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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
Jasper Lindell

ACT leads as scheme to assist vulnerable people in court expands

Dr John Taggart and Laura Cilesio. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong

Vulnerable defendants before courts in the ACT will have access to specialist communication help later this year in an intermediary program a visiting international expert said would be world leading.

The ACT Human Rights Commission's intermediary program will expand in an Australian first to provide assistance to defendants later this year, after three years supporting witnesses.

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