An invitation to watch
Legal Aid � Towards 2010
A one day forum about justice in the next millennium...
Wednesday 21 April 1999
9am to 5pm
Australian Eastern Standard Time
by live web feed!!!
[from Old Parliament House, Canberra]
Please forward this notice to your networks, interested persons, media etc
An initiative of National Legal Aid & the National Association of
Community Legal Centres
The Internet address for the live web feed is:
www.legalaid.canberra.net.au/forum
If you want more information about the forum, including registration
details, please call Wendy Heatley at National Legal Aid [02 6230 0391 or
041 361 7551] or Tony Westmore at NACLC [041 925 6339 or 02 9264 9595].
Copies of most papers [or summaries] will be available on the web directly
after the forum.
Legal Aid � Towards 2010
Our legal aid system is facing increasing demands and shrinking resources
in an environment of change and uncertainty.
National Legal Aid and the National Association of Community Legal
Centres bring together people who provide legal services to disadvantaged
Australians. Towards 2010 has been organised by both peak bodies in order
to consider the way forward to a fairer justice system in the year
2010.
Are expectations that disadvantaged Australians will be treated fairly
before the law being eroded? How can we overcome challenges such as the
high cost of litigation and limited legal aid resources? How can
government, service providers, the profession and the community work
together to ensure a fair and equitable system in the next century? When
and how will such a partnership be established? What will that partnership
need to do?
The Forum is designed to encourage discussion about the future of legal aid
services with the help of eminent speakers working in the justice system.
We feel you have an important contribution to make about how an equitable
justice system for all Australians can be achieved.
Program
9.00 - 9.15 Welcome
Mr Colin Brown, Chair, National Legal Aid
9.15 - 9.45 Session 1
Why should all Australians be equal before the law? What are the
foundations of a fair justice system?
Keynote Speaker:
The Hon Daryl Williams QC AM MP, Commonwealth Attorney General
9.45 - 10.45 Session 2
What does the community regard as the foundations of a fair justice system
and what more needs to be done?
Speakers:
Mr Gatjil Djerrkura, Chairman, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander
Commission
Ms Betty Hounslow, Director, Australian Council of Social Service
Rev Harry Herbert, Chair, Uniting Community Services Australia
Ms Judy Harrison, Convenor, National Women's Justice Coalition
11.15 - 12.15 Session 3
What are the foundations of a fair system of justice from a government
perspective? What policies are proposed to ensure that disadvantaged
Australians will have access to justice in 2010?
Speakers:
Senator-elect Brian Greig, WA;
Mr Robert McClelland MP, Shadow Attorney General
Senator Eric Abetz
and a fourth speaker to be confirmed
1.15 - 2.15 Session 4
What are the foundations of a fair justice system from the perspective of
other important stakeholders? How can they assist in improving access to
justice in 2010?
Speakers:
The Hon Alistair Nicholson AO RFD, Chief Justice, Family Court of Australia
Mr Fabian Dixon President, Law Council of Australia
The Hon Justice Geoffrey Davies, Judge, Court of Appeal, Qld
Mr Damien Bugg QC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Tasmania
2.15 - 3.15 Session 5
What are the foundations of a fair justice system from the perspective of
current legal aid service providers? How can they assist in improving
access to justice in 2010?
Speakers:
Mr Colin Brown, Chair, National Legal Aid
Ms Merran Lawler, Policy Representative, NACLC
Mr Sid Sparrow, Director, Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, SA
Mr Brian Withers, Chair, Access to Justice Committee, Law Council of
Australia
3.45 - 4.45 Session 6
Plenary: Ms Fran Kelly, Journalist, ABC Radio
4.45 - 5.00 Close
Closing Remarks: Mr Richard Coates, Director NT Legal Aid
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