Media Release REDFERN/25 October 2023: Just Reinvest NSW (JR NSW) today joined a coalition in NSW to call on the NSW Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to at least 14. “Criminalising young people under the age of 14 often leads to life-long involvement with the criminal justice system, causing inter-generational hurt and […]

Originally published in The Conversation, May 2, 2023 Authors: Fiona Allison, Research Fellow, Jumbunna Institute of Indigenous Education and Research, UTS Daniel Daylight, Community Manager Mt Druitt Just Reinvest NSW Thomas Duncan, Manager of community-led change, Just Reinvest NSW, Indigenous Knowledge Justice reinvestment emerged in the United States more than 20 years ago as a […]

In May this year, we were excited to be invited back to Dunghutti country, to continue to work alongside ‘Learning the Macleay’ – a community led collaborative initiative funded by the The Australian government in partnership with philanthropy, and the local service sector. And last month, we were extremely pleased to be able to welcome the […]

In June, Just Reinvest NSW in Moree teamed up with Flyabout, Gamilaraay Next Generation and Gwenda Stanley to deliver an On Country camp in support of healing the current and past traumas that are having an impact on Gomeroi people. In this interview JR Youth Lead in Moree, Mekayla Cochrane explains what happened: What was […]

Media Release Monday, 31 October 2022: Today Just Reinvest NSW (JRNSW) said that for the first time in Australia justice reinvestment (JR) will be defined and implemented. A new report by JRNSW, Redefining Reinvestment – An Opportunity for Aboriginal communities and government to co-design justice reinvestment in NSW outlines how Aboriginal communities are reaching out […]

Julie Williams, Community Engagement Lead for JR Mt Druitt (pictured right), participated in The Australia Institute’s Summer Series podcast based on a webinar released in January 2022. Everyone knows that children do best when they are supported, nurtured and loved. But across Australia, children as young as 10 can be arrested by police, charged with […]

Aboriginal people in the town famously visited by the Freedom Ride are taking an innovative approach to their community’s problems Originally published by Inside Story 11 June 2021. Author: Robert Milliken Moree might be booming thanks to cotton and other crops, but many of the benefits haven’t yet reached the local Aboriginal people, the Kamilaroi, […]

30 years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody A moment to reflect  At this time we navigate the grief and trauma that pervades us as we mourn 30 years since the findings of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. We take time for our brothers, sisters, parents and children whose […]

Originally published by The Guardian, January 22, 2021. Author: Laura Murphy-OatesThe young adult: Isaiah spent his teen years in and out of youth detention. Now he’s using his experience to reach others like him in western Sydney It’s five minutes before kickoff of the Penrith Oztag men’s semifinals in western Sydney, and there’s a problem. Two players […]

On 11 September 2020, the Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (CAPO) in NSW signed the following statement: CAPO Statement on Justice Reinvestment in NSW We, the Coalition of Aboriginal Peak Organisations (CAPO) in NSW express our strong support forjustice reinvestment as a crucial framework to support the community-led and systemic changeneeded to address the drivers […]