Policy submissions and papers

The Shopfront participates in campaigns to raise public awareness of issues affecting young and disadvantaged people. By making submissions to government and parliamentary enquiries, we also try to improve laws and policies.

Please click on the links below to read the following submissions and papers prepared by the Shopfront.

• Police search and move-on powers (submission to Ombudsman on Crimes Legislation Amendment (Police and Public Safety) Act 1998,July 1999
• "The age of criminal responsibility and the principle of doli incapax" (submission to Criminal Law Review Division, Attorney General's Department, March 2000)
• Sentencing Young Offenders (submission to NSW Law Reform Commission, October 2001)
• Review of Young Offenders Act (submission to Attorney General's Department, December 2001)
• Mental Health Services in NSW (submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry, April 2002)
• Victims Compensation (submission to Attorney General's Department, May 2002)
• Fines (submission to review of Fines Act, June 2002)
• Child Protection Services (submission to Standing Committee on Social issues, NSW Parliament, June 2002)
• Equalising the Age of Consent (submission to NSW Parliamentary Inquiry, November 2002)
• Police powers (Drug Premises) Act (preliminary submission to Ombudsman on use of move-on directions in Cabramatta, June 2002)
• Police Powers (Drug Premises) Act (submission to Ombudsman, July 2003)
• Fines and Demerit Points (submission to RTA, September 2003)
• Non-Association and Place Restriction orders (case studies submitted to Ombudsman, July 2003)
• Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act (submission to Ombudsman, October 2003)
• Inebriates Act (submission to Standing Committee on Social Issues, NSW Parliament, December 2003)
• Non-Association and Place Restriction orders (submission to Ombudsman, March 2004)
• Drug Detection Dogs (Submission to NSW Ombudsman, August 2004)
• Minors' Consent to Medical Treatment (Submission to NSW Law Reform Commission, August 2004)
• Bail Amendment (Repeat Offenders) Act (submission to Attorney-General’s Department, October 2004)
• Review of Bail Law in NSW (submission to Attorney-General’s Department, January 2005)
• Discrimination in Employment on the Basis of Criminal Record (submission to HREOC, February 2005)
• Improving Safety for Yong Drivers (submissions to RTA, February 2005)
• Juvenile Offenders and Detention Centres (submission to NSW Parliament Select Committee on Juvenile Offenders, February 2005)
• Community-Based Sentencing Options for Disadvantaged Populations (submission to NSW Legislative Council Standing Committee on Law and Justice, March 2005)
• Court-imposed fines and their enforcement (submission to NSW Sentencing Council, February 2006)
• Storage of reproductive material for prisoners (submission to NSW Parliamentary inquiry, August 2006)
• Privacy (preliminary submission to NSW Law Reform Commission, October 2006)
• Youth Homelessness (submission to National Youth Commission inquiry, June 2007)
• Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act review (submission to NSW Ombudsman August 2007)

For fact sheets on criminal justice and youth issues prepared by the Youth Action and Policy Association (YAPA) and the Beyond Bars Alliance, please follow the links below:

http://www.yapa.org.au/ and select 'Publications' from the menu.

www.ncoss.org.au/beyond_bars