CONFERENCE AGENDA
8.30am – 9.00am Registration
9.00am – 9.15am Welcome to Country
Welcome to Conference
9.15am – 10.15am “Review of Criminal Defences – Discussions and Potential Changes”
Ruth O’Gorman KC, Higgins Chambers
10.15am – 11.15am “Sentence Advocacy and Appeals”
Magistrate Dzenita Balic
11.15am – 11.30am Morning Tea
11.30am – 12.30pm. “Youth Justice Matters”
Judge Craig Chowdhury, District Court of Queensland
12.30pm – 1.30pm “Changes to the Law Surrounding Sexual Offences – Part 1?”
Andrew Hoare KC, Halsbury Chambers
1.30pm – 215pm Lunch
2.15pm – 3.15pm. “Parole Decisions – Your Questions Answered.”
Julie Sharp, Deputy President QLD Parole Board
3.15pm-4.15pm “The Importance of Instructions – Avoiding a Miscarriage of Justice”
Katrina Prskalo, Public Defender
4.15pm – 4.30pm Afternoon Tea
4.30pm – 5.30pm. “Changes to the Law Surrounding Sexual Offences – Part 2?”
Robert Carroll , Higgins Chambers
Reasonable Cause QLD reserves the right to change this conference agenda without notice.