Question regarding median time to trial for criminal matters in Supreme Courts across Australia. The answer provides data for WA only, citing lack of comparable data from other jurisdictions due to inconsistent counting methods.

AnsweredQoN 1966Legislative Council
Asked
22 October 2014
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Attorney General

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What is the median time to trial for criminal matters in the Supreme Court in each jurisdiction in Australia?

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Answered
20 November 2014
Response time
29 days
(1) The median time to trial for criminal matters in the Supreme Court of Western Australia in October 2014 was 29 weeks.
It is not possible to advise median time to trial for other Australian Supreme Court jurisdictions. This is because the information is not readily publicly available due to individual courts using different counting rules. Consequently, as there is no consistent approach to defining and measuring 'time to trial' it would be inappropriate to compare jurisdictions.

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