Should you make an early guilty plea in NSW?

Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) reforms introduced in NSW in 2018

In 2018 the NSW government brought in reforms to the early guilty plea system intended to tackle delays in the NSW District Courts.

Called the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) reforms, they apply to "strictly indictable offences" and "elected indictable table offences" that carry a maximum penalty of more than two years' jail to be dealt with in the District or Supreme Court.

Impact of early guilty plea reforms on court efficiency

The EAGP reforms were aimed at improving court efficiency by reducing the number of guilty pleas being entered on the day of the trial, or just before the trial began.