This page contains some of the submissions we received in in response to our Consultation Paper: Good Character at Sentencing (PDF, 1.1 MB). However,
- we have not published every submission we have received, and
- we have redacted parts of some of the submissions in accordance with our publication policy.
We consider all submissions in full, even if we don't publish them or if we redact parts of them.
The views and opinions expressed in submissions do not reflect those of the NSW Sentencing Council.
- GC01 Angela Miller (PDF, 87.4 KB), 5 December 2024
- GC02 Tess Clancy (PDF, 168.8 KB), 5 December 2024
- GC03 Alice Wickens (PDF, 122.4 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC04 Kim Evans (PDF, 112.7 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC05 Lily (PDF, 107.0 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC06 Anonymous (PDF, 201.5 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC07 Marissa Heymann (PDF, 111.8 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC08 Olivia Campos (PDF, 111.4 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC09 Stacey Sharkey (PDF, 106.3 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC10 Sam Watson (PDF, 112.8 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC11 Jemma Russell (PDF, 108.4 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC12 Christy Leggo (PDF, 87.1 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC13 Jessica Murray (PDF, 121.6 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC14 Lauren McDonald (PDF, 107.2 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC15 Anonymous (PDF, 108.9 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC16 Julia Gerling (PDF, 106.3 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC17 Amy Wilson (PDF, 140.9 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC18 Anna Hapiuk (PDF, 108.8 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC19 Sahra Favaro (PDF, 96.1 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC21 Harriet Frdelja (PDF, 89.8 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC22 Charlii Johnson (PDF, 109.1 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC23 Mitchell Montgomery (PDF, 109.5 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC24 Anonymous (PDF, 105.4 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC25 Layla Grace (PDF, 106.2 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC26 Yasmine Laycock (PDF, 108.3 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC27 Emily Bayfield (PDF, 130.4 KB), 6 December 2024
- GC28 Rebecca Henry (PDF, 85.7 KB), 7 December 2024
- GC29 Nicole Krivohlavy (PDF, 106.7 KB), 7 December 2024
- GC30 Renee Williams (PDF, 106.0 KB), 7 December 2024
- GC31 Anonymous (PDF, 84.4 KB), 7 December 2024
- GC32 Mikayla Ramm (PDF, 105.9 KB), 7 December 2024
- GC33 Samara Mill (PDF, 87.1 KB), 8 December 2024
- GC34 Anonymous (PDF, 192.5 KB), 8 December 2024
- GC35 Carina Hosking (PDF, 86.7 KB), 8 December 2024
- GC36 Anonymous (PDF, 71.3 KB), 9 December 2024
- GC37 Caitlin Gibson (PDF, 66.4 KB), 9 December 2024
- GC38 Joanne Roberts (PDF, 94.9 KB), 4 December 2024
- GC39 Billy Jack Velder (PDF, 85.8 KB), 4 December 2024
- GC40 Mia Smith (PDF, 140.7 KB), 4 December 2024
- GC41 Jessi Salonen (PDF, 112.6 KB), 10 December 2024
- GC42 Tanya Langford (PDF, 134.2 KB), 10 December 2024
- GC43 Millie Bartlett (PDF, 88.9 KB), 10 December 2024
- GC44 Erin Clancy (PDF, 109.2 KB), 12 December 2024
- GC45 Rhiannon King (PDF, 109.6 KB), 12 December 2024
- GC46 Kate Plummer (PDF, 109.1 KB), 14 December 2024
- GC47 Anonymous (PDF, 170.6 KB), 16 December 2024
- GC48 Anonymous (PDF, 90.2 KB), 16 December 2024
- GC49 Adam Cassidy (PDF, 108.1 KB), 17 December 2024
- GC50 Thea Hunter (PDF, 127.0 KB), 17 December 2024
- GC51 The Survivor Hub (PDF, 61.4 KB), 17 December 2024
- GC52 Anonymous (PDF, 67.8 KB), 17 December 2024
- GC53 Anonymous (PDF, 107.5 KB), 20 December 2024
- GC56 Peter Buchanan (PDF, 155.2 KB), 22 December 2024
- GC58 Chanelle Mak (PDF, 48.1 KB), 10 January 2025
- GC59 Frank Gilroy (PDF, 9.8 MB), 13 January 2025
- GC60 MayaKosha Healing (PDF, 368.0 KB), 14 January 2025
- GC61 Ben Spence (PDF, 192.2 KB), 18 January 2025
- GC62 Fighters Against Child Abuse Australia (PDF, 193.6 KB), 27 January 2025
- GC63 Amy Johnson (PDF, 88.6 KB), 3 February 2025
- GC64 Erin Cardell (PDF, 85.9 KB), 3 February 2025
- GC65 Tino Timba (PDF, 88.0 KB), 5 February 2025
- GC66 Adam Ferris (PDF, 146.8 KB), 5 February 2025
- GC67 Anonymous (PDF, 93.4 KB), 6 February 2025
- GC68 Alyssa James (PDF, 93.7 KB), 6 February 2025
- GC69 Anonymous (PDF, 101.5 KB), 6 February 2025
- GC70 Erika Seidel (PDF, 135.7 KB), 7 February 2025
- GC71 Legal Aid NSW (PDF, 690.9 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC72 Brea Roadley (PDF, 88.5 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC73 Melissa Browne (PDF, 109.5 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC74 Amy Mackenzie (PDF, 72.2 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC75 Louise Edmonds (PDF, 93.8 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC76 Tracy Cunningham (PDF, 89.1 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC77 Liz Quinn (PDF, 95.6 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC78 In Good Faith Foundation (PDF, 7.0 MB), 11 February 2025
- GC79 NK (PDF, 100.3 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC80 Anonymous (PDF, 98.7 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC81 Laura Evans (PDF, 92.9 KB) 11 February 2025
- GC82 We Are W/M (PDF, 145.1 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC83 Klaudia Martin-Files (PDF, 97.8 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC84 Ashley Stanton (PDF, 79.4 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC85 Anonymous (PDF, 88.4 KB) 11 February 2025
- GC86 Crystal Milton (PDF, 92.5 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC87 Mary (PDF, 79.6 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC88 Jess Peron (PDF, 92.5 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC89 Anonymous (PDF, 96.9 KB) 11 February 2025
- GC90 Millie Mickle (PDF, 95.3 KB) 11 February 2025
- GC91 Sam Young (PDF, 88.8 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC92 Shaun Claughton (PDF, 91.7 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC93 Ashleigh Blake (PDF, 90.7 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC94 Kim Hancock (PDF, 87.7 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC96 Karyn Roe (PDF, 87.9 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC97 Lauren Kron (PDF, 86.6 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC98 Candice Heggelund (PDF, 96.9 KB), 11 February 2025
- GC99 Anonymous (PDF, 100.7 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC100 Molly Rhys Jones (PDF, 86.2 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC101 Jessie Foley (PDF, 84.7 KB) 12 February 2025
- GC102 Ielena Lesar (PDF, 84.0 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC103 Louise Leonard (PDF, 91.3 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC104 Cade Burgess (PDF, 93.8 KB) 12 February 2025
- GC105 Anonymous (PDF, 92.7 KB) 12 February 2025
- GC106 Ryan Fuoco (PDF, 86.5 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC107 Naomi Slater (PDF, 96.8 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC108 Anonymous (PDF, 92.9 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC110 Anonymous (PDF, 93.8 KB) 12 February 2025
- GC111 Leanne Lenassi (PDF, 109.6 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC112 Anonymous (PDF, 93.9 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC113 Anonymous (PDF, 96.0 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC114 Marianne Loew (PDF, 115.4 KB) 12 February 2025
- GC115 Feminist Legal Clinic Inc (PDF, 107.3 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC116 Candice Fieg (PDF, 93.9 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC117 Selene Pais (PDF, 85.8 KB), 12 February 2025
- GC118 Anonymous (PDF, 79.6 KB) 12 February 2025
- GC119 Domestic Violence NSW (PDF, 1.1 MB), 13 February 2025
- GC120 Elizabeth Mansfield (PDF, 96.0 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC121 Mike Burns (PDF, 23.7 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC122 Your Reference Ain’t Relevant (PDF, 284.6 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC123 Anonymous (PDF, 109.8 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC124 Victoria Simpson (PDF, 76.4 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC125 Intellectual Disability Rights Service (PDF, 463.6 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC126 Josh Byrnes and Shane Geisler (PDF, 331.7 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC127 Rape and Sexual Assault Advocacy and Research Association (PDF, 311.7 KB), 13 February 2025
- GC128 Anonymous (PDF, 114.3 KB) 13 February 2025
- GC130 Casey Curran (PDF, 94.6 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC131 Jody Smith (PDF, 98.7 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC132 Libby (PDF, 87.1 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC134 Survivors and Mates Support Network (PDF, 272.6 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC135 Cynthia Bradley (PDF, 64.8 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC136 Blue Butterfly Institute (PDF, 5.4 MB) 14 February 2025
- GC137 Tracy Ayrton (PDF, 92.6 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC138 Bravehearts Foundation Ltd (PDF, 2.7 MB), 14 February 2025
- GC139 Tiffany Mak (PDF, 94.0 KB) 14 February 2025
- GC140 Anonymous (PDF, 204.9 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC141 Dr Marianne Edwards (PDF, 93.1 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC143 Georgina Bell (PDF, 24.6 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC144 Dr Jonathan Mak (PDF, 94.9 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC145 Grace Tame Foundation (PDF, 1.1 MB), 14 February 2025
- GC146 Barbara Braithwaite (PDF, 100.4 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC148 Wirringa Baiya Aboriginal Women’s Legal Centre Inc (PDF, 746.6 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC149 Helen Doutty (PDF, 87.8 KB) 14 February 2025
- GC150 Anonymous (PDF, 94.7 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC151 Anonymous (PDF, 1.4 MB), 14 February 2025
- GC152 Anonymous (PDF, 92.8 KB), 14 February 2025
- GC153 RS (PDF, 88.7 KB), 15 February 2025
- GC154 Law Society of NSW (PDF, 2.3 MB), 17 February 2025
- GC155 NSW Police Force (PDF, 248.1 KB), 18 February 2025
- GC156 Office of the Advocate for Children and Young People (NSW) (PDF, 108.9 KB), 18 February 2025
- GC157 National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (PDF, 139.7 KB), 19 February 2025
- GC158 Children’s Court of NSW (PDF, 114.1 KB) 19 February 2025
- GC159 Community Restorative Centre (PDF, 1.7 MB), 21 February 2025
- GC160 Full Stop Australia (PDF, 5.8 MB) 21 February 2025
- GC161 NSW Bar Association (PDF, 1.4 MB), 25 February 2025
- GC162 Victims of Crime Assistance League (Hunter) (PDF, 833.0 KB), 28 February 2025
- GC163 Eileen Culleton (PDF, 323.2 KB), 28 February 2025
- GC164 NSW Aboriginal Women’s Advisory Network (PDF, 438.7 KB), 28 February 2025
- GC165 Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Cth) (PDF, 648.5 KB), 3 March 2025
- GC166 Road Trauma Support Group NSW (PDF, 199.9 KB), 10 March 2025
- GC167 Law Society of NSW (PDF, 2.2 MB), 19 March 2025
- GC169 Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) Ltd (PDF, 327.6 KB), 31 March 2025