Being Seventeen in Queensland

UNCRC, Consideration of Reports submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention – Concluding Observations: Australia, 40th sess, UN Doc CRC/C/15/Add.268 (20 October 2005) [74] <http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.15.Add.268.En?OpenDocument> at 13 May 2007.

Ibid.

Cleary Simon ‘UN Criticises Qld Criminal Justice’ (2006) 26(1) Proctor 12.

Children's Services Act 1965 (Qld) s 8, repealed by Child Protection Act 1999 (Qld).

Criminal Code (Qld) s 29.

Queensland , Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 4 August 1992, 6053–6055, 6072.

Queensland , Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Assembly, 5 August 1992, 6131 ( Warner Anne , Minister for Family Affairs and Aboriginal and Islander Affairs).

Department of Corrective Services, Annual Report 2004–05 45 <http://www.dcs.qld.gov.au/Publications/Corporate_Publications/Annual_Reports/annual04-05/KeyStatistics.shtml> at 15 May 2007.

Department of Corrective Services, Annual Report 2003–04, Key Performance Statistics Table 3. <http://www.dcs.qld.gov.au/Publications/Corporate_Publications/Annual_Reports/annual03-04/KeyStatistics3.shtml> at 15 May 2007.

Queensland Government, Ministerial Portfolio Statements: 2002–03 State Budget (Department of Corrective Services) 3–6 <http://www.dcs.qld.gov.au/Publications/Corporate_Publications/Budget_Documents/02-03/mps2002-03d.pdf> at 15 May 2007.

Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision, Report on Government Services 2005, Productivity Commission [7]27 <http://www.pc.gov.au/gsp/reports/rogs/2005/chapter07.pdf> at 15 May 2007.

Ibid.

Australian Law Reform Commission, Seen and Heard: Priority for Children in the Legal Process, Report No 84 (1997) [18.22] <http://www/austlii.edu.au/au/other/alrc/publications/reports/84/ALRC84.html> at 15 May 2007.

Walsh Tamara , Incorrections: Investigating prison release practice and policy in Queensland and its impact on community safety, November 2004 (Recommendation 6) 131 <http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/IncorrectionsReport.doc> at 15 May 2007.

Queensland Government, Response to the INCorrections Report, Department of Corrective Services, September 2005, 6 <http://www.dcs.qld.gov.au/Publications/Corporate_Publications/Miscellaneous_Documents/INCorrect%20backgrounder%20final_v2_2NET.pdf#search=%22incorrections%22> at 15 May 2007.

Walsh Tamara Dr , Incorrections II: Correcting Government, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, (2005) [7] <http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/IncorrectionsII.doc> at 15 May 2007.

Convention on the Rights of the Child, opened for signature 20 November 1989, 1588 UNTS 530 (entered into force 2 September 1990).

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, opened for signature 16 December 1966, 999 UNTS 171 (entered into force 23 March 1976).

United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice, General Assembly Resolution 40/33 of 29 November 1985.

Tobin John ‘Finding rights in the “wrongs” of our law: Bringing international law home’ (2005) 30 (4) Alternative Law Journal 164.

United Nations Rules for the Protection of Juveniles Deprived of their Liberty, General Assembly Resolution 45/113 of 14 December 1990.

Queensland Commission for Children and Young People and the Child Guardian, Submission on Juvenile Justice Amendment Bill 2001 (undated) 3 <http://www.ccypcg.qld.gov.au/pdf/submissions/juvenile_justice_submission.pdf> at 15 May 2007.

Commission of Inquiry, Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions (1999) <http://www.families.qld.gov.au/department/forde/publications/documents/pdf/forde_comminquiry.pdf> at 15 May 2007.

UNCRC, Consideration of Reports submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention – Concluding Observations: Australia, 40th sess, UN Doc CRC/C/15/Add.268 (20 October 2005) [5] <http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/SRC.C.15.Add.268.EN?OpenDocument> at 13 May 2007.

Ibid [73].

Ibid [74].

UNCRC, Consideration of Reports submitted by States Parties under Article 44 of the Convention – Concluding Observations: Australia, 40th sess, UN Doc CRC/C/15/Add.268 (20 October 2005) [74] <http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.15.Add.268.EN?OpenDocument> at 13 May 2007.

Based on Australian Institute of Criminology, ‘Young People and Crime’ <http://www.aic.gov.au/research/jjustice/sentencing/principles.html> at 15 May 2007.

JJA s 149.

JJA ss 53, 120–121.

JJA ss 154, 183.

JJA s 69.

Spooner Paul ‘Let's be Adult about being Juvenile’, Defence for Children International (Australia) <http://www.dci-au.org/html/juvenile.html>.

Hubble Gail ‘Juvenile defendants: Taking the human rights of children seriously’ (2000) 25 (3) Alternative Law Journal 116, 120.

Ibid.

Sisters Inside, Age Does Matter (July 2001) <http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/juvenilejustice.pdf> at 15 May 2007. See also Kilroy Debbie , ‘When will you See the Real Us? Women in Prison’ (Paper presented at the Women in Corrections: Staff and Clients Conference, Adelaide, 31 October-1 November 2000) <http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/whenwillyouseetherealus.pdf> at 15 May 2007.

Legal Aid Queensland, Logan Youth Legal Service, Youth Advocacy Centre and Youth Affairs Network of Queensland, Including Seventeen Year Olds in the Juvenile Justice System (November 2004) 16 <http://yanq.org.au/index.pl?page=getdoc&Ink_id=268&doc_id=143> at 2 September 2006.

Puplick Chris ‘Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know’ (Paper presented at Sisters Inside Queensland Alliance Conference Lock “Them” Up? Disability and Mental Illness Aren't Crimes, Brisbane, 18 May 2006) 2 <http://www.sistersinside.com.au/media/PaperChrisPuplick.doc> at 15 May 2007.