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Multi-million dollar courthouse upgrade complete

Nichole Overall and Mark Speakman at the refurbished courthouse. Photo: supplied.

A $10 million dollar upgrade of the Queanbeyan Courthouse – one of the busiest regional courthouses in NSW – is now complete.

Monaro MP Nichole Overall and NSW Attorney General Mark Speakman officially opened the refurbished courthouse today (September 27).

The upgrade forms part of Queanbeyan’s new justice precinct, with the façade of the refurbished courthouse designed to complement the city’s $31 million police station which opened last year.

Overall said it’s the largest renovation to the courthouse has seen since its construction nearly half a century ago.

“This long-overdue upgrade includes an additional courtroom, upgrades to facilities for vulnerable victims and witnesses including a new remote witness room, new conference rooms, solar energy system, new air-conditioning, updated security including new CCTV cameras, and the ability to use audio-visual links (AVLs),” she said.

“There have also been significant upgrades to the registry for court staff and the courthouse now has a dedicated assembly room for members of the public called for jury service.”

Nellie’s Room, a space for domestic and sexual violence complainants, has also been refurbished to include a new kitchen, a bathroom with baby change facilities, and a new remote witness room with AVL facilities.

Queanbeyan Courthouse is one of the state’s busiest regional courthouses, with more than 2200 matters finalised in the local court last year.

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