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TASC's Sue Gordon awarded the Cth Minister's Lifelong Achievement Award
Last week in Canberra TASC Community Development Coordinator and long-term disability advocate Sue Gordon was awarded one of Australia's most prestigious awards, the Minister's Lifelong Achievement Award. "It was a wonderful privilege to receive the award and of course to really illuminate the cutting edge work of TASC and its Queensland Criminal Justice Centre," Sue said. The National Disability Awards were held in Canberra and attended by 51 Commonwealth Parliamentarians, including the Prime Minister... read more
TASC to Address International Judicial Conference
TASC CEO and Queensland Criminal Justice Centre (QCJC) Director Dan Toombs and QCJC Researcher Andrew Caple will be presenting individually at the Australian Institute of Judicial Administration (AIJA) Conference in Auckland in February. "It's a wonderful privilege to not only be presenting at such an esteemed conference, but to have two representatives from TASC presenting separately is terrific," TASC CEO Dan Toombs said. "Both addresses will be particularly provocative and will certainly... read more
TASC spearheading Australia's first Youth Court
Community Development Coordinator Sue Gordon is dead-set keen on instigating Australia's first youth court, a court completely facilitated by youth. "Youth Courts have been used very effectively in the United States with strong evidence to suggest that peer orientated courts can be far more effective in dealing with slight offences or behavioural issues within the school context," Sue said. Sue Gordon was the beneficary of the TASC Smarterstate Scholarship in 2009 and spent time working with the... read more
TASC Seniors Legal and Support Service flourishing in Ipswich
In this game, when it rains it pours! TASC Seniors Legal and Support Service Solicitor Justin Barker and Social Worker Gillian Mason-Johnson have been flat to the boards rolling out the service to Ipswich and the West Moreton. The service focuses on financial and and other forms of abuse abuse of seniors in our community. The service co-exists with its equivalent service in Toowoomba. ... read more
TASC to provide insight to QLD Government
TASC has been asked to be involved in a round-table meeting with the Queensland Attorney General Cameron Dick MP and Minister for Disability Services Annastacia Palaszczuk MP to map out potential interventions to minimise the endemic numbers of disabled people within the Queensland criminal justice system. "We've spearheaded the most successful intervention in reducing recidivism of disabled defendants in Australia. So, we believe that we have something substantial to put on the table, " TASC... read more
