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Queensland. Established pursuant to the Drug Rehabilitation (Court Diversion) Act 2000 (QLD) as a pilot project, five drug courts have been established in Queensland. The Act and regulations limit the number of people who can enter the system from each court each year. In August 2005, it was announced that the drug courts would be made permanent.
The Drug Court of New South Wales is an inferior court constituted as a court of record within the Australian court hierarchy with its jurisdiction limited to New South Wales, Australia. It is a specialist court that deals with criminal offences in which the defendant has an addiction to illicit drugs. The Court exercises both local and ...
The main aim of the Australian courts is to divert illicit drug users from incarceration into treatment programs for their addiction. [11] Drug courts have been established in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia. People appearing in Australian drug courts often fall outside the parameters for other pre ...
Illicit drug use in Australia is the recreational use of prohibited drugs in Australia.Illicit drugs include illegal drugs (such as cannabis, opiates, and certain types of stimulants), pharmaceutical drugs (such as pain-killers and tranquillisers) when used for non-medical purposes, and other substances used inappropriately (such as inhalants). [1]
Carr, Merkel & Hely JJ. Commissioner of Taxation v La Rosa was a 2003 decision of the Federal Court of Australia, sitting as the Full Court of the Federal Court. The court upheld two earlier rulings that Frank La Rosa, a convicted heroin dealer, was entitled to a tax deduction of $220,000 for money stolen from him during a drug deal.
The Youth Drug and Alcohol Court of New South Wales was the generic name given to a harm minimization program administered through the Children's Court of New South Wales that operated between 2000 and 2012. The Court was a children's court that specialised in criminal offences in which a child over 14 but under 18 years of age has an addiction ...
The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the Court of Sessions Act 1837. [1] It has both original and appellate jurisdiction and hears matters specified in the Magistrates Court Act 1991 (SA).
The Supreme Court of Western Australia, where McInnis v The Queen originated. Pentridge Prison, where Dietrich was taken following arrest. Dietrich was charged and sent to trial for the importation in the County Court of Victoria. He applied for publicly funded legal representation, which was refused. [7]