Program Overview
The program below is provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds. Please check this page regularly.
Friday 2 August |
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| 1600 – 1700 | Registration |
| 1700 – 1800 | Welcome and Keynote Opening Speech |
| The Hon Virginia Bell AC Former Justice of the High Court of Australia |
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| 1800 – 2000 | Welcome Reception | Banco Court |
Saturday 3 August |
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| 0900 – 1015 | Session 1 Overview of process in relation to sexual assault complaints (before and after trial) – locating the trial process as part of broader ecosystem. |
| Deputy Chief Judge Meryl Sexton County Court of Victoria Sharyn Hall SC NSW Bar Sarah Quick Victims of Crime Commissioner South Australia |
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| 1015 – 1115 | Panel Session Understanding of national consent laws. Representatives to discuss consent laws from perspectives of different jurisdictions. |
| Gabrielle Bashir SC NSW Bar |
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| The Hon Lindy Jenkins Chair of the WA Law Reform Commission |
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| Kate Eastman AM SC Commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission |
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| 1115 – 1145 | Morning Tea |
| 1145 – 1300 | Session 2 Trial process – focussing on initiatives in sexual assault trials; trauma-informed practice and its application in court processes (for example, witness intermediaries, recorded evidence, closed court, aspects of language used to identify participants in trials); court craft in managing trials. |
| Justice Mathew Downs Auckland High Court Criminal List Judge |
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| The Hon Judge Kate Traill District Court of NSW |
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| Rukiya Stein Accredited Witness Intermediary, NSW |
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| 1300 – 1400 | Lunch |
| 1400 – 1500 | Session 3 Trauma neurobiological impacts of sexual violence / myths and misconceptions. |
| Prof. James Scott Children’s Health Queensland and the University of Queensland |
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| Prof. Kim Felmingham Chair in Clinical Psychology, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne |
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| 1500 – 1530 | Afternoon Tea |
| 1530 – 1630 | Session 4 Criminological, psychological and social perspectives |
| Dr Rachael Burgin CEO of Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy and Lecturer of Law at Swinburne University of Technology |
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| Prof. Julia Quilter School of Law, University of Wollongong |
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| 1830 – Late | Conference Dinner | Hyde Park Room, Sheraton Grand, Sydney |
| Keynote Dinner Speaker: Suzie Miller Multi-award winning Australian/International playwright and screenwriter, and former defence lawyer |
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Sunday 4 August |
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| 0930 – 1100 | Session 5 – Panel Session Issues impacting population groups in Australia which are overrepresented in sexual violence statistics. |
| The Hon Justice Lincoln Crowley Supreme Court of Queensland |
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| Dr Amanda-Jane George Lead from AIJA/AGD commissioned project Specialist Approaches to Managing Sexual Assault Proceedings |
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| 1100 – 1130 | Morning Tea |
| 1130 – 1245 | Session 6 – Panel Session Vicarious trauma – well-being of those involved in sexual assault matters |
| Amani Haydar Award-winning author, visual artist, and advocate for women’s health and safety |
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| Dr Carly Schrever Lawyer, psychologist, and researcher into judicial wellbeing |
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