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Political office comes with great responsibilities and challenges.
Politicians need to make tough choices, like striking a balance between protecting the community and protecting individual rights.
These decisions must be evidence-based and informed by effective consultation.
The Law Society’s 2015 NSW State Election Policy Platform sets out eight areas in which changes should be made to the benefit of the NSW community, They include:
A balanced criminal justice system. The Law Society is calling on all parties to reject mandatory sentencing and repeal laws which impose minimum terms of imprisonment, stop knee-jerk amendments to the law of bail, and take urgent action to reduce the disproportionately high number of indigenous people in NSW prisons.
Protecting rights. The Law Society is calling on all parties to restore fair compensation to injured workers in NSW, maintain fair entitlements for people injured in motor accidents, repeal consorting laws which criminalise non-criminal behaviour and improve outcomes for indigenous children in the care and protection system.
Access to justice. The Law Society is calling on all parties to ensure adequate funding for courts, legal aid and the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and give people the right to choose to have legal representation in courts and tribunals.
