Annual Report 2016-17

127 Endmatter: Index financial reports cash flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 changes in equity . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 comprehensive income . . . . . . . . . 89 financial position . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Independent Auditor’s Report . . . . . . . 87 financial result results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 6, 13, 85 financial statements . . . . . . . . . . 89–106 certification by CEO . . . . . . . . . . . 86 financial summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 notes to and forming part of . . . . . . 93–106 foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), informing judicial officers about . . . . . . . 28 freedom of information – see access to government information, public functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 funding – see revenue G gains and losses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 governance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 7 challenges 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 7, 71 Code of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 energy use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 high quality delivery of services . . . . . . . 78 highlights 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . 1, 7, 13 Internal Audit Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 76 meetings . . . . . . . . . . . 72, 73, 125 organisational responses to internal audit . . . 76 policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 7, 13, 70 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 7, 71 government information access applications . . . . . . . 79, 123–124 proactive release program, review of . . . . 79 public access to . . . . . . . . . . 79, 123 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 H health and safety – see work health and safety heritage management . . . . . . . . . . . 125 High Court of Australia . . . . . . . . . . . 34 history of Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 human resources – see staff I Independent Auditor’s Report . . . . . . . 87–88 information exchange of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 government – see government information legal – see legal information management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Informit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) . . . . . . . . . . 28 insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 intangible assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Internal Audit and Risk Management Statement . . . 77 International Organization for Judicial Training (IOJT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 investment performance . . . . . . . . . 98, 103 iPad™ technology . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 38 J Judicial College of Victoria . . . . . . . . . . 24 Judicial Commission Interactive Learning Resource (JCILR) modules . . . . . . . . 38 Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity . . . . 53, 54, 58, 120, 122 judicial education, continuing . . . . . . . 2, 3, 21 Aboriginal cultural awareness sessions and community visits . . . . . 3, 25, 26, 64, 119 Aboriginal intergenerational trauma, advising judicial officers about . . . . . . . . . 27 annual conference program . . . . . 3, 23, 26 attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 challenges 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20 committees 2016–17 . . . . . 26, 35, 40, 114 computer training and support . . . . 3, 24, 26 connecting judicial officers with Aboriginal communities and culture . . 3, 25, 26, 64, 119 design process . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 digital publishing platform . . . . . . . . 3, 26 distance education . . . . . . . . . 3, 24, 26 education sessions . . . . . . . . 42, 43, 47 enhancement of skills, knowledge and attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24 evaluating program performance . . . . 20, 23 expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 field trips . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 23, 26, 27 foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), informing judicial officers about . . . . . 28 induction and orientation sessions . . . 3, 24, 26 interactive online education package . . . . 38 judicial expertise, leveraging . . . . . . . . 26 judicial officers, listening to . . . . . . . . 22 judicial officers informed about changes . . 21, 26 Ngara Yura Program – see Ngara Yura Program online and print publications, digital and multi-media resources . . . . . 26, 38, 40 organisational structure . . . . . . . . . 26 performance results . . . . . . . . . 8–9, 20 policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 providing research and sentencing information . . . . . . . 6, 31, 33, 37, 38 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 6–9, 20 satisfaction rate . . . . . . . . . . . 23–24 seminars, workshops and field trips . . . . . . 3, 23–28, 36, 66, 117 strategic planning process . . . . . . 20, 24 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 6, 9, 20 Judicial Information Research System (JIRS) . . . . . 3, 5 access to . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 24, 26 availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 components of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 delivering information through . . . . . . 35, 80 enhancements added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 38 evaluating performance . . . . . . . . 36, 38 foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), link to training video about . . . . . . . 28 highlights 2016–17 . . . . . . . 10, 13, 36, 38 improvements to . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 maintaining technology . . . . . . . 31, 36, 81 modifications to . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 most commonly accessed publications . . . 38 posting recent law items on . . . . . . 30, 32 publications accessed . . . . . . . . . . 38 publications, online . . . . . . . . . . . 38 “Recent Law” items/summaries . . . . . . 37 research assistance program . . . . . . . 36 sentencing principles and practice component of . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 sentencing statistics . . . . . . . . . . . 33 use of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36, 38 visual explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Judicial Officers Act 1986 . . . . . . ii, 8–9, 43–46, 48–50, 66, 68, 73–74 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 1987 . . . . . . 4 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 1998 . . . . . . 5 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2007 . . . . . . 5 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2012 . . . . . . 5 Judicial Officers’ Bulletin – see publications Judicial Officers Regulation 2012 . . . . 49, 74, 109 Judicial Review – see publications jury directions . . . . . . . . 3, 33, 35, 38, 40, 55 justice system, reforming . . . . . . . 12, 20, 28 L Land and Environment Court of NSW (LEC) Commissioner’s Handbook – see publications environmental protection and planning offences, sentencing for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 field trips for judges and commissioners . . . 27 sentencing database . . . . . . . . . . 59 study examining top 5 offences dealt within LEC . 12, 33 land disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Lawcodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 legal form of incorporation . . .inside front cover, 74 legal information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 bench books . . . . . 3, 30–33, 35, 37–38, 40 case summaries . . . . . . . . . . . 33, 35 challenges 2016–17 . . . . . . . . 6, 30, 36 email alerts . . . . . . . . 3, 8, 31, 32, 33, 40 evaluating program performance . . . . . . 31 feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33 highlights of program . . . . . . . . 1, 6, 40 JIRS – see Judicial Information Research System (JIRS) offenders, treatment options and rehabilitation facilities for . . . . . . . 3, 31 online information . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 performance results . . . . . . . 8–9, 30, 31 purpose for providing . . . . . . . . . . 32 “Recent Law” items/summaries . . . 3, 30–35, 37–38, 40 research studies . . . . . . . . . . 3, 33, 40 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . 6, 8–9, 30 sentencing – see research and sentencing program year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 6, 9, 30 legislation, changes to . . . . . . . . . . . 74 legislative charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 library services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Local Court Bench Book – see publications Local Court of NSW PNG magistrates’ orientation program . . . . 60 pre-bench education sessions for new magistrates . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 M major assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 management, structure and activities . . . . . 2–3 President’s foreword . . . . . . . . . 10–11 Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women’s Resource Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 13, 14 appointed . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 16, 72 conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . . . 73 meeting attendance . . . . . . . . . . . 72 official . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15, 72 remuneration arrangements for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 mission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii mobile devices . . . . . . . . . . . 26, 56, 81 multicultural policies and services . . . . . . 71, 78 multicultural communication . . . . . . . . 54 multicultural strategies . . . . . . . . . . 79 Muru Mittigar, field trip to . . . . . . . . . 22, 25 N National Judicial College of Australia (NJCA) . . . 24 National Judicial Orientation Program (NJOP) . . . 24 – see also orientation programs net cash flows . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 103 Ngara Yura Committee . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Ngara Yura Program . . 20, 22, 24–26, 78, 117, 119 – see also Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Program non-current assets . . . . . . . 90, 94, 100, 103 non-current liabilities . . . . . . . . . . 90, 102 non-government community organisations, funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 NSW Bar Association . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) . . . . 34