Consultations were held with the following groups:

1. Victims Advisory Council, (8 May 1996)

2. Public Seminar, “The Sentencing Discussion Paper” (15 May 1996)

3. Police Service, Human Resources Command, Conflict Management (25 June 1996)

4. Department of Corrective Services, (26 July 1996)

5. Victims Advisory Council, (31 July 1996)

6. Academic Forum, (2 August 1996)

7. Legal Aid Commission. (7 August 1996)

8. Public Defenders, (8 August 1996)

9. Prison Governors, (12 August 1996)

10. Forbes Chambers, (13 August 1996)

11. District Court Judges. (14 August 1996)

12. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, (19 August 1996)

13. Mr K Marslew, (12 September 1996)

14. The Hon R J Debus MP, (September 1996)