The Practicalities (pdf) (60KB)
The Hon Bernard Teague
Commentator: Justice Lucy McCallum
Chair: Justice Robert Beech-Jones

Welcome drinks and Reception: Sir Stamford at Circular Quay Hotel

Federal Responses Human Rights

Father Frank Brennan, SJ The Practical Outcomes of the National Human Rights Consultation (pdf) (1.0MB)
Professor George Williams
Chair: Justice Hilary Penfold

Concurrent Evidence and the Alternatives

Justice Steven Rares Using the ‘Hot Tub’: How Concurrent Expert Evidence Aids Understanding Issues (pdf) (115KB)
Magistrate David Heilpern
Judge Michael Rackemann
Chair: Justice Steven Rares

Dinner: Australian Museum

After-dinner Speaker: Justice Virginia Bell

Indigenous Offenders – Sentencing and Custody Arrangements

Judge Stephen Norrish Sentencing Indigenous Offenders: Not Enough ‘Judicial Notice’? (pdf) (258KB)
Luke Grant, Assistant Commissioner of Corrective Services, NSW
Chair: Chief Justice Alan Blow

Whither Solution-Focussed Judging?

Deputy Chief Magistrate Jelena Popovic
Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg
Chair: Justice Hilary Hannam, Family Court of Australia