Design and Implementation of the Measuring What Matters Framework

The Law Council of Australia provided a submission to the Australian National Audit Office to contribute to the audit of the effectiveness of the design and implementation of the Measuring What Matters Framework (the Framework).

The Law Council's feedback is limited to the following aspects of the Framework:

• the access to justice category under the Framework’s ‘secure’ theme;
• the trust in government, public service and key institutions categories within the Framework’s ‘cohesive’ theme; and
• the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages spoken category under the Framework’s ‘cohesive’ theme.

Access to justice

The Framework’s ‘access to justice’ metric is intended to measure Australia’s performance in providing accessible and affordable civil courts and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. In our view, this metric is far too narrowly defined. We suggest that it should address the extent of legal need across the Australian community beyond civil remedies, in addition to formal avenues for the enforcement of legal rights.

Read the full submission below.

Last Updated on 27/11/2024

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