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Sep 26, 2017
Gift in a Shoe Box
Oct 03, 2017
Homelessness in Warrnambool
Oct 10, 2017
Drug Rehab Centre
Oct 17, 2017
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WELCOME

President Trevor Williams welcomed:
John Hunt back to Rotary and suggested he may like to give an overview of his trip at another meeting;
Mal Price returned from his travels in the west;
Robert Cuzens – ‘Friend of Rotary’.  Rob went on to outline he had been involved for 21 good years, however they are doing different things, to all the people thank you for the good times whilst in Rotary …. and only a week and a half before Geelong is in the Grand Final.
Carmel Brinkman from Rotary East, attending tonight with Rotaract.
Club guests; Exchange students Toni Ederer and Ben Pfeil.
Guest Speaker: Her Honour County Court Judge Elizabeth Gaynor

 

NOTICES
Fundraising Committee
Michael Boyd – update from Fundraising Meeting. The following fundraising activities for the coming year are to be recommended to the board.
  • Show Gates
  • Port Fairy Folk Festival
  • BBQ’s
  • Fashion Parade(s)
  • Goods & Services Auction
  • Money Spinners
  • Quilt Show (Biennial – not occurring in 2017) 
  • Raffle; focus on caravan parks during summer months and one-off fundraising events i.e. BBQ for appreciation day at Grand Annual Speedway weekend event, BBQ setup behind Flying Horse Hotel
  • Photography & Electronic Art Show, requiring a ‘champion’ to motivate this project forward
  • Garden Show
  • Plus one other major event
Warrnambool Show
Mal Price – forthcoming Warrnambool Show over 26th, 27th & 28th of October 2017. A roster will be posted seeking availability of Rotarians who are able to commit.

Visit from Foodshare
Terry O’Neill – next week Dedi from Foodshare will be at the meeting and we will make a presentation on the night.  Foodshare have provided a bin as a food hamper to be filled next week with non-perishable items.  Please bring items to support Foodshare.

Alternative to Schoolies Fundraising Night
Rachel Furnell – fundraising film night this Saturday night in aid of ‘Alternative to Schoolies Weekend’, some donations have been made, tickets are available and looking for support.

Fashion Parade
Anne Adams – One ticket sold towards the fashion parade Fashions by Daizy Boutique.  Some donations have been received towards raffle prizes, looking for ideas for the major raffle prize and would appreciate feedback.

Fines Master Mal; 
A PNG tribe initiated Mal into their fold, honouring him with an indigenous necklace!
Alan was disappointed no newspaper arrived on Sunday.
Trevor is asked to cover the fine glass products on his new development at home.
John, hope you’re on the mend (crutches), fined in case you miss out on the next ‘peer to pub’ event.
Rob Cuzens, welcome tonight! 
Sharon driving new motor vehicle.
All those who have not replied to the same-sex marriage survey.
AFL teams who are still in the finals … supporters pay up.
7,600kms to Geraldton … to South Australia, Victorian roads are a disgrace.  Fine all ex-Shire Officers, road maintenance, farmers who may have driven heavy machinery on roads.
Timboon, Moyne Shire had a very large pothole in the road and a miracle not driven into.
Michael; The Flying Horse Hotel is in Warrnambool.
Mal paid a fine in preference to displaying a photo bomb.
 
Robbies Swindle
The swindle was drawn by Her Honour Elizabeth Gaynor. The winner, Mal Price, left the kitty intact until next week.
GUEST SPEAKER Her Honour County Court Judge Elizabeth Mary Gaynor Her Honour County Court Judge Elizabeth Mary Gaynor 
Chairman Jim Hanrahan introduced Her Honour County Court Judge Elizabeth Mary Gaynor appointed Judge – County Court of Victoria (date of Appointment: 13.8.2002)
 
Graduated LLB/BA Melb Uni 1979
1980 Articles and short stint as suburban solicitor 
Jan 1981 to Dec 1983 Journalist with Australian Associated Press 
1984 Duty Solicitor with Legal Aid Commission of Victoria 
1985 to 2002 Barrister, Bar.  Primarily criminal defence work in County and Supreme Court 
Positions held:
Mid 1990s Committee member Criminal Bar Association
2000 and 2002 Assistant Convenor Women Barrister’s Association
13.8.2002 appointed as Judge of the County Court of Victoria sitting primarily on criminal trials and pleas.
Served on Forensic Leave Panel since 2002 / 2003. 
 
Her Honour frankly discussed her role in the judicial system, how people may perceive her role - “what do Judges know? they don’t live in the real world”.  The press sometimes reports a view which does not accurately reflect court events.  The Standard has been an exception!  
 
My role, explained Her Honour is to make a judgement on the crime, how I have arrived at that decision and why I have made my decision on a penalty.  (http://www.austlii.edu.au/ - Australasian Legal Information Institute offers free, comprehensive and independent access to Australasian law).  I provide up to a 10 page summary of my judgement and reasoning on how I arrived at the sentence.

We have many options in sentencing crimes, Community Correction Order is one which can be altered to suit the crime.  I like to recall the person whom I have been sentenced with an order, to come back to Court in 6 weeks just to see how effective the sentence has been.  You have a feel for individuals, do they have family supports, is there a background of abuse, is the penalty working?

99% of cases are heard in the Magistrates Court.
Country Courts are the major of trial courts, hearing 1-2% of all crimes apart from murder and manslaughter.
Crime rates have more or less remained the same as over the past 30 years, apart from a spike with the Ice epidemic (methamphetamines).

Jail is the last resort, more warehousing than a rehabilitation model.  A third of all the case brought before me are people from disadvantaged backgrounds.  I have many documents and reports from Psychiatrists, Social Workers and Barristers, I am required to drill down the information to form a synopsis of the individual.

Offenders up to the age of 18 are dealt with under the Youth Justice system.  Recent Detention Centre rioting can be attributed in part to casual workers being employed instead of the consistency of regular staffing teams.  Regular staff can spot trouble/conflict in the early stages before a situation escalates.  Casual staff don’t have background knowledge on detainees that they can readily draw on when conflict is a possibility.

If the audience tonight were given the opportunity to be the Judge, given the same materials I have at my disposal, you would make the same if not a lesser sentence than I make in the Courtroom.  I can read through youth recklessness, see the families distraught when their son has been killed during a night out that went wrong.  The mate of the young man who was killed, from a solid family environment, he is sentenced and imprisoned into a system that will leave him with a label for the rest of his life.  You can’t put a mature head on young shoulders!

There is discretion through the Court of Appeal to ensure consistency in sentencing.
 
Jim made a presentation of a mosquito net to a developing country as a thank you to Her Honour for her insightful talk tonight.
CLOSING REMARKS
President Trevor Williams closed the meeting reminding members;
  • District Governor Conference in early April 2018
  • Trivia night 17/10/2017 with mystery prizes
Thank you to tonight’s guests Rob, Carmel, George & Tim (Rotaract)
Tony and Ben see you next week when we have guest Marilyn Coleman – ‘Gift in a Box’.