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FUTURE DIRECTIONS: COURTS AND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL AWARENESS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2002

FUTURE DIRECTIONS: COURTS AND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL AWARENESS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2002. Mr Kim Collard, Sharon Bedford and Dennis Eggington. Introduction. Indigenous perspective of previous and existing Cross-Cultural Awareness programs and initiatives from Western Australia

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FUTURE DIRECTIONS: COURTS AND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL AWARENESS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2002

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  1. FUTURE DIRECTIONS: COURTS AND INDIGENOUS CULTURAL AWARENESS NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2002 Mr Kim Collard, Sharon Bedford and Dennis Eggington

  2. Introduction • Indigenous perspective of previous and existing Cross-Cultural Awareness programs and initiatives from Western Australia • Presenters- Kim Collard: Curtin University of Tehnology • Sharon Bedford: AIJA Western Australia • Dennis Eggington: CEO Aboriginal Legal Service (W.A.)

  3. Topics of Discussion • Topic 1: Previous Aboriginal Cross-Cultural Awareness workshops and effectiveness (K.C.) • Topic 2: What has happened since? (S.B. & D.E.) • Topic 3: Where to from here? (All)

  4. Topic One • Overview and evaluation of two Aboriginal Cross Cultural Awareness Workshops for: • District and Supreme Court Judges (June 1998);and • Justice’s of the Peace (April 1999) • How effective were these workshops? • Positive evaluation

  5. Topic Two • What has happened since? • Delays in bureaucracy. Why? • Current situation.

  6. Topic Three • Where to from here? • A more succinct and coordinated approach by all agencies involved in the judiciary • CCA / Aboriginal Studies to be part of JP’s Training Program and compulsory part of Legal Practitioners undergraduate university degree. • Identifying and eradicating institutional racism within the judiciary • Breaking down the barriers from within • Workshop A - Future directions for Cross Cultural Awareness programs • Workshop B - Addressing Judicial Reservations about Cross Cultural Awareness programs

  7. Real Life • Abolishment of Aboriginal Justice Council in W.A. • Institutional racism exists within the judiciary • Recommendation 96 reads as follows; but • How many of the 339 recommendations of the RCIADIC have been implemented? • Identifying periods of success and understanding why with a focus on continued support?

  8. What This Means • Our people continue to die in custody at an alarming rate

  9. Next Steps • After lunch we all need to be part of a combined solution • Contribute to the remainder of the conference in an open and honest debate about the real issues at stake: People’s lives and people’s futures.

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