The Court Reporting and Captioning Program commenced in 1987 in the University of South Australia which administered the fee-paying course until June 30, 1998 when it was transferred to the National College of Court Reporting.
Since then the program has been conducted by the NCCR, under the same terms and conditions as previously, with lecturers who are court reporters, and with the original director, Paula Roberts, who developed the program in 1987.
From its inception, the program has been conducted with the close collaboration of the South Australian Courts Administration Authority, State and Federal Hansards, the Australian Caption Centre, and the SRAA (Shorthand Reporters’ Association of Australia).
The NCCR’s unique, external study program is taught by working court reporters using an Australian Real-time Machine Shorthand Theory specially developed for the Australian context.
Fees include textbooks and individual telephone tutoring, use of a NCCR loan machine and speed development tapes. Students have the choice of four commencement points, either February, May, July or October.
Careers in machine shorthand are highly paid, may be employed or freelance, and include:
