Cross-party support for justice reinvestment
The NSW Government is yet to commit to investment in trials of justice reinvestment, however we are encouraged by the sustained commitment of key supporters, including Minister Hazzard (Minister for...
View ArticleImplement JR to improve children’s lives
Just Reinvest NSW is calling on the NSW Government to create a brighter future for our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children by adopting a justice reinvestment approach, on National Aboriginal...
View ArticleAlistair Ferguson Wins Aboriginal Justice Award
Alistair Ferguson is the Executive Officer in Community Development of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project. In recognition of his 20 years of work for his community in Bourke, and in particular...
View ArticleGovernment data now in the hands of the Bourke community
It took 10 months, but we got there! In September we received the final data needed to produce A Snapshot of Life for Aboriginal Children & Young People in Bourke. The Snapshot will be used by the...
View ArticleJustice ‘circuit breakers’ launched
Two justice circuit breaker initiatives have now commenced in Bourke as part of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project – the trial of a Warrant Clinic and a Driver Program. The Warrant Clinic...
View ArticleGovernor of NSW: new Champion of Just Reinvest NSW
After a visit to Bourke earlier this year, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley Governor of NSW became a Champion of Just Reinvest NSW and Patron of the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment...
View ArticleGovernment House celebrates “a framework to build a better future for young...
On 22 September 2015, His Excellency General The Honourable David Hurley, Govenor of NSW and Mrs Hurley hosted a reception in support of Just Reinvest NSW and the Maranguka Initiative. Mick Gooda,...
View ArticleNew CEO of ALS NSW/ACT backs justice reinvestment
Gary Oliver was appointed CEO of the ALS on 28 September 2015. He is of Kuku Yalangi descent from Cape York in Queensland. From the beginning of the campaign for justice reinvestment in NSW, the ALS...
View ArticleAmnesty International head calls for Justice Reinvestment to reduce...
Amnesty International Secretary General Salil Shetty says the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in prisons is a human rights issue that can be addressed effectively...
View ArticlePerformance targets for prisons a good start; looking at why crime is...
Just Reinvest NSW welcomes the NSW government’s announcement that it will introduce performance targets for overflowing prisons while aiming to reduce our prison population – but suggests justice...
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