Quick Hands
David Wilson (68)
If you are a first offender in Qld,you can elect to go down the Justice mediation process.
To do this you must admit your guilt and apologise to the victim/s and make any restitution if applicable.
This is a court supervised process.
Once you have completed the process to the courts satisfaction,they discontinue the proceedings.
In NSW if the court grants you a Section 10,no conviction is recorded.
That does not mean you were declared innocent.
In the Qld process you mention, the person must first admit their guilt, similarly in NSW a Section 10 follows a guilty plea or finding of guilt. Thus in both cases a court has made a finding of guilt - as opposed to allegations being withdrawn.