Victims of Crime in the Criminal Trial Process: Report (html)
Appendix C: Consultations
Consultations were held in Ballarat, Bendigo, Geelong, Melbourne, Mildura, Morwell, Shepparton, Sydney, Warrnambool and Wodonga.
Separate discussions
The Commission consulted separately with the people and organisations listed below
in chronological order.
1. A victim
2. Commissioner for Victims’ Rights, South Australia
3. Parent of a victim
4. Parent of victims
5. Sue and Don Scales, Mildura
6. Magistrate Lesley Flemming
7. Aimee Mazaa, Mallee District Aboriginal Services
8. Parent of a victim
9. Magistrate Ron Saines
10. A victim
11. Parent of a victim
12. Parent of a victim
13. Parents of a victim
14. A victim
15. Director of Public Prosecutions Victoria (DPP)
16. Judges of the County Court of Victoria
17. Dr Robyn Holder, Griffith University
18. Child Witness Service, Department of Justice and Regulation
19. Victims of Crime Commissioner, Victoria
20. Parent of victims
21. Victoria Police
22. Professor Jonathan Doak, Nottingham Trent University
23. Court Network staff and a Court Networker—County Court
24. Justin Lewis, Crown Prosecutor
25. Aboriginal Family Violence Prevention & Legal Service Victoria
26. Magistrate Stella Stuthridge
27. Loddon Campaspe Centre Against Sexual Assault
28. Laurie Krause
29. Parent of victims
30. Dr Tyrone Kirchengast, University of New South Wales
31. Judge of the County Court of Victoria
32. Legal Aid NSW
33. Women’s Legal Service NSW
34. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, NSW
35. Parent of a victim
36. Magistrate John Lesser
37. Centacare, Barwon South West Region
38. Executive Officer, Barwon South West Regional Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee (RAJAC)
39. Office of Public Prosecutions Victoria (OPP)
40. A victim
41. A victim
42. Relative of a victim; a victim
43. Victoria Police Sexual Offences and Child Abuse Investigation Team, Wodonga
(Victoria Police SOCIT, Wodonga)
44. Kristy McKellar
45. Victims Support Agency, Department of Justice and Regulation
46. A victim
47. Victoria Legal Aid
48. Dr Heather Strang, University of Cambridge
49. Commissioner of Victims Rights, New South Wales
50. Witness Assistance Service, OPP Victoria
51. Criminal Law Section, Law Institute of Victoria
52. Emeritus Professor Arie Freiberg AM
53. Parent of a victim
54. Victorian Bar and Criminal Bar Association
55. Professor Edna Erez, University of Illinois at Chicago
56. Colleen Murphy (Kelly)
57. Victorian Legal Services Commissioner and CEO Victorian Legal Services Board
Roundtable discussions
The Commission convened group discussions with the people and organisations listed below
in chronological order.
1. Victim support specialists, Mildura: Mallee Sexual Assault Unit and Mallee Domestic
Violence Unit; Victims Assistance Program—St Luke’s
2. Legal practitioners, Mildura: Rebecca Boreham, Barrister and Solicitor; Jade Bott & Associates; Martin Irwin & Richards; Mallee District Aboriginal Service; Murray Mallee Community Legal Centre
3. Victim support specialists and academic, Geelong: Barwon Centre Against Sexual Assault; Court Network; Victims Assistance Program—Centacare; Ian Parsons, Research Fellow, Centre for Rural Regional Law and Justice, Deakin University Law School
4. Legal practitioners, Geelong: Criminal Lawyers Geelong; Office of Public Prosecutions; Victoria Legal Aid; WS Lawyers
5. Victim support specialists, Morwell: Court Network; Gippsland Centre Against Sexual Assault; Ramahyuck District Aboriginal Corporation; Victims Assistance Program—Windermere
6. Legal practitioners, Morwell: Verhoeven & Curtain; Victoria Legal Aid
7. Victim support specialists, Melbourne: metropolitan Victims Assistance Program workers
8. Metropolitan Centres Against Sexual Assault: Gatehouse Centre; Eastern Centre Against Sexual Assault; Northern Centre Against Sexual Assault; Western Region Centre Against Sexual Assault
9. Victim support and therapeutic specialists, Shepparton: Victims Assistance Program—Gateway Health, and a therapeutic professional
10. Legal practitioners, Shepparton: Camerons Lawyers; Deane & Associates; Faram Ritchie Davies; Victoria Legal Aid
11. Judges of the County Court of Victoria
12. Victim support specialists, Wodonga: Centre Against Violence; Court Network; Victims Assistance Program—Gateway Health
13. Victim support specialists, Ballarat: Ballarat Centre Against Sexual Assault; Victims Assistance Program—Centacare
14. Legal practitioners, Ballarat: Central Highlands Community Legal Centre; Dianne Hadden Lawyer; Justin Burke Lawyers; Victoria Legal Aid
15. Magistrates of the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria
16. Community legal centres: Federation of Community Legal Centres (Vic); Goulburn Valley Community Legal Centre; Youthlaw; Eastern Community Legal Centre; Knowmore
17. Criminal justice agencies and stakeholder organisations
18. Victims of crime
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