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MEDIA RELEASE 12 March 2019 Just Reinvest NSW welcomes the Commonwealth and NSW governments’ announcement today that they will provide $1.8 million for Maranguka Justice Reinvestment in Bourke. This is the first justice reinvestment site in Australia to receive support from the Federal Government. The Federal Government has committed $1.5 million over five years and […]

 A landmark report by KPMG estimates that changes in Bourke, the site of Maranguka Justice Reinvestment, resulted in a gross economic impact of $3.1 million in 2017. If just half of the results achieved in 2017 are sustained, Bourke could deliver an additional economic impact of $7 million over the next five years. The report, […]

Artcile originally published in The Guardian – 9 October, 2018 The rates of major crime, domestic violence and drug offences have all dropped in the far western New South Wales town of Bourke, five years on from a groundbreaking, community-led campaign to address the underlying causes of crime. Bourke is one of the most disadvantaged communities in […]

Just Reinvest NSW has developed a Pre-Budget Submission 2018-2019. We are calling on the NSW Government to: A) Adopt a new model of investment in the 2018-2019 Budget to reduce the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison population: 1. Allocate an additional $60 million over 2 years into early intervention, prevention and diversionary programs delivered by Aboriginal community-controlled […]

This opinion was originally published in The Australian – 16 September, 2016 ‘Our corrections systems are at a crisis point and a smarter ­approach urgently is needed ­nationally,’ writes Dr Tom Calma in The Australian today. ‘The overall prison population and over-representation of Aboriginal people in our prisons are increasing, while recently released statistics show that property and violent […]

Sarah Hopkins Chair of Just Reinvest NSW and Just Reinvest Champion and Weave Youth & Community Services Advocate Keenan Mundine feature in this months Law Society Journal. The feature also talks about the pilots underway in NSW in Bourke and Cowra. “Justice reinvestment offers a rational, long-term solution to curb soaring costs in the NSW criminal justice […]