Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2017-18

Judicial Commission of NSW — Annual Report 2017–18 132 Endmatter — Index Index Apart from the title of publications or legislation, entries in italic indicate compliance with statutory reporting requirements. A Aboriginal community visits . . . . . 4, 28, 29 Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Program — see Ngara Yura Program . . . 28, 29, 30, 59, 60 access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 access to government information, public . . 82 aims and objectives . . . . 4–5, 22–23, 47, 57 annual report . . . . . . . inside front cover assistance to other organisations and jurisdictions . . . . . . . . . 60, 61, 125 Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Attorney General . . . . . . . . 1, 50, 52 78 audit and risk management Committee . . . . . . . . . . 2, 74, 75 compliance with Treasury guidelines . . . 83 digital information security policy . . . . 86 external audit . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 forward plan . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 internal audit . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Internal Audit and Risk Management Attestation . . . . . . . . . . . 85 internal audit plan . . . . . . . . . . 84 meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 independence . . . . . . . . . . . 14 outcomes 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 76 Australasian Institute of Judicial Administration . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Australasian Reporting Awards, Gold Award . 74 B bench books — see publications . . . . . 125 budget review . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 C case studies . . . . . . . 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 37, 38, 41, 42, 44, 59, 60, 62, 63, 64, 69, 70, 71, 84 certification of financial statements . . . . . 92 challenges . . . . . 8–9, 22, 38, 46, 56, 67, 76 charter, legislative . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Chief Executive appointment and role . . . . . . . . 79 executive team . . . . . . . . . . . 16 media enquiries, response to . . . . . 62 message . . . . . . . . . . . . 14–15 Children’s Court of NSW Resource Handbook — see publications . . . . . . 125 Civil Trials Bench Book– see publications . . 125 Commission meetings . . . . . . . . 23, 79 Commission members — see Members . . . . . . . . . . 20, 79, 120 Community Awareness of the Judiciary Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 community engagement . . . . . . . . . 56 community values . . . . . . 4, 8, 10, 23, 34 complaints bias allegations . . . . . 10, 11, 23, 47, 51 challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 9, 46 Conduct Division, referred to . . . . 50, 52 dismissal of, criteria for . . . . . . . 9, 52 dismissed . . . . . . . 9, 10, 11, 47, 49 examination guidelines . . . . . 52, 53, 54 examined . . . . . 3, 9–11, 15, 47–49, 79 finalisation of . . . . . . . . . . 45–49 formal complaints . . . . . . . . . . 53 further action, requiring . . . . . . . . 52 guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 118 informal enquiries, response to . . . . . 50 matters that can’t be examined . . . . . 52 outcome of, advising . . . . . . 5, 48, 50 performance results 2017–18 . 9, 11, 47, 49 process . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 53 public confidence . . . . . . . . . . 12 received . . . . . . . . . . . . 49–50 referred, to head of jurisdiction . . . . . 50 trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 compliance assurance, and . . . . . . . . . 76, 94 financial directives . . . . . . . . 80, 99 internal audit and control functions . . . 80 other compliance matters . . . . . . 131 Treasury guidelines . . . . . . . . 80, 83 work, health and safety . . . . . . . . 73 conference topics . . . . . . . . . . . 120 consultants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 consumer response — see complaints controlled entities, disclosure of . . . . 133 Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book — see publications D digital information security . . . . . . . . 86 disability plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 E employees — see staff employment — see staff Equality Before the Law Bench Book — see publications establishment of Commission . . . . . . 2, 6 events after reporting period . . . . . . . 106 F financial data/information — see financial reports; financial statements financial instruments . . . . . . . . . . 114 financial management challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 90 expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 NSW Treasury cash management reforms . . 83 performance results . . . . . . . . . 90 revenue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 self-generated revenue . inside front cover, 57 summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 surplus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 total assets . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 90 financial reports cash flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 changes in equity . . . . . . . . . . 97 comprehensive income . . . . . . . . 97 financial position . . . . . . . . . . 96 financial result results 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 8, 15, 91 financial statements . . . . . . . . . 95–99 certification by CEO . . . . . . . . . . 92 financial summary . . . . . . . . . . . 91 notes to and forming part of . . . . . 99–116 five-year summary . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 freedom of information — see access to government information, public funding — see revenue G Governance . . . . . inside front cover, 9, 75 challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . . 7, 76 Code of Conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 energy use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 highlights 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Internal Audit Plan . . . . . . . . . . . 84 results 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 76 year ahead 2018–19 . . . . . . . . . 9, 76 government information access applications . . . . . . . 82, 129–130 proactive release program, review of . . . . 82 Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 H health and safety — see work health and safety heritage management . . . . . . . . . 131 history of Commission . . . . . . . . . . 6 highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 63 I Independent Auditor’s Report . . . . . . . 93 Internal Audit and Risk Management Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 investment performance . . . . . . . 95, 102 J judicial education, continuing . . . 4, 8, 14, 21 Aboriginal cultural awareness sessions and community visits . . . . . . . 4, 28, 29 annual conference program . . . . . . . . . . 4, 25 attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,23 challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 8, 22 committees 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 119 computer training and support . . . 27, 31 connecting judicial officers with Aboriginal communities and culture — see Ngara Yura Program design process . . . . . . . . . 23, 31 distance education . . . . . . . . 4, 27 enhancement of skills, knowledge and attitudes . . . . . . . . . . . 22, 25 evaluating program performance . . . . 23 expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 field trips . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 26, 30 induction and orientation sessions . . 4, 27 interactive online education package . . 27 judicial expertise, leveraging . . . . . . 31 judicial officers informed about changes . 38 Ngara Yura Program — see Ngara Yura Program performance results . . . . . . . . 8, 22 providing research and sentencing information . . . . . . 4, 10, 11, 15, 37 results 2017–18 . . . . . . . 3, 8, 11, 22 satisfaction rate . . . . . . . . . . . 25 seminars, workshops and field trips . 4, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 37 strategic planning process . . . . . 28, 78 year ahead 2018–19 . . . . . . 8, 11, 22