KEYWORDS: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD); Exposure to Domestic and Family Violence; Incarceration of Parents and Caregivers; Interrupted School Attendance and Suspension; Out-of-Home Care; Childhood Sexual Abuse; Early Exposure to Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse; Stolen Generations and Descendants; Acquired Brain Injury; Hearing Impairment; Homelessness; Unemployment; Cultural Dispossession; Social Exclusion; Low Socio-Economic Status; Refugee Background; Grief and Loss; Child Abuse & Neglect
The Bugmy Bar Book Committee has developed chapters summarising key research relating to experiences of disadvantage and deprivation. The purpose of this resource, for practitioners, is to assist in the preparation and presentation of evidence to establish the application of the Bugmy v The Queen (2013) 249 CLR 571 principles.