Publications issued in 1999
- Model Forensic Procedures Bill 2000 - Discussion Paper - May 1999 On 28 June, 1990, the Standing Committee of Attorneys-General (SCAG) placed the question of the development of a national model criminal code for Australian jurisdictions on its agenda. In order to advance the concept, SCAG established a Committee consisting of an officer from each Australian jurisdiction with expertise in criminal law and criminal justice matters. That Committee was originally known as the Criminal Law Officers Committee, but, in November 1993, the name was changed to the Model Criminal Code Officers Committee (the Committee) in order to reflect the principal remit of the Committee directly.
- Review of the Disability Discrimination Act Legal Services - October 1999 The Review reported on herein is an evaluation of the Disability Discrimination Act Legal Services. This Review was undertaken via a nation-wide series of qualitative in-depth and elicitation interviews with relevant staff, Management and Reference Committee members, disability and other organisations, and people with a disability.
- Contact Orders Program - 1999 A Summary of the Independent Evaluation of the Contact Orders Pilot, which commenced as a pilot in 1999, has been found to help the most highly conflicted separated families manage their child contact arrangements and focus more on their children's needs.
- Working group on criminal trial procedure report - September 1999 In this report we seek to identify areas in which the existing system of the administration of criminal justice can be improved.
- Model domestic violence laws - report - April 1999 In September 1996 the Federal Government convened the National Domestic Violence Forum in Canberra.