Select Committee on the Partial Defence of Provocation

The Committee was established to inquire into and report on the partial defence of provocation.

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Resolution passed 14 June 2012, LC Minutes No 92, Item 10 page 1062

Resolution establishing the Committee

Date	Milestone
14 Jun 2012	Referred
24 Aug 2012	Submissions closed
28 Aug 2012	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
29 Aug 2012	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
21 Sep 2012	Hearing - Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney
23 Apr 2013	Final Report
23 Oct 2013	Government Response to Final Report

No. 1 Name suppressed
No. 2 Mr Peter Butler
No. 3 Name suppressed
No. 4 Prof. Julia Tolmie
No. 5 The Law Society of New South Wales
No. 6 Anti-Discrimination Board of New South Wales
No. 7 Ms Glenda Gartrell
No. 8 FamilyVoice Australia
No. 8a FamilyVoice Australia
No. 9 Name suppressed
No. 10 Women's Electoral Lobby
No. 10a Women's Electoral Lobby
No. 11 NSW Law Reform Commission
No. 12 Mr Graeme Coss
No. 13 Name suppressed
No. 14 Mr James Trevallion
No. 15 NSW Bar Association
No. 16 Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service NSW Inc.
No. 17 Public Defenders (NSW)
No. 18 Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon
No. 19 NSW Young Lawyers
No. 20 Mrs Jaspreet Kaur
No. 21 Mr Alastair Lawrie
No. 22 New South Wales Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
No. 23 Australian Law Reform Commission
No. 24 Justice Action
No. 25 Homicide Victims Support Group (Australia) Inc
No. 26 Phil Cleary Enterprises Pty Ltd
No. 27 NSW Beat Project
No. 28 Ms Clover Moore
No. 29 Dr Arlie and A/Professor Thomas CROFTS Loughnan
No. 30 Legal Aid New South Wales
No. 31 New South Wales Domestic violence Committee Coalition
No. 32 NSW Council for Civil Liberties Inc.
No. 33 Mr Winston Terracini SC QC
No. 34 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
No. 35 Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women's Legal Centre
No. 36 FairGO
No. 37 Women's Legal Services NSW
No. 38 Inner City Legal Centre
No. 39 Victims of Crime Assistance League (VOCAL)
No. 40 Wayne ZHENG, Tanvi MEHTA, Vanja BULUT and Amy Fox
No. 41 Prof. Julie Stubbs
No. 42 Redfern Legal Centre
No. 43 ACON
No. 44 Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre Inc.
No. 44a Hawkesbury Nepean Community Legal Centre
No. 45 Outer West Domestic Violence Network (OWDVN)
No. 46 Miss Natasha Godwin
No. 47 Miss Lauren Blumberg
No. 48 Australian Lawyers Alliance
No. 49 Ms Catherine Smith
No. 50 Mr James Moshides
No. 51 Domestic Violence Death Review Team
No. 52 Victims Advisory Board

Date	Venue Details
28/08/2012	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
29/08/2012	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript
21/09/2012	Jubilee Room, New South Wales Parliament, Macquarie Street, Sydney	Schedule	Transcript

DateSort	Report Name	Tabled Date	Government Response
	Partial defence of provocation	2013-10-23
23/10/2013	Government response - Report No 1 - Select Committee on the Partial Defence of Provocation (PDF)	23/10/2013
23/04/2013	Report No 1 - Select Committee on the Partial Defence of Provocation (PDF)	23/04/2013	23/10/2013

DateSort	Date	Type	Title
2013-04-23	23/04/2013	Media Release	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Media release: Release of the report
2013-02-20	20/02/2013	Media Release	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Media release: Extension of reporting deadline
2012-11-14	14/11/2012	Media Release	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Media Release: Extension of reporting deadline
2012-10-18	18/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Mr John McKenzie, Chief Legal Officer, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd.
2012-10-10	10/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Ms Martha Jabour, Executive Director, Homicide Victims Support Group (Australia) Inc.
2012-10-08	08/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Ms Betty Green, Convenor, NSW Domestic Violence Committee Coalition
2012-10-05	05/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Dr Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2012-10-04	04/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Mr Lloyd Babb SC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
2012-10-04	04/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Mr Graeme Coss, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Law School
2012-10-04	04/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Responses to Options Paper: Ms Dina Yehia SC, Public Defender, Public Defenders Office
2012-10-04	04/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Mr Justin Dowd, President, Law Society of NSW
2012-10-04	04/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Professor Julie Stubbs, University of NSW, Faculty of Law
2012-10-04	04/10/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: A/Professor Thomas Crofts and Dr Arlie Loughnan, University of Sydney Law School
2012-09-21	21/09/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice: Mrs Susan Smith, Solicitor/Coordinator, Redfern Legal Centre and Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
2012-09-21	21/09/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and response to Options Paper: Mr Cameron Murphy, President, NSW Council for Civil Liberties Inc.
2012-09-21	21/09/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Susan Smith, Solicitor/Coordinator, Redfern Legal Centre and Sydney Women's Domestic Violence Court Advocacy Service
2012-09-21	21/09/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Options Paper
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Tabled Document	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Tabled document: Mr Lloyd Babb SC, Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book - suggested directions to jury on the defence of provocation
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Phil Cleary
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions on Notice: Mr Lloyd Babb SC, Director of Public Prosecutions, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: The Hon James Wood AO QC, Chairperson, NSW Law Reform Commission
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice, Supplementary Questions on Notice and responses to Options Paper: Mr Bernard Coles QC, President, Bar Association of NSW
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice: Ms Martha Jabour, Executive Director, Homicide Victims Support Group
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions on Notice: Ms Penny Musgrave, Director, Criminal Law Review Division, Department of Attorney General and Jusice
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: A/Prof Thomas Crofts and Dr Arlie Loughnan, University of Sydney Law School
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions on Notice: Mr Justin Dowd, President, NSW Law Society
2012-08-29	29/08/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Response to Options Paper: Mr Phil Cleary
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: Dr Kate fitz-Gibbon, Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice, Supplementary Questions on Notice and responses to Options Paper: Dr Justin Koonin, Co-Convenor, NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice, Supplementary Questions on Notice and responses to Options Paper: Ms Liz Snell, Law Reform and Policy Co-ordinator, Women's Legal Services NSW
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions on Notice: Ms Maura Boland, Deputy Director General, Strategy and Policy, Family and Community Services
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions on Notice: Ms Betty Green, Convenor, NSW Domestic Violence Coalition
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: Ms Dina Yehia SC, Public Defender, Public Defenders Office
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice, Supplementary Questions on Notice and responses to Options Paper: Mr Daniel Stubbs, Centre Director, Inner City Legal Centre
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice: Mr Graeme Coss, Senior Lecturer, Sydney University Law School
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Questions on Notice	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Questions on Notice and Supplementary Questions on Notice: Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas APM, NSW Police Force
2012-08-28	28/08/2012	Answers to Supplementary Questions	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Answers to Supplementary Questions on Notice: Mr John McKenzie, Chief Legal Officer, Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd.
2012-07-04	04/07/2012	Other	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Briefing paper
2012-06-22	22/06/2012	Media Release	Committee Document - Provocation Committee - Media release: Announcing commencement of Inquiry

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