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“ Western Australian Government comments A considerable legislative agenda that impacts upon courts activities has been progressed through Parliament and includes: • Structural and procedural reform of the lower courts to create a Magistrates’ Court, exercising both a civil and criminal jurisdiction. The Court will have increased jurisdictional limits and the power to make its own rules. • The Civil Judgments Enforcement Act and the Criminal Procedure Act that will establish uniform procedures across all of the respective jurisdictions. • Increasing the likelihood of ‘either-way’ offences being dealt with in the Magistrates Court. • Creating a State Administrative Tribunal (SAT) that will amalgamate all or part functions of over 50 boards and tribunals and transfer hundreds of administrative appeals from courts. • Amending the Restraining Orders Act to reflect community concerns relating to family and domestic violence. • Changing procedures to afford sexual assault complainants greater protection. Other projects underway include: • The construction of a Central Business District Courts complex. This facility will provide for all criminal trials in the CBD to be managed from the one facility. The expected completion is by 2008. • Implementing the Integrated Courts Management System (ICMS) into the civil jurisdiction of the Supreme and District Courts and planning for Criminal Case Management. The system will also provide a case management facility for the SAT and enable the expansion of e- Business (Magistrates’ Courts are now receiving more than 85% of police criminal complaints electronically). • Development of a management plan for self represented persons in Courts and Tribunals. • A joint assessment has commenced on the merits of developing crossborder agreements between WA, SA and the NT to provide for summary criminal matters perpetrated in one state/territory to be dealt with in another and enforceable in the originating state/territory. Participating Magistrates and Court Officers will hold simultaneous appointments for all jurisdictions. ” 6.52 REPORT ON GOVERNMENT SERVICES 2005
“ South Australian Government comments There are no substantial changes in this year’s reported data compared with the trends that have been noted in the activities and performance of the South Australian courts over recent years. The two projects being undertaken in the Magistrates Court in collaboration with the Attorney-General’s Department and other organisations, namely; adjournments and video conferencing, are continuing to be investigated. In the District and Supreme Courts the examination of the listing processes to see if greater consistency can be achieved between what is expected to take place when a matter is listed for trial and what actually takes place is continuing. Key initiatives not covered in the report include: • A number of Aboriginal Justice initiatives have been introduced to improve the responsiveness of the Courts system for Aboriginal people and to make it more culturally appropriate. Examples of these initiatives are; Aboriginal Justice Officers, Aboriginal Court Days, Aboriginal Youth Court Pilot in Port Augusta, Aboriginal Recruitment and Employment in Magistrates Courts and Aboriginal interpreters extended to Ceduna, Yalata and Coober Pedy. • The Court Diversion Program continues to expand, now covering the CBD, metropolitan and three regional areas of South Australia. The Program provides an opportunity for eligible individuals to address their mental health, disability issues and their offending behaviour, while their legal proceedings are suspended. • Funding has been approved to develop a new Courthouse at Port Augusta. The development provides for a three courtroom building that provides rooms for associated agencies within the building, registry and mediation facilities, point of entry security, open plan for internal waiting spaces and sheltered external waiting areas. Multi Purpose Courtrooms will be designed to provide a high degree of flexibility in the operating configuration to suit the specific requirements of particular hearings/trials. Construction completion date is expected to be September 2006. The South Australian Courts have continued to pursue a range of strategies designed to improve the flow of matters through the various courts. ” COURT ADMINISTRATION 6.53
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