Judicial Commission of NSW Annual Report 2017-18

133 Annual Report 2017–18 — Judicial Commission of NSW Endmatter — Index Judicial Information Research System (JIRS) . 39 access to . . . . . . . . . 8, 10, 27, 40 availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 components of . . . . . . . . . . . 42 delivering information through . . . . . 43 enhancements added . . . . . . . . 42 evaluating performance . . . . . . 40, 43 maintaining technology . . . . . . . . 40 most commonly accessed publications . 43 publications accessed . . . . . . . . 38 publications, online . . . . . . . . . 38 “Recent Law” items/summaries . . . 34, 35 research assistance program . . . . . 41 Judicial Officers Act 1986 . . . . . inside front cover, 6, 9, 10, 11, 15, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 53, 54, 61, 73, 78, 79, 81, 87, 99 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 1987 . . . . 6 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 1998 . . . . 6 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2007 . . . . 6 Judicial Officers Amendment Act 2012 . . . . 6 Judicial Officers’ Bulletin — see publications Judicial Officers Regulation 2017 . . . . . 78 Judicial Review — see publications jury directions . . . . . . . . . 5, 37, 39, 42 justice system, reforming . . . . 8, 10, 37, 38 L land disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Lawcodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 legal form of incorporation . inside front cover, 78 legal information . . . . . . . . . . 34–44 case summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 39 challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 8, 34 evaluating program performance . . . . 31 feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 highlights of program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 6, 40 JIRS — see Judicial Information Research System (JIRS) offenders, treatment options and rehabilitation facilities for . . . . . 5, 10, 36 online information . . . . . . . . . . 33 performance results . . . . , 10–11, 43–44 “Recent Law” items/summaries . . . 34, 35 results 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 6, 8–9, 30 sentencing — see research and sentencing program year ahead 2018–19 . . . . . . . 11, 34 legislation, changes to — see charter, legislation legislative charter — see charter, legislation library services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Local Court Bench Book — see publications Local Court of NSW pre-bench education sessions for new magistrates . . . . . . . . . . 27, 122 M major assets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 members . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 4, 16–18 appointed . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 79 conflicts of interest . . . . . . . . . 81 meeting attendance . . . . . . . . . 79 official . . . . . . . . . . . 16–17, 79 remuneration arrangements for . . . . . 87 mission . . . . . . . . inside front cover, 25 multicultural policies and services . . . . . 71 N non-government community organisations, funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 O objectives, measurable . . . . . . . . 8–11 organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 organisational chart . . . . . . . . . . 4 performance . . 4–5, 21–23, 33–34, 45–54 purpose . . . . . . . . inside front cover overseas visits . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 overview of Commission . . . . . . . 14–20 P partners Asia-Pacific region, focus on . . . . . . 61 challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 9, 56 contractual services, providing . . . 53, 58 engagement with . . . . . . . . . 7, 13 exchange of information . . . . . . . 59 feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 public informed about work . . . . . 53, 55 results 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . . 9, 56 year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . . 9–11, 56 people — see staff personnel policies — see staff presentations, officers’ . . . . . . . 60, 128 President’s foreword . . . . . . . . . 12–13 privacy management plan . . . . . . . . 81 proactive release program, release of . . . . 82 product — see services profiles appointed members . . . . . . . . 18 commission . . . . . . . . . . . 16–20 executive team . . . . . . . . . 19–20 official members . . . . . . . . . 16–17 president . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 public access to government information . . 82 public interest disclosure (PID) . . . . . . 131 publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 bench books . 3, 5, 10, 11, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40 brochures . . . . . . . 10, 11, 47, 51, 125 Children’s Court of NSW Resource Handbook . . . . . . . . 43, 82, 125 Civil Trials Bench Book . . . , 36, 39,43, 61, 82, 83, 125 Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book . . 3, 10, 11, 35, 39, 42, 43, 44, 69, 71, 82, 125 e-newsletter . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 38 Equality Before the Law Bench Book . . 23, 28, 38, 43, 44, 60, 62, 71, 82, 125 handbooks . . . . . . . . . 38, 82, 125 journals . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 43, 125 Judicial Officers’ Bulletin . . . . 10, 11, 38, 43, 40, 123, 125 The Judicial Review . . . . 38, 43, 123, 125 Land and Environment Court of NSW Commissioner’s Handbook . . . . . 125 Local Court Bench Book . . . . 38, 43, 44, 82, 83, 125 online publications, impact of . . . . . 43 performance results . . . . . . . . 6, 8–9 podcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 results 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . 43, 44 Sentencing Bench Book . . 28, 31–32, 35, 37–38, 40, 79–80 Sentencing Trends & Issues . . . . . . 3, 10, 11, 35, 36, 43, 44, 83,125 Sexual Assault Trials Handbook . . . 43, 44, 82, 125 videos . . . . . . . . . . 3, 27, 59, 125 R records management . . . . . . . . . . 82 research and sentencing program — see legal information revenue . . . . .inside front cover, 1, 3, 8, 15, 91, 101, 102, 113 risk management — see audit and risk management risk management, internal audit — see audit and risk management S sentencing — see research and sentencing program services, key . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 5 significant accounting policies . . . . 99–105 significant issues — see challenges staff achievements, recognising . . . . . . 71 attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Australasian Reporting Awards . . . . . 74 challenges 2017–18 . . . . . . . . 9, 66 communication . . . . . . . . . 67, 74 community involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Employee Assistance Program . . . . . 72 employment of . . . . . . . . . . . 72 flexible work arrangements . . . . . . 71 People Matter Employee Survey . . . . 67 performance reviews . . . . . . . . . 72 productivity . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 results 2017–18 . . . . . . . . . . 9, 66 satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 senior management, remuneration of . . 70 training and personal development . . . 72 turnover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 wages and conditions . . . . . . . 66, 73 work, health and safety . . . . . . . . 73 workforce diversity . . . . . . . . . 70 year ahead 2018–19 . . . . . . . . . 66 stakeholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 strategic direction . . 8–9, 15, 22, 34, 46, 56, 66 strategic progress . . . . . . . . . . 10–11 subsidiaries, disclosure of . . . . . . . . 131 sustainability . . . . . inside front cover, 3, 88 T technology . . . . . . . . 15, 62, 69, 78, 86 training — see judicial education, continuing V values . . . . . . . . . . inside front cover vision . . . . . . . . . . inside front cover visitors to the commission . . . . . . . . . . . . 63, 126 W Waste Reduction and Purchasing Policy . . . 88 website . . . . . . inside front cover, 43, 44 work health and safety policy . . . . . . . 74 Work Health and Safety Act 2011 . . . . . 73 workforce diversity — see staff working with other organisations . . . 63, 126 Y year ahead 2017–18 . . . . . 8–9, 13, 15, 22, 34, 46, 56, 66, 76