YoungUrbis Keys, Final Report of the Evaluation of the Northern Territory Agreement (2004) <http://www.ag.gov.au> at 28 February 2008
2.
See NT Correctional Services Annual Statistics 06–07, and NT Police Fire and Emergency Services Annual Report 05–06.
3.
Anunga (1976) 11ALR412.
4.
Jabarula (1984) 11 A Crim R 131 at 139.
5.
YoungUrbis Keys, above n 1.
6.
CotchilliRv [2007] NTSC 52.
7.
Ibid.
8.
Criminal Code Act (NT) s 43J.
9.
This was 4 years after he was released from custody without bail, and 5 years after the High Court found the committal to be a nullity because the man could not understand the proceedings. R v Roland Ebatarinja [1999] NTSC 41 (unrep decision Mildren J, 22 April 1999); Ebatarinja v Deland (1998) 194 CLR 444.
10.
R v Johnson (1987) 25A Crim R433.
11.
Dietrich v The Queen (1992) 177CLR292 per Mason CJ and McHugh J at 311.
12.
Indigenous Protocols for Lawyers in the Northern Territory (2004)
13.
CookeMichaelDr, Indigenous Interpreting Issues for Courts (2002), 10 <http://www.aija.org.au> at 28 February 2008.
14.
Cucu v District Court of NSW (1994) 73A Crim R240 at 243.
15.
National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.
16.
Australian Institute of Interpreters and Translators Inc Code of Ethics
17.
De La Espriella Velasco v The Queen (2006) 197FLR125. For a consideration of quality outside the criminal jurisdiction see Perera v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (1999) 92 FCR 6.
18.
R v Tran [1994] 2 SCR 951 at 958.
19.
Gradidge v Grace Bros Pty Ltd (1988) NSWLR414; Saak v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (2002) 121 FCR 185.
20.
R v Rostom [2007] SASC210; MacPherson v The Queen (1981) 147CLR512.
21.
NTSC SCC 20603761 before Angel ACJ (Transcript 30 July 2007)
22.
Information provided in an interview with the interpreter's sister conducted in December 2007, also an Aboriginal interpreter, who wished to remain anonymous.
23.
Urbis Keys Young, above n 1, 35.
24.
CookeMichaelDr, ‘Caught in the middle: Indigenous interpreters and customary law’ (Background paper to the Western Australia Law Reform Commission Project 94 on Customary Law).
