Congratulations Professor Anya Reading!
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
RST Apology to Tasmanian Aboriginal people 2021.
The paper examines the personal characteristics, previous drink driving records, entry to the courts and court decisions for 1000 offenders convicted in the Hobart Courts of Petty Sessions for alcohol-related driving offences. It is shown that southern Tasmania has a very high rate of recidivism, that a large proportion chose legal representation and that the sentences of individual magistrates vary substantially even when a large number of factors are held constant. It is suggested that solicitors use adjournments to steer clients towards particular magistrates and some options for review of the current system are outlined.
Royal Society of Tasmania, RST, Van Diemens Land, natural history, science, ecology, taxonomy, botany, zoology, geology, geography, papers & proceedings, Australia, UTAS Library
Published Papers
The Royal Society of Tasmania acknowledges, with deep respect, the traditional owners of this land, and the ongoing custodianship of the Aboriginal people of Tasmania. The Society pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging. We acknowledge that Tasmanian Aboriginal Peoples have survived severe and unjust impacts resulting from invasion and dispossession of their Country. As an institution dedicated to the advancement of knowledge, the Royal Society of Tasmania recognises Aboriginal cultural knowledge and practices and seeks to respect and honour these traditions and the deep understanding they represent.
On 15 February 2021, the Royal Society of Tasmania offered a formal Apology to the Tasmanian Aboriginal people.
