{"id":196168,"date":"2017-11-20T19:05:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T09:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=196168"},"modified":"2020-08-10T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-08-10T05:29:42","slug":"court-house-back-in-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/11\/20\/court-house-back-in-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Court House Back In Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_196169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196169\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-196169\" title=\"20171120 Kingaroy Court House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court1-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The rebuilt and upgraded Kingaroy Court House heard its first cases on Monday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>November 20, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first cases were heard in the\u00a0 Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Monday, marking the end of the $5.31 million refurbishment of the old building.<\/p>\n<p>Staff have been busily carting files and office equipment back across Kingaroy Street from the temporary courthouse in a former bottleshop which has been serving Kingaroy since April.<\/p>\n<p>The new courthouse features a lift which will assist both defendants and witnesses with disabilities to reach the main courtroom on the second floor.<\/p>\n<p>A covered walkway allows people bring held in custody in the watchhouse to be brought directly\u00a0 into the court house safely and securely.<\/p>\n<p>There are security cameras mounted around the outside of the building as well as in key areas inside.<\/p>\n<p>The downstairs courtroom &#8211; which is used by the Kingaroy Magistrate when District Court is sitting upstairs, and also by various tribunals &#8211; has been enlarged and now features its own videolink system.<\/p>\n<p>Glass panels have been installed in both courtrooms to separate visitors from the defendant and the bar table.<\/p>\n<p>A special area has been created to allow child witnesses to give video evidence in a safe and secure environment well away from the actual courtrooms.<\/p>\n<p>New soundproof interview rooms have also been created for solicitors to speak to their clients in privacy.<\/p>\n<p>The date for an official opening of the building is yet to be set.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/04\/justice-shifts-into-old-bottleshop\/\">Justice Shifts Into Old Bottleshop<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2017\/03\/courthouse-upgrade-starts-soon\/\">Courthouse Upgrade Begins Soon<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2015\/06\/green-light-for-courthouse-upgrades\/\">Green Light For Courthouse Upgrades<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2014\/12\/3-1m-upgrade-to-local-courthouses\/\">$3.1m Upgrade To Local Courthouses<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196175\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-196175\" title=\"20171120 Kingaroy Court House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court3.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court3-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Daryl Swan, who worked at the Court House from 1968 to 2011, took the opportunity on Monday to have a look inside the upgraded building &#8230; the lift is just inside the automatic front doors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_196172\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196172\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-196172\" title=\"20171120 Kingaroy Court House\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20171120court2-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-196172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old building was gutted, rebuilt and re-clad &#8230; it&#8217;s not Kingaroy&#8217;s prettiest building but has been designed to serve the community for many years<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first cases were heard in the\u00a0 Kingaroy Magistrates Court on Monday, marking the end of the $5.31 million refurbishment of the old 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