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VOLUME 1 • NUMBER 3 • SPRING 2004
Q.J.A. JOURNAL
What Q.J.A. Means QJA exists to support members in carrying out their Office as Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations. Membership fees are our major source of income. Without membership fees we cannot provide the services you need to be competent and informed JPs and C.decs.
QJA — Established in 1918
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT 2003-2004
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NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
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NEW MEMBERS
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ROLL OF HONOUR
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NEWS IN BRIEF
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editorial
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Official Magazine of the Queensland Justices Association
QJA is established to:• • • • • • • • •
Encourage high ethical standards of conduct of Members in performing their Office. Promote and maintain the status of the Office of JP and C.dec. Provide Members with advice on the duties, rights and obligations of the Office they hold. Represent the interests of Members specifically and the Office generally to the Government and to the general community. Provide education and training to advance the interests of Members and potential members. Monitor relevant changes in legislation, assess the impact of these and advise Members accordingly. Provide Members with a forum for the exchange of views and ideas. Promote fellowship and goodwill between the Members. Promote fellowship and goodwill between Members and Office holders who are not Members as well as Justices of the Peace from other jurisdictions.
Membership costs less than a dollar a week and as a member you have access to an organisation that promotes these ideals. You will receive four journals a year that cover current and topical matters relevant to JPs and C.decs. QJA provides at minimal cost members badges, car and letterbox stickers, ID cards, certification stamps and other materials to assist JPs and C.decs in carrying out their duties. We promote through our regional branches discussion of topics relevant to members.
Queensland’s Role in writing the Australian Constitution
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Q&A
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MERCHANDISE
Your Questions Answered
Our organisation meets at least once annually to further those discussions throughout the membership. Our training courses provide primarily for persons wishing to become JPs. We support local refresher courses and training information to members through our branches to keep members up to date. Over the next 2 years we aim to open a number of new Branches. Please let us know if you want to participate in this exercise. If you live in an area that has an existing branch you should consider using the facilities offered and extend your JP network. It is vital that you continue to support us so we can support you. If you have any suggestions, please take the time to write to the Registrar so the QJA can be responsive to the wishes of members.
The QJA Journal is compiled by an Editorial Board on behalf of the QJA. Editor Dr Anthony Watson-Brown
Sub-editor Mrs Bernice Lippiatt
Sub-editor Mr Garry Franke
The views expressed in Articles published in the QJA Journal are not necessarily the views of the Queensland Justices Association or the Board of Directors. © Queensland Justices Association claims copyright in all material published in this Journal. No material may be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the QJA.
ACCOUNTS 10 ANNUAL & AUDITOR’S REPORT
Delegates to the 2004 Australian Council of Justices Associations Annual Meeting held in Darwin on 21 August.
A Win for QJA — to Host Annual Conference for the Australian Council of Justices Associations Conference in 2006
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The President, Joseph Law and Director, Dr. Anthony Watson-Brown attended the 2004 Annual Conference for the Australian Council of Justices Associations (ACJA) held in Darwin on 21 August. They succeeded in Queensland winning the right to hold the 2006 ACJA Annual Conference.
Meeting as President of the ACJA handing over to Mr Peter Kretchmar from Western Australia at the end of the business sessions.
As a result of the Australian Council of Justices decision Joseph Law is now the Vice-President of the ACJA and will assume the Presidency at the 2005 Annual Conference in Perth.
ACJA represents the major Justices Associations around Australia with each State and Territory sending two delegates to the Annual Conference. The work done by ACJA relates to cross border recognition and reciprocity as well as providing a good means of exchanges of ideas on the proper running of JP Associations and the strengthening of the Associations’ membership lists.
Mr Charlie Parrott of the National Territory Association of Justices hosted the Annual
Next year’s meeting will be hosted by the West Australians in Perth.
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