Much-needed funds will be directed to the ACT's fully subscribed Supreme Court drug and alcohol sentencing list and more support provided to grieving families with a specialist forensic counselling officer appointed to the Coroner's Court in the upcoming ACT budget.
The two measures will address some of the key concerns about the shortfalls of the ACT government's justice reinvestment program raised by Tom McLuckie, who lost his son Matthew in a horrific road crash on Hindmarsh Drive last year and became a fierce advocate for a review of existing government programs.
