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Articles & Other Resources
Articles and Papers
- Rebecca McMahon, Decision-making, emotion and behaviour regulation in 18-25 year – olds (PDF) – a neurodevelopmental perspective (Review Article, April 2026, Judicial Officers Bulletin, Vol 38 No 3)
- University of Melbourne Indigenous Law and Justice Hub, Justice professionals gather at The Hub for practical application of Bugmy principles, (Article, Melbourne Law School (MLS) Newsroom, June 2026)
- Sophie Anderson, Crystal Triggs and Sophie Parsons, The Bugmy Bar Book’s application in Legal Proceedings: ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’: (Article, Precedent, the Journal of the Australian Lawyers Alliance, August 2025)
- Christopher McDonald, A focus on the future: the principles and legacy of Bugmy v The Queen, (Article, Law Society Journal Online, 15 July 2025)
- Sophie Anderson, The architects of the Bugmy Bar Book – 10 Years of Change (PDF) (Article, Judicial Officers Bulletin, Judicial Commission of NSW, October 2023)
- Sophie Parsons and Lauren Roycroft, Bugmy 10 Years On: Principles and Practice (PDF) (Article, Law Institute Journal, Law Institute of Victoria, October 2023)
- Lauren Stefanou and Crystal Triggs, The Bugmy Bar Book: Assisting lawyers to understand impacts of adverse experiences (Article, Law Society Journal Online, 5 August 2022)
- Judge Sophia Beckett, The Bar Book Project: The Significance of Culture to Wellbeing, Healing and Rehabilitation (Article, October 2021, Judicial Officers Bulletin, Vol 33 No 9)
- Nicholas Cowdery AO QC, Professor Jill Hunter and Rebecca McMahon, Sentencing and disadvantage: the use of research to inform the court (Article, June 2020, Judicial Officers Bulletin, Vol 32 No 5)
- Judge Sophia Beckett, The Bar Book: Presenting Evidence of Disadvantage (PDF) (Conference Paper, Public Defenders Annual Criminal Law Conference 2019, Updated 2021)
- Rebecca McMahon, The Bar Book Project: Making Use of the Bar Book in Sentence and Section 32 Proceedings (PDF) (Conference Paper, Legal Aid Criminal Law Conference 2019)
Media and interviews
Judicial Papers and Speeches
- 2025 UNSW Law & Justice Hal Wootten Lecture with The Honourable Justice Dina Yehia – YouTube (5 November 2025)
- Video: Chief Justice Lucy McCallum, ACT Supreme Court – 2024 Paul Byrne Memorial Lecture: The Rule of Law in Modern Australia (28 February 2024)
- Video: Belinda Baker SC, Deputy Crown Prosecutor (as her Honour then was) – Bugmy v The Queen and the Bugmy Bar Book (seminar for prosecutors, 2022)
- Judge Yehia’s Sentencing Checklist (2020)
- Justice Stephen Rothman AM, Disadvantage and Crime: The Impact of Bugmy & Munda on Sentencing Aboriginal and Other Offenders (PDF) (Speech, Public Defenders Annual Criminal Law Conference 2018)
- Judge Andrew Haesler SC, Applying Bugmy: An Address to the NSW Legal Aid Commission’s Aboriginal Services Branch (PDF) (Conference Paper, Legal Aid Aboriginal Cultural Competency Branch Training for Legal Practitioners Day, 31 July 2018)
- Judge Stephen Norrish QC, Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders: Striving for Equality before the Law (PDF) (Conference Paper, Legal Aid Commission Workshop, 1 August 2017)
- Judge Stephen Norrish QC, Sentencing Indigenous Offenders – Not enough ‘Judicial Notice’? (Conference Paper, Judicial Conference of Australia Colloquium, 13 October 2013)
Links to Relevant Resources
- National Bench Book on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the Legal System
- Transforming Indigenous Mental Health & Wellbeing
- The Healing Foundation
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet
- Professor Caroline Homer, Impact of Incarceration for mothers and babies (PDF) (Expert Report to Legal Aid NSW, 8 February 2023)
- Professor Felicity Gerry QC, Why being trauma informed is an issue for court integrity (2022)
- Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service (VALS), the Institute of Victoria (LIV) and Victoria Legal Aid (VLA), A Framework for First Nations Cultural Capability in the Legal Profession
- Judicial Commission of NSW, Equality Before the Law Bench Book
- Queensland Supreme Court, Equal Treatment Benchbook (2016)
- Legal Aid Queensland, Best Practice Guidelines
- Law Society of NSW, Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Clients: Resources for Solicitors in NSW (2021)
- The Australian Pro Bono Manual, Chapter 1.14: Assisting Clients with Diverse Needs
