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Latest QCJC News
QCJC keen to educate Queensland Police Prosecutors
QCJC Director Dan Toombs is hopeful that his forthcoming submission to train Queensland Police Prosecutors with respect to issues of unsoundness of mind and fitness for trial… Read more
QCJC Project Coordinator Awarded National Prize
QCJC Project Coordinator Sue Gordon has been awarded the Commonwealth Minister's Lifelong Achievement Award. At a ceremony at Parliament House, chaired by the Prime… Read more
QCJC at the Australian Institute Judicial Administration Conference
QCJC's Dan Toombs and Andrew Caple will be separately addressing the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) Conference in Auckland in February 2010. … Read more
QCJC Research Report Community Courts New York City
Centre for Court Innovation Research Report Prepared by Mr Andrew Caple and Ms Sue Gordon 11 October 2009 Acknowledgments I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS In 2009, we were pleased… Read more
New York Smarter State Scholarship Report
THE ADVOCACY AND SUPPORT CENTRE INCSMARTER STATE SCHOLARSHIP Report prepared by Smarter State Scholars for 2009: Mr Andrew Caple and Ms Sue Gordon 11 October 2009 I ACKNOWLEDGMENTS… Read more
TASC Announced as Finalist for National Disability Awards
TASC Member Finalist for 2009 National Disability Awards Category of Ministers Lifelong Achievement Award 2009 After her son acquired a severe brain injury in a football… Read more
TASC's National Disability Award Finalist
TASC Member Finalist for 2009 National Disability Awards Category of Ministers Lifelong Achievement Award 2009 After her son acquired a severe brain injury in a football… Read more
Leading Law Students Take on TASC
TASC's Law Student Volunteer Program has commenced! In early October 2009, two of USQ's leading law students started working with TASC. Chris Gunthorpe and Joshua Anderson… Read more
Upcoming Events
QCJC presenting in Edinburgh in June and in New York in July 2009
The Queensland Criminal Justice Centre: Encouraging the use of therapeutic forums to enhance access to justice for mentally ill defendants. Click Here to view Edinburgh Convention… Read more
The 9th Annual International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services: QCJC's Presentation
The Queensland Criminal Justice Centre: Encouraging the use of therapeutic forums to enhance access to justice for mentally ill defendants Queensland’s Mental Health… Read more
The 31st Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health: 28 June - 4 July: QCJC's Presentation
Click here information on New York Convention July 2009 Rough Justice: The Collision between the Mentally Ill and the Queensland Criminal Justice System This presentation… Read more
