Annual Report 2016-17

Judicial Commission of NSW – Annual Report 2016–17 128 NSW government, relationship with . . . . . . 74 NSW Law Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 NSW Multicultural Policies and Services Plan . . . 78 NSW Treasury Managed Fund . . . . . . . 79, 93 NSW Young Lawyers . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 O objectives, measurable . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20 office relocation – see relocation of office operations . . . . . . . . . 7, 12–13, 71–74, 84 organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 organisational chart . . . . . . . . . . . 2 performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9 profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–18 orientation programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 21, 24 – see also National Judicial Orientation Program (NJOP) overseas visits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 overview of Commission . . . . . . . . . . . 2 P Papua New Guinea Integrated Criminal Case System Database (ICCDS) . . . . . . 7, 13, 57–58, 120, 121 National and Supreme Courts . . . 7, 13, 52, 58 Papua New Guinea Sentencing Database (PNGSD) . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 120 PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence . . . . . . . . . 60, 121, 122 partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . access to statistical and legal information . . . 13 agencies, assistance to . . . . . . 53, 55, 56 Asia-Pacific region, focus on . . . . . . . 57 Association for Continuing Legal Education Administrators (ACLEA) . . . . . . 52, 57 Australian Capital Territory Sentencing Database (ACTSD) . . . . . . . . 58, 120 Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) . . . . . . . . 122 capacity building role, performance of . . . . 57 challenges 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 7, 52 China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) . . . . . . 57, 59 Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute (CJEI) . . . . . . . . 56, 57, 122 Commonwealth Sentencing Database . . 58, 120 Compulsory Drug Treatment Correctional Centre . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 120 contractual services, providing . . . . . 53, 58 engagement with . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 13 enquiries, responding to . . . . . . . . . 55 evaluating performance . . . . . . . . . 53 exchange of information . . . . . . 53, 55, 56 feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Forum Administration system . . . . 56, 58, 120 highlights 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Integrated Criminal Case System Database (ICCSD) . . 7, 13, 57–58, 120, 121 International Organization for Judicial Training conference in Manila . . . . . . . . . . 52 Judicial Commission of Indonesia . . . . . . 57 Judicial Council on Cultural Diversity . . . . . . 53, 54 judicial officers, providing cultural diversity training for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Lawcodes database . . . . . . . . . 52, 56 Legislative Assembly Committee on Law and Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Local Court of NSW . . . . . . . . . . . 60 NSW Department of Justice . . . . . . 56, 58 NSW Drug Court . . . . . . . . 56, 58, 120 NSW Sentencing Council . . . . . . . . . 56 NSW Young Lawyers . . . . . . . . . . 52 other judicial education providers, sharing knowledge with . . . . . . . 52–57, 120 other organisations and jurisdictions, providing advice and assistance to . . . . . . . 53, 55, 58, 120 Papua New Guinea Sentencing Database (PNGSD) . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 120 PNG Centre for Judicial Excellence . . 60, 121, 122 presentations delivered . . . . . . . . . . 55 public informed about work . . . . . . 53, 55 Queensland Sentencing Information Service (QSIS) . . . . . . . . . 58, 120 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 52 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse . . . . 56 Rule of Law Institute, engaging with . . . 52, 53, 55 satisfaction/feedback . . . . . . . . . . 54 technical expertise, sharing . . . . . . . . 55 website use of resources . . . . . . . . . 55 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 7, 52 people – see staff personnel policies – see staff presentations, officers . . . . . . . . . . 55, 122 President’s foreword . . . . . . . . . . . 10–11 privacy management plan . . . . . . . . . . 79 proactive release program, release of . . . . . . 79 product – see services profiles appointed members . . . . . . . . 14, 16, 18 commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–18 executive team . . . . . . . . . . . 17–18 official members . . . . . . . . . 14–15, 18 president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 public access to government information . . . . 55 public interest disclosure (PID) . . . . . . . . 79 publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118–119 bench books . . . . 21, 35, 38, 40, 55, 79, 80 brochures . . . . . . . 8–9, 43, 47, 109, 119 Children’s Court of NSW Resource Handbook . . . . . . . . . . 38, 79, 80 Civil Trials Bench Book . . . . 35, 38, 40, 79, 80 Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book . . . 8–9, 31, 34–35, 38–40, 79–80 DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 enewsletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Equality Before the Law Bench Book . . 21, 28, 38, 40, 79–80 handbooks . . . . . . . 21, 38, 40, 55, 79–80 highlights 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . 1, 6, 8–9 journals . . . . . . . . . . 21, 40, 80, 131 Judicial Officers’ Bulletin . . . . . 8–9, 31–35, 37–38, 40 The Judicial Review . . . . . 35, 38, 40, 72, 80 Land and Environment Court of NSW Commissioner’s Handbook . . . . . . 80 Local Court Bench Book . . . . . . 38, 40, 79 online publications, impact of . . . . . . . 38 performance results . . . . . . . . . 6, 8–9 podcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . 6, 8–9, 21, 38 Sentencing Bench Book . . . . . . . 8–9, 28, 31–32, 35, 37–38, 40, 79–80 Sentencing Trends & Issues . . . . . 8–9, 31, 35, 38, 40, 55, 79–80, 119 Sexual Assault Trials Handbook . . . . . 38, 40 videos . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 28, 55, 131 R records management . . . . . . . . . . 76, 81 relocation of office . . . . . . . . 12, 62, 72, 82 remuneration of members . . . . . . . . . . 73 research and sentencing program . . . . . . . 33 advising judicial officers about changes to sentencing practices . . . . . 6, 31, 37, 38 challenges 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 6, 30 evaluating performance . . . . . . . 8–9, 31 highlights 2016–17 . . . . . . . 6, 8–9, 12, 31 reasons for . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 32 research publications . . . . . . . . . 6, 31 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . 6, 8–9, 30 satisfaction/feedback . . . . . . . . . 21, 22 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . 6, 9, 13, 30 revenue . . . . . . . .ii, 13, 84-85, 98, 103, 131 risk management – see audit and risk management risk management, internal audit – see audit and risk management Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 119 Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse . . 31, 56, 122 Rule of Law Institute . . . . . . 13, 52, 53, 55, 64 S sentencing – see research and sentencing program service groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 services, key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 sexual assault trials, evidence used in . . . . . . 34 significant accounting policies . . . . . . . 93–96 significant issues – see challenges staff achievements, recognising . . . . . . . . 67 attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Australasian Reporting Awards . . . . . . . 67 challenges 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 7, 62 communication . . . . . . . . . 13, 62, 68 community involvement . . . . . . . . . 64 diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Employee Assistance Program . . . . . . . 68 employment of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 EEO Management Plan . . . . . . . . . 62 flexible work arrangements . . . . . . . . 65 induction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 People Matter Employee Survey . . . . . . 63 performance results . . . . . . . . . . . 62 performance reviews . . . . . . . . . . 66 productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 64 professional development . . . . . . . . . 66 results 2016–17 . . . . . . . . . . 7–9, 62 satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 13, 63 senior management, remuneration of . . . . 68 supporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62, 66 turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 wages and conditions . . . . . . . . 66, 68 work, health and safety . . . . . . . . . 68 workforce diversity . . . . . . . . . . . 65 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 7, 62 stakeholders – see partners statutes, key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73, 74 strategic direction . . . . . . . . 13, 72, 73, 131 strategic focus . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 8–9, 131 strategic progress . . . . . . . . . . . 8–9,131 subsidiaries, disclosure of . . . . . . . . . . 125 sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 T technology – see iPad ™ technology; mobile devices tendency evidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 training – see judicial education, continuing Treasury Guidelines, compliance with . . . . . . 76 V values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii visitors to the commission . . . 53, 57, 64, 78, 121 W Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy . . . . . 82 waste reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 website . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii inclusions . . . . . . . . . . 25, 47, 56, 80 relaunch . . . . . . . . . . . . 55, 80, 81 usage . . . . . . . . . . . . 38, 40, 53, 81 work health and safety policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 . . . . . . . 68 workforce diversity – see staff working with other organisations . . . . . . . 120 Y year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . . 6–7, 8–9