Applications are now open for the 2024 Koori Court Elders and Respected Persons intake for the County, Magistrates’ and Children’s Courts of Victoria. Applications will close on Friday 2 August 2024.
Court Services Victoria (CSV) is seeking applications for Elders and Respected Persons to the following Koori Court locations across the state:
County Court of Victoria: Bendigo, Geelong, La Trobe Valley, Melbourne, Shepparton & Warrnambool.
Magistrates' Court of Victoria and Children's Court of Victoria: Bairnsdale, Bendigo, Dandenong, Geelong, Heidelberg, Latrobe Valley, Melbourne, Mildura, Shepparton, Swan Hill, Warrnambool, Wodonga/Wangaratta.
Elders and Respected Persons work in Koori Courts and play an integral role in upholding the strong cultural and kinship values of their community. They help those appearing in Koori Court acknowledge and address the underlying issues leading to their offending. Elders and Respected Persons also provide cultural advice to the presiding Magistrate or Judge.
For more information and to apply, please visit https://lnkd.in/gWXdGwhe and if you have any questions, please get in touch with the Court Services Victoria’s Dhumba Murmuk Djerring Unit at [email protected].
CSV acknowledges the artwork titled “Dhumba Murmuk Djerring: Speaking and Working Together” by Simone Thomson (Wurundjeri/ Yorta Yorta).