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Communities / NT / Groote Eylandt
Groote Eylandt · NT · Anindilyakwa Royalties Aboriginal Corporation
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Overview · from public sources
A justice reinvestment initiative on Anindilyakwa Country, Groote Eylandt, led by the Anindilyakwa Royalties Aboriginal Corporation.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
87.51% fall (130 vs 1,041 offences)
ConfirmedTotal offences reduction (past 12 months vs 2019)
nit.com.au · 2025View original
28 vs 267 offences
ConfirmedYouth offences reduction (past year vs 2019)
nit.com.au · 2025View original
95% decline (346 to 17 offences)
ConfirmedYouth crime reduction 2018-19 to 2021-22
smarterjustice.org.au · 2022View original
32-bed facility for men aged 17-25
Source linkedAnindilyakwa Healing Centre capacity
nit.com.au · 2025View original
29 Peacemakers across both moieties and all 14 clans
Source linkedRegistered Peacemakers (Anindilyakwa Peacemaker Program)
niaa.gov.auView original
$13 million over four years (incl. $11M operational; $1.12M Community Court and Law and Justice Group)
Source linkedNT Government investment in Groote Eylandt justice initiative
nit.com.au · 2024View original
The story so far · from public sources
Anindilyakwa Land Council officially launched the Community Justice Group, comprised of community Elders and respected persons supporting peacemaking and offending-reduction initiatives.
niaa.gov.au ↗ARAC selected as one of nine organisations to deliver Commonwealth justice reinvestment initiatives, announced 1 February 2024 by Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney as part of a $79M / $109M First Nations justice package.
ministers.pmc.gov.au ↗Landmark alternative justice process announced (3 Feb 2024): NT's first legislated community justice group and re-established Community Court on Groote Eylandt, backed by $13M NT Government investment over four years.
nit.com.au ↗Groote Archipelago Community Justice Group program established (November 2024) as the NT's first legislated community justice group.
nit.com.au ↗Anindilyakwa Healing Centre (32-bed residential rehabilitation for young men, operated by DASA) completed March 2025.
nit.com.au ↗Reported 87.51% fall in total offences (130 vs 1,041 in 2019) and major youth-crime decline since the Community Court and Community Justice Group were established.
nit.com.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
Anindilyakwa Royalties Aboriginal Corporation
Community controlledRegisters read: acnc_charities · oric_corporations · gs_entities · note: DB intervention row for Groote is wrongly linked to Njamarleya Aboriginal Corporation