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Communities / NSW / Kempsey
Kempsey · NSW · Just Reinvest NSW
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Overview · from public sources
A systems change partnership in the Macleay Valley working with Just Reinvest NSW to shift investment toward community-led prevention.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
443 people across 18 locations over 372 hours
Source linkedCommunity engagement (outreach reach)
macleayargus.com.au · 2025View original
384 young people
Source linkedYoung people consulted (lived-experience data gathering)
macleayargus.com.au · 2025View original
more than 1,800 people
Source linkedEvent attendance (Yuwa Nyinda Dream Academy and Community Celebration)
macleayargus.com.au · 2025View original
$2.7 million over five years (~$500,000 annually) to end of 2028-29 FY
Source linkedPhase 2 funding committed
macleayargus.com.au · 2025View original
$9.8 million over four years (within a $20m package)
Source linkedNSW Government justice reinvestment expansion funding (Kempsey & Nowra)
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2023View original
up 36.4% over the decade (3,524 avg daily)
Source linkedAboriginal adult imprisonment context (NSW)
justreinvest.org.auView original
The story so far · from public sources
27 February 2023: NSW Government announced community consultation to expand Justice Reinvestment in Kempsey and Nowra, part of a $9.8 million / $20 million justice package in the 2022/23 Budget.
dcj.nsw.gov.au ↗Early 2023: 30 community members and local service providers came together to form a Learning Circle in Kempsey/the Macleay Valley.
justreinvest.org.au ↗May 2023: Just Reinvest NSW was invited back to Dunghutti Country to continue working alongside 'Learning the Macleay'.
justreinvest.org.au ↗June 2023: NSW Government committed to backing the justice reinvestment approach in Kempsey and the Macleay Valley (DCJ funding $2.5m to Just Reinvest NSW for Kempsey and Nowra, June 2023 to June 2027).
justreinvest.org.au ↗2025: Learning the Macleay entered its 'second phase' with new funding of $2.7 million over five years through to the 2028-2029 financial year; marked two years of community-driven change.
macleayargus.com.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
Just Reinvest NSW Inc.
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