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Mr Jeff LindenCircuit Magistrate, Lismore (NSW)
Mr Linden has been a presenter at numerous Magistrates’ and other conferences about the MERIT Program. Mr Linden has also assisted with the final appraisals of the MERIT Program by an independent assessor and he was a recipient of the Silver Service Award from the NSW Government for service delivery based solely on the success of the MERIT Program. From 2004 Mr Linden has been circuit Magistrate for Tweed circuit incorporating Local Courts at Tweed Heads, Murwillumbah, Mullumbimby and Byron Bay. That circuit from January 2006 was appointed the only country circuit piloting Young Adult Conferencing, a diversion program for adults between 18 and 24 years of age.
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Mr Linden was appointed a Magistrate of the Local Court of NSW in September 1988 and after two years as a relieving Magistrate he was sent to Byron Bay as the first Regional Coordinator for the Far North Coast Region. In 1997 Mr Linden was appointed to Lismore Local Court as the circuit Magistrate. This position included additional roles as Regional Coordinator, Mental Health Magistrate for Lismore Base Hospital, Magistrate in charge of implementation of centralised committals and appointment of Mental Health Nurses at Lismore, and Judicial Officer charged with the implementation and trialling of the MERIT Program.