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Annual Report 2006 November 2006 Annual Report 2006 November 2006 The Hon Bob Debus MP Attorney General of NSW Parliament House Macquarie Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 Dear Attorney I have pleasure in presenting a copy of the Annual Report of the Law and Justice Foundation of NSW for the financial year 2005–2006. This report has been prepared in accordance with the Law and Justice Foundation Act 2000 (NSW) and approved by the Foundation’s Board of Governors. I would be grateful if you could arrange for tabling of the report in both Houses of Parliament as soon as practicable. Yours sincerely Paul Stein Chairman, Board of Governors OUR ORGANISATION 2 — About the Law and Justice Foundation 2 — Our Goals and Objectives 2 — The Board of Governors 3 YEAR IN REVIEW 4 — Message from the Chairman 4 — Director’s Overview 5 SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS 7 PERFORMANCE 2005/2006 8 — Goal 1: Identify legal and access to justice needs 8 1.1 Develop, through a multi-component research program, a ‘statement’ of the particular legal and access to justice needs of socially and economically disadvantaged people 8 1.2 Collect, maintain and analyse information from internal and external sources 12 — Goal 2: Identify what works 12 2.1 Identify and conduct priority research tasks identified in Goal 1 and through ongoing stakeholder engagement 12 2.2 Complete current research identifying and evaluating reforms and initiatives 13 — Goal 3: Improve access to justice 14 3.1 Support projects that improve access to justice — the Foundation’s Grants program 14 3.2 Conduct projects to improve access to justice 21 3.3 Contribute to the development of and access to high quality, understandable, legal information that enhances access to justice and meets the needs of the community 22 3.4 Effectively disseminate and promote information about access to justice and effective reforms and initiatives 24 — Goal 4: Cost effective operations support 29 4.1 Maintain effective information management 29 4.2 Manage resources efficiently and cost-effectively 29 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 31 FINANCIAL REPORT 35 — Governors’ Report 35 — Auditor’s Report 36 — Statement by the Board of Governors 37 — Financial Statements 38 CONTACT DETAILS/STAFF LISTING Inside back cover CONTENTS 2 LAW AND JUSTICE FOUNDATION OF NSW About the Law and Justice Foundation Who we are Our purpose The Law and Justice Foundation of NSW is an independent, Our purpose is to advance the fairness statutory, not-for-profit organisation established in 1968 and equity of the justice system, to improve access to justice for the people of NSW. It is incorporated in New South Wales by the Law and Justice and to improve access to justice, Foundation Act 2000 (NSW). especially for socially and economically disadvantaged people. What we believe The Foundation’s purpose is underpinned by the belief that: a fair and equitable justice system is essential for a democratic, civil society reform should, where possible, be based on sound research people need accurate, understandable information to have equitable access to justice community support agencies and non-government organisations play a critical role in improving access to justice for disadvantaged people. What we do Identify legal and access to justice needs, particularly of socially and economically disadvantaged people Identify effective legal system reforms and access to justice initiatives through evaluation and research Improve access to justice through: – supporting projects that improve access to justice – conducting projects that improve access to justice – contributing to the availability of understandable legal information – disseminating information about access to justice and effective reforms and initiatives. Our Goals and Objectives Identify legal and access to justice 1.1 Develop, through a multi-component research program, a needs ‘statement’ of the particular legal and access to justice needs Identify legal and access to justice of socially and economically disadvantaged people. needs through rigorous, evidence-based 1.2 Collect, maintain and analyse information from internal research, and the analysis of information and external sources. from internal1 and external sources. Identify what works 2.1 Identify and conduct priority research tasks identified in Identify effective reforms, initiatives and Goal 1 and through ongoing stakeholder engagement. programs through research, evaluation 2.2 Complete current research identifying and evaluating and consultation. reforms and initiatives. Improve2 access to justice 3.1 Support projects that improve access to justice – the Improve access to justice through the Foundation’s Grants program. support and conduct of selected projects, 3.2 Conduct projects to improve access to justice. legal information and community legal 3.3 Contribute to the development of and access to high quality, education, and the dissemination of understandable, legal information that enhances access to knowledge about legal and access to justice and meets the needs of the community. justice needs and effective programs. 3 3.4 Effectively disseminate and promote information about Cost effective operations support access to justice and effective reforms and initiatives. Optimise the capacity and capabilities of the Foundation through cost- 4.1 Maintain effective information management. effective resource and information 4.2 Manage resources efficiently and cost-effectively. OUR ORGANISATION management. 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2006 3 The Board of Governors The Board consists of eight members who are appointed for a term of three years. The Board determines policies for the implementation of the objects of the Foundation. The Director conducts and manages the affairs of the Foundation in accordance with the directions of the Board. Board members at 30 June 2006 were as follows: The Hon Paul Stein QC AM was appointed Geoff Mulherin CSC has been Chair of the Board from 1 September 2006. Director of the Foundation Paul became a Judge in 1983, was appointed since November 2000. He is to the Land and Environment Court in 1985 an Associate of the Research and subsequently served seven years in Institute for Asia and the Pacific the Supreme Court. He retired from the at the University of Sydney. Court of Appeal in 2003 and is currently an A former Army officer, his acting Judge of the Court of Appeal. He has chaired committees experience includes cease-fire dispute resolution in and associations, in particular the Council of the Community the Middle East for the United Nations and leadership Justice Centres and the National Consumer Affairs Advisory of humanitarian relief operations in remote areas of Council, and contributed articles and papers on Environmental, Indonesia. Administrative and Consumer Law as well as Human Rights and Discrimination. The Hon Kevin Rozzoli was the member for the NSW electorate Jason Behrendt is an Aboriginal solicitor of Hawkesbury from 1973 until at Chalk and Fitzgerald Lawyers and his retirement from politics in Consultants specialising in advising 2003. From 1988–1995 he was Aboriginal corporations and land councils in the Speaker of the Legislative relation to Native Title and Commonwealth Assembly. He is Chair of The and State environmental legislation. Prior to Haymarket Foundation and of the National Drug and this he worked with the Human Rights and Alcohol Research Centre. Kevin was admitted to the Equal Opportunity Commission, reporting on the operation of the NSW Bar in 1985. Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth). Bret Walker SC is a Senior Verity Firth is a City of Sydney councillor Counsel at the NSW Bar, a former and a solicitor working with Slater & Gordon. president of the New South Wales She is also on the board of Aidwatch, an Bar Association and chairman organisation which monitors Australia’s role of the National Criminal Law in assisting developing countries. Liaison Committee of the Law Council of Australia. He was President of the Law Council of Australia from 1997 Betty Hounslow was the Foundation’s to 1998. Bret has been a member of the Board of 2003 Justice Medalist for her long-term Governors since 1993. commitment to improving access to justice for socially and economically disadvantaged Pauline Wright is a solicitor people, particularly for her seven years with the law firm PJ Donnellan as Director of the Australian Council of and Co. Pauline is currently Vice Social Service (ACOSS) and her success President of the NSW Council for in lobbying for changes to legislation regarding gay and lesbian Civil Liberties and a Councillor immigration. She worked in community legal centres in NSW of the Law Society of New South for 10 years and is currently the Deputy Chief Executive of The Wales. She has a special interest Fred Hollows Foundation. in civil liberties. 4 LAW AND JUSTICE FOUNDATION OF NSW Message from the Chairman I was delighted to be appointed in September 2005 traditional legal advisers such as private lawyers, as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Law and local courts and legal service agencies were rarely Justice Foundation of NSW. consulted. The Foundation has a justified reputation for Two qualitative reports — No Home, No Justice? producing vital, evidence-based work which seeks The Legal Needs of Homeless People in NSW and to identify legal and access to justice needs, identify On the Edge of Justice: The Legal Needs of People effective legal system reforms and access to justice with a Mental Illness in NSW — further add to initiatives, and to improve access to justice through the Foundation’s impressive and growing body of practical means. knowledge about the legal needs of disadvantaged people and their access to justice issues. This year was the final year of our 2003– 2006 Strategic Plan, an important phase in It is one thing, though, to produce quality research the Foundation’s reorientation following the reports, but another to ensure the knowledge gained commencement of the Law and Justice Foundation from the research is readily accessible to policy Act in December 2000. I believe this is a useful makers, service providers, other researchers and the juncture to consider the tangible outcomes of that general community.
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