28 Nov 2014 AUSTRALIAN JUDGES GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT INTERFERENCE WITH TIMOR-LESTE JUDICIARY The President of Australia’s representative body for Australia’s judiciary, the Judicial Conference of Australia…
19 Jun 2014 PROCESSES OF JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS The Judicial Conference of Australia is currently reviewing the process of selection of appointees to judicial office…
26 Mar 2014 CONFIDENTIALITY OF DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN HEADS OF COURTS AND GOVERNMENTS ON JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS The maintenance of confidentiality of discussions between judges who are heads of jurisdiction and members of executive…
30 Jan 2014 COMMENTS BY THE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE OF AUSTRALIA UPON A REPORTED SPEECH BY THE QUEENSLAND CHIEF MAGISTRATE JUDGE CARMODY The Judicial Conference of Australia certainly agrees that all judicial officers should be conscious of the limits of…
20 Jan 2014 RECENT ACTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF NAURU “Recent actions by the Government of Nauru against its judiciary are unjustifiable and very concerning for the…
18 Nov 2013 DISCUSSION ABOUT SENTENCING MUST BE INFORMED AND CONSIDERED Some of the commentary about the sentence imposed on Kieran Loveridge has been misconceived and unhelpful to any proper…
05 Nov 2013 JCA STATEMENT ON RECENT MAGISTRATES COURT OF QUEENSLAND PRACTICE DIRECTION It would not be appropriate for the Judicial Conference of Australia (JCA) to intrude upon the internal management of…
24 Oct 2013 JCA STATEMENT ON THE QUENSLAND VICIOUS LAWLESS ASSOCIATION DISESTABLISHMENT ACT 2013 One controversial element of this new law is its provision for mandatory sentencing. The sentencing of offenders is a…
24 Oct 2013 JCA STATEMENT ON THE CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT (PUBLIC INTEREST DECLARATIONS) AMENDMENT ACT 2013 Concerns about this new law are understandable. The power to imprison an offender, in this country at least, has…
18 Sep 2011 THE PRIME MINISTER’S CRITICISM OF THE HIGH COURT The Prime Minister’s comments about the High Court’s judgment this week are disappointing and concerning. No court,…
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