The Network
The justice reinvestment movement, seeing itself on one map
A movement is easier to fund and harder to ignore once it can see its own shape. Here is every justice reinvestment site we have been able to place, grouped by the Country it serves, with the lead organisation named wherever the record holds one.
- Sites on the map
- 40
- Lead organisations
- 36
- States and territories
- 7
of 42 on record, with 2 national bodies off the map
These numbers are what the public record shows today, not the whole movement. Where a place or a lead organisation is missing, we say so and ask the network to fill it in.
Search the network
Find a place, a program, a person
One search across every site. Type a town, a lead organisation, a program, a partner, or the name of someone leading the work, and the site it belongs to comes back.
The national map
Every placed site, on one map
Filter by state to move the map and the list below in step. Each marker opens the lead organisation, the place it serves, and a link to its own site. The national bodies that hold the network together sit in a strip beneath the map.
Grouped by place
The network, state by state
Each initiative sits with the place it serves, drawn from the lead organisation on record. Read the verification mark beside each one as a trust signal: a record we hold, a record confirmed, or outcomes a community has verified with its own evidence.
New South Wales
7 initiatives
Maranguka, Bourke
Maranguka / Just Reinvest NSW
Aboriginal community-led justice reinvestment hub in Bourke, often described as Australia's first major place-based justice reinvestment site.
Moree Justice Reinvestment
Just Reinvest NSW
A community-led justice reinvestment site in Moree working with Just Reinvest NSW to keep young Aboriginal people out of the justice system.
Mount Druitt Justice Reinvestment
Just Reinvest NSW
A western Sydney justice reinvestment site working with Just Reinvest NSW alongside local Aboriginal community organisations.
Cowra Justice Reinvestment
Cowra Information and Neighbourhood Centre Inc
A Commonwealth-funded justice reinvestment initiative led by the Cowra Information and Neighbourhood Centre.
Nowra Justice Reinvestment
Just Reinvest NSW
A justice reinvestment site on Yuin Country supported by Just Reinvest NSW and the national network.
Learning the Macleay, Kempsey
Just Reinvest NSW
A systems change partnership in the Macleay Valley working with Just Reinvest NSW to shift investment toward community-led prevention.
Kinchela Boys Home Justice Reinvestment
Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation
A justice reinvestment initiative led by Kinchela Boys Home Aboriginal Corporation, an organisation built by Stolen Generations survivors.
Northern Territory
8 initiatives
Kurdiji, Lajamanu
Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation
A Commonwealth-funded justice reinvestment initiative led by Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation in the remote Warlpiri community of Lajamanu.
Central Australia Justice Reinvestment Initiative
NT Govt Community Justice Centre with Tangentyere Council and Lhere Artepe Aboriginal Corporation
A Central Australia Program initiative delivering justice reinvestment in Mparntwe (Alice Springs) with Tangentyere Council and Lhere Artepe.
Ngurratjuta Pmara Ntjarra Justice Reinvestment
Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation
A Commonwealth-funded justice reinvestment initiative across Papunya, Mt Liebig and Haasts Bluff led by Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation.
Maningrida Justice Reinvestment
Nja-marleya Cultural Leaders and Justice Group Ltd
A justice reinvestment initiative in Maningrida led by the Nja-marleya Cultural Leaders and Justice Group.
Groote Eylandt Justice Reinvestment
Anindilyakwa Royalties Aboriginal Corporation
A justice reinvestment initiative on Anindilyakwa Country, Groote Eylandt, led by the Anindilyakwa Royalties Aboriginal Corporation.
Katherine Justice Reinvestment
Savanna Solutions Business Services Pty Ltd
A justice reinvestment initiative in Katherine delivered by Savanna Solutions Business Services.
Mampu-Maninjaku (CAYLUS)
Central Australian Youth Link-Up Service (CAYLUS)
A Central Australia Program justice reinvestment initiative across Nyirripi, Willowra and Yuendumu delivered by CAYLUS with Tangentyere Council.
Ntaria Justice Reinvestment
Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation
A community-led justice reinvestment program in Ntaria (Hermannsburg), led by Ngurratjuta/Pmara Ntjarra Aboriginal Corporation across the Western Aranda region.
Queensland
7 initiatives
Doomadgee Justice Reinvestment
Gunawuna Jungai Limited
A community-led justice reinvestment project in Doomadgee delivered by Gunawuna Jungai Limited.
Cherbourg Justice Reinvestment
Cherbourg Wellbeing Indigenous Corporation
A Commonwealth-funded justice reinvestment project in Cherbourg led by Cherbourg Wellbeing Indigenous Corporation.
Yarrabah Justice Reinvestment (Gindaja)
Gindaja Treatment and Healing Indigenous Corporation
A justice reinvestment initiative in Yarrabah led by Gindaja Treatment and Healing Indigenous Corporation.
Mornington Island Justice Reinvestment
Jika Kangka Gununamanda Limited
A Commonwealth-funded justice reinvestment initiative on Mornington Island led by Jika Kangka Gununamanda Limited.
Napranum Justice Reinvestment
Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council
A justice reinvestment initiative in west Cape York led by the Napranum Aboriginal Shire Council.
Balkanu Justice Reinvestment, Mossman
Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation
A justice reinvestment site in Mossman, Far North Queensland, led by Balkanu Cape York Development Corporation.
Cape York Justice Reinvestment, Hope Vale
Cape York Institute
A justice reinvestment initiative in Hope Vale, Cape York, providing education and cultural support through the Cape York Institute.
South Australia
5 initiatives
Tiraapendi Wodli, Port Adelaide
Tiraapendi Wodli
A Kaurna and Aboriginal community-led justice reinvestment initiative in the Port Adelaide area.
Ngarrindjeri (KNYA) Justice Reinvestment
Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority Inc
A justice reinvestment initiative across Ngarrindjeri Country led by the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority.
Ceduna Justice Reinvestment
community-led (Justice Reinvestment SA linked)
A community-led justice reinvestment effort in Ceduna connected to the Justice Reinvestment SA network.
Justice Reinvestment SA
Justice Reinvestment SA
A coalition committed to approaches to justice that tackle the root causes of crime, with a special focus on Aboriginal over-representation in South Australia.
Healthy Dreaming, Port Augusta
Healthy Dreaming Pty Ltd
A cultural-connection justice reinvestment initiative in Port Augusta, South Australia. Lead organisation to confirm.
Western Australia
9 initiatives
Derby Justice Reinvestment
Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation
A justice reinvestment initiative in Derby led by Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation in the West Kimberley.
Balga Justice Reinvestment
Ebenezer Aboriginal Corporation
A Commonwealth-funded justice reinvestment initiative in Balga, Perth, led by Ebenezer Aboriginal Corporation.
Carnarvon Justice Reinvestment
Gascoyne Development Commission
A justice reinvestment initiative in Carnarvon supported by the Gascoyne Development Commission.
Perth Justice Reinvestment (ALSWA)
Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia Ltd
A justice reinvestment initiative in Perth led by the Aboriginal Legal Service of Western Australia, the largest Aboriginal legal organisation in the country.
Newman / Pilbara Men's Healing Justice Reinvestment
Aboriginal Male's Healing Centre
A justice reinvestment initiative across Newman and Port Hedland led by the Aboriginal Male's Healing Centre in the Pilbara.
Social Reinvestment WA
Social Reinvestment WA coalition
A coalition of around 30 non-government organisations advocating for justice reinvestment and reform across Western Australia.
Olabud Doogethu, Halls Creek
Shire of Halls Creek (Olabud Doogethu)
Western Australia's first justice reinvestment site, led by the Shire of Halls Creek across Halls Creek, Mulan, Kundat Djaru and Mindibungu.
Fitzroy Crossing Justice Reinvestment
Marninwarntikura Fitzroy Women's Resource Centre
A community-led justice reinvestment site in Fitzroy Crossing in the Kimberley, anchored by the Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre.
Ieramugadu (Roebourne)
Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation
Community-led justice work in Ieramugadu (Roebourne) in the Pilbara, led by the Ngarluma Yindjibarndi Foundation, the Traditional Owner organisation for the Ngarluma and Yindjibarndi peoples. Justice-adjacent, not a National Justice Reinvestment Program site.
Victoria
2 initiatives
Target Zero
WEstjustice
TARGET ZER0 is a ten-year justice reinvestment initiative to end the criminalisation and overrepresentation of young people aged 10 to 25 across Melbourne's west, in the Brimbank, Wyndham and Melton local government areas. Led by WEstjustice and the Centre for Multicultural Youth, with Paul Ramsay Foundation seed funding and a coalition of youth and community services.
Shepparton Justice Reinvestment
Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative
A community-led justice reinvestment effort in Greater Shepparton, with Rumbalara Aboriginal Co-operative delivering local justice and night patrol programs.
Australian Capital Territory
2 initiatives
RR25by25 ACT Justice Reinvestment Strategy
ACT Government with Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation
The ACT Government strategy to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander recidivism by 25 percent by 2025 and beyond, through justice reinvestment.
Yeddung Mura (Good Pathways)
Yeddung Mura Aboriginal Corporation
Yeddung Mura means good pathways in Ngunnawal. A community-led corporation supporting Aboriginal people on their justice journey in Canberra.
National
2 initiatives
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia Ltd
The national peak body connecting and supporting community-led justice reinvestment initiatives across Australia.
National Justice Reinvestment Program
Attorney-General's Department (Commonwealth)
The Commonwealth program funding community-led justice reinvestment, with an interim national unit and a delivery-organisation tender released in 2026.
The arc
Twenty years of justice reinvestment
From a concept named in 2003 to a national tender in 2026, the idea travelled from the page to the Country it now serves. Each step below carries the source that records it.
2003
The idea is named
Susan Tucker and Eric Cadora coin justice reinvestment in the Open Society publication Ideas for an Open Society, proposing that money spent locking people up be redirected into the communities they come from.
Read the source →2010
US legislative life
The Justice Reinvestment Initiative takes hold across US states with support from the Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Council of State Governments, embedding justice reinvestment in state criminal justice reform.
Read the source →2013
Australia takes up the idea
A Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee inquiry into the value of a justice reinvestment approach reports to the Australian Parliament, marking the formal arrival of justice reinvestment in national policy debate.
Read the source →2013
Maranguka begins in Bourke
The Bourke community and Just Reinvest NSW launch Maranguka, an Aboriginal community-led justice reinvestment site, widely regarded as Australia's first place-based justice reinvestment trial.
Read the source →2017
ALRC Pathways to Justice
The Australian Law Reform Commission's Pathways to Justice report recommends Commonwealth, state and territory governments support justice reinvestment to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander incarceration.
Read the source →2018
KPMG measures Maranguka
An independent KPMG impact assessment finds the Maranguka justice reinvestment model delivered a gross economic impact of $3.1 million in 2017, alongside falls in family violence and youth justice contact in Bourke.
Read the source →2019
Olabud Doogethu in Halls Creek
The Shire of Halls Creek establishes Olabud Doogethu, Western Australia's first justice reinvestment site, working across Halls Creek, Mulan, Kundat Djaru and Mindibungu.
Read the source →2022
Commonwealth commits to a national program
The Australian Government commits $69 million over four years to a National Justice Reinvestment Program supporting up to 30 community-led initiatives, the first sustained Commonwealth investment in the approach.
Read the source →2023
First priority sites named
The National Justice Reinvestment Program opens for applications, with Alice Springs and Halls Creek among the first priority sites where funding flows to community-led initiatives on the ground.
Read the source →2024
The national program scales out
Grant agreements under the National Justice Reinvestment Program reach communities across every mainland state and territory, with the Attorney-General's Department publishing a list of funded grantees and places.
Read the source →2025
Central Australia program announced
The Central Australia Justice Reinvestment Initiative is announced, including the CAYLUS-led Mampu-Maninjaku project across Nyirripi, Willowra and Yuendumu, alongside the Alice Springs early investment site.
Read the source →2026
National delivery organisation tender
With the Measurement and Evaluation Framework finalised and the Interim National Justice Reinvestment Unit operating, the Commonwealth releases a tender to select the organisation that will deliver the national program.
Read the source →
What this becomes
From data to network
Profiles the community holds
Today each line is a record we hold. Next it becomes a profile the organisation owns and edits, where the community decides what the world may see. We can stage a page; they publish it. See the founding action-profiles for how that works.
Evidence beside detention costs
A profile carries what a program runs and what it costs, set against the price of detaining a child for a year. When the ledger sits in plain view, the question stops being whether to fund the community and starts being why we still fund the cell.
The law reform case
One site proves a model. Many sites, read together, become an argument a parliament cannot wave away. The map is how the movement makes that argument site by site, in its own words, with its own evidence.
The four founding profiles
Four communities are shaping the profile with us before anyone else is listed. Each is the editor of record for its own page.