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Magistrates Court Annual Report 2004-2005 (PDF, 5MB) WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are warned that this document may contain images of deceased TABLE OF CONTENTS persons. Due care has been taken to ensure that the images have been used with the appropriate consent. OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 4 Our People....................................................................................................................................... 4 Advisory Committee ...................................................................................................................... 5 Mount Isa, Charleville and Emerald ........................................................................................... 6 Transfer Strategy .......................................................................................................................... 6 Coroners Court ............................................................................................................................... 7 Magistrates’ Workload ................................................................................................................. 7 Professional Development ............................................................................................................ 8 Magistrates Participation on External Bodies ..........................................................................10 Committees ....................................................................................................................................11 Construction and Upgrades of Magistrates Court Buildings ...................................................11 Change in Form of Address in Court .......................................................................................13 Court Technology ....................................................................................................................... 13 Family Law ................................................................................................................................... 15 Queensland Drug Court Pilot Program .....................................................................................16 Court Diversion Programs .......................................................................................................... 16 Indigenous Issues ........................................................................................................................ 18 From Court of Petty Sessions to Magistrates Court ...............................................................20 Conclusion .................................................................................................................................... 20 OUR MAGISTRATES ............................................................................................................ 21 Queensland’s Magistrates as at 30 June 2005 .........................................................................22 Appointments and Retirements ................................................................................................24 Acting Magistrates ....................................................................................................................... 24 OUR COURTS ............................................................................................................................ 25 Criminal Jurisdiction ................................................................................................................... 26 Civil Jurisdiction .......................................................................................................................... 30 Commonwealth Jurisdiction ....................................................................................................... 32 Murri Court ................................................................................................................................... 33 Childrens Court ............................................................................................................................ 36 Domestic and Family Violence .................................................................................................. 38 Annual Report 2004—2005 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS continued Drug Court .................................................................................................................................... 41 Coroners Court ............................................................................................................................. 44 Small Claims Tribunal ................................................................................................................. 46 Industrial Magistrates Court ...................................................................................................... 48 Transport Operations Acts .......................................................................................................... 50 Court Administrator..................................................................................................................... 52 Signifi cant Events during 2004 – 2005 ....................................................................................52 Commissions of Inquiry .............................................................................................................. 53 Major Magistrates Courts Initiatives during 2004 – 2005 .....................................................54 Construction and Upgrades of Magistrates Court Buildings ..................................................54 Signifi cant Events and Initiatives Planned for 2005 – 2006 .................................................57 Court Technology ......................................................................................................................... 58 Legal Education in the Magistrates Courts ............................................................................... 62 OUR PEOPLE ............................................................................................................................. 66 Magistrates ................................................................................................................................... 67 Milestones ......................................................................................................................................71 Vale—Brian Kehoe 1917 – 2005 .................................................................................................72 From Court of Petty Sessions to Magistrates Court Through the Years ..............................73 My First Eight Months ................................................................................................................ 76 Western Districts Magistrates Court ..........................................................................................77 Work Experience in the Magistrates Court .............................................................................78 The Phoenix Program ................................................................................................................ 78 The Salvation Army and Queensland Magistrates Court ......................................................80 Commemorative Ceremonies ...................................................................................................... 82 APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................. 87 2 Queensland Magistrates Courts Marian Drew WaterLine 2004 Brisbane Magistrates Court Marian Drew’s work relates to spiritual values, the environment and history of the site. WaterLine is a reference to the Tank Stream, the water supply dammed by the fi rst colonial residents in Brisbane. The artist has created a series of three linked photogram images by laying large sheets of fi lm into water and then using fl ashes of light to capture light impressions of the creatures and plants in their watery environment. The image of the stream of water fl owing through the fi ve fl oors of the building refers to the laws of nature rather than those of human bureaucracy and law. Overview OVERVIEW - by His Honour, Judge Marshall Irwin, Chief Magistrate Introduction magistrates. A recent High Court decision noted that in 2002 there were 78 statutes in This report relates to the operation of the Queensland which conferred on a magistrate Magistrates Court in the year ended 30 June the power to issue a search warrant. Many 2005. It has been prepared in consultation of the people appearing before magistrates with my colleagues in the Queensland will be unrepresented, including defendants magistracy and the Court Administrator. in criminal cases. As a consequence of the breadth of the Court’s jurisdiction, it is The Magistrates Court, as the court of the court with which most members of the fi rst instance in the judicial system of public will have contact. As such the work Queensland, has a broad jurisdiction. As of the magistracy is important to public recently stated by the Attorney-General confi dence in the justice system. and Minister for Justice, the Honourable Ms Lavarch MP: Our People “The Magistrates Court is a local court and it is by far the busiest court There are currently eighty-four positions
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