C.21 ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER REPORTING
The Office does not have clients as such. As noted elsewhere in this report the Office has a key role in the operation of the Galambany Court (Circle Sentencing Court). The operation of the Galambany Court is making a positive difference to the lives of Aboriginal Canberrans.
C.22 ACT MULTICULTURAL STRATEGY 2010–2013
The criminal justice system environment is non discriminatory and the people who come in contact with it, including witnesses, victims and accused persons are from diverse backgrounds. The Office ensures (in line with the ACT Government’s Multicultural Strategy 2010–2013) that those people have access to a range of services so as to receive fair treatment in the justice system.
The Office uses a range of services to accommodate the needs of people who become involved in matters prosecuted by the Office including the Domestic Violence Crisis Services, the Migrant Resource Centre and the Interpreter Service.
As mentioned elsewhere in this report, the Office’s Witness Assistance Service provides help to victims and vulnerable witnesses. This service caters for people from non-English speaking backgrounds and those who do not have a good understanding of the criminal justice system.
C.23 ACT STRATEGIC PLAN FOR POSITIVE AGEING 2010–2014
The ACT Strategic Plan for Positive Ageing has been developed in partnership with the ACT Ministerial Advisory Council on Ageing with a focus on the following key principles:
- Social inclusion, participation and self-fulfilment;
- Respect and valuing;
- Support, independence and dignity;
- Partnerships; and
- Consultation.
The work of the Office actively supports the strategies detailed in the plan, where applicable, as detailed below.
- the Office prosecutes person alleged to have committed violence and other offences against the elderly and applies consistent policies to such prosecutions, in order to work to eliminate violence against the elderly and protect and support victims of crime;
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