Papers presented at the ‘Enhancing Safe Practice: A National Justice Forum on Sexual Assault’

AIJA2024

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Conference Opening

Friday 2 August 2024
Conference Welcome
The Hon Justice Murray Aldridge
President AIJA
Welcome to Country
Uncle Allan Murray
Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
Keynote Opening Speech
The Hon Virginia Bell AC
Former Justice of the High Court of Australia
The Keynote Opening Speech is available here
Saturday 3 August

Session 1

Overview of process in relation to sexual assault complaints
Before and after trial – locating the trial process as part of the broader ecosystem
Session Chair: Deputy Chief Judge Meryl Sexton
County Court of Victoria
Conference paper available here
Sharyn Hall SC
NSW Bar Association
Sarah Quick
Victims of Crime Commissioner South Australia
Session 2

Understanding of national consent laws
Representatives will discuss consent laws from perspectives of different jurisdictions
Session Chair: The Hon Justice Julie Ward
President – Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales
Gabrielle Bashir SC
NSW Bar Association
The Hon Lindy Jenkins
Chair of the WA Law Reform Commission
Conference paper available here
Kate Eastman AM SC
Barrister at New Chambers, Commissioner of the NSW Law Reform Commission
Conference paper available here
Session 3

Trial process
Focusing 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
Session Chair: Deputy Chief Judge Meryl Sexton
County Court of Victoria
Hon Justice Mathew Downs
Auckland High Court Criminal List Judge
Conference paper available here
Her Hon Judge Kate Traill
District Court of NSW
Conference paper available here
Rukiya Stein
Accredited Witness Intermediary, NSW
Conference paper available here
Session 4

Trauma neurobiological impacts of sexual violence / myths and misconceptions
Session Chair: Dr Brenda McGivern
Principal Registrar, District Court of Western Australia
Professor James Scott  
Children’s Health Queensland and the University of Queensland
Professor Kim Felmingham
Chair in Clinical Psychology, Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne
Conference paper available here
Session 5

Criminological, psychological and social perspectives
Session Chair: The Hon Justice Sarah Huggett
Chief Judge, District Court of New South Wales
Dr Rachael Burgin
CEO of Rape and Sexual Assault Research and Advocacy and Lecturer of Law at Swinburne University of Technology
Conference paper available here
Professor Julia Quilter
School of Law, University of Wollongong
Conference paper available here
Sunday 4 August

Session 6 – Panel Session

Issues impacting those population groups in Australia which have an increased susceptibility to experiencing sexual violence
Dr Brenda McGivern
Principal Registrar, District Court of Western Australia
The Hon Justice Lincoln Crowley
Supreme Court of Queensland
Dr Amanda-Jane George
Central Queensland University Lead, AIJA and Australian Government commissioned project: Specialist Approaches to Managing Sexual Assault Proceedings
Conference paper available here
Thecla Hartree
Aboriginal Interpreter Service, Northern Territory Government
Jezebel Moketarinja
Interpreter Support and Development Officer, Aboriginal Interpreter Service
Session 7 – Panel Session

Vicarious trauma
Well-being of those involved in sexual assault matters
Session Chair: The Hon Justice Sarah McNaughton
Supreme Court of New South Wales
Amani Haydar
Award-winning author, visual artist, and advocate for women’s health and safety
Dr Carly Schrever
Lawyer, psychologist, and researcher into judicial wellbeing
Conference paper available here
Conference Close
The Hon Justice Julie Ward
President – Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of New South Wales