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Communities / NSW / Bourke
Bourke · NSW · Maranguka / Just Reinvest NSW
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Overview · from public sources
Aboriginal community-led justice reinvestment hub in Bourke, often described as Australia's first major place-based justice reinvestment site.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
$3.1 million (vs $0.6 million operational costs)
ConfirmedGross economic impact attributed to the project in 2017
indigenousjustice.gov.au · 2018View original
31%
ConfirmedIncrease in Year 12 student retention rates (2017 vs 2016)
indigenousjustice.gov.au · 2018View original
38%
ConfirmedReduction in charges across the top five juvenile offence categories (2017 vs 2016)
indigenousjustice.gov.au · 2018View original
23%
ConfirmedReduction in police-recorded domestic violence (2017 vs 2016)
indigenousjustice.gov.au · 2018View original
42%
ConfirmedReduction in days spent in custody (2017 vs 2016)
indigenousjustice.gov.au · 2018View original
The story so far · from public sources
Just Reinvest NSW began as a campaign to bring justice reinvestment to NSW.
alsnswact.org.au ↗Partnership between Just Reinvest NSW and the Bourke community / Maranguka commenced.
alsnswact.org.au ↗Bourke became the first major pilot site in Australia to adapt and implement an Aboriginal-led place-based model of justice reinvestment, the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project.
indigenousjustice.gov.au ↗The 'Growing Our Kids Up Safe, Smart and Strong' strategy was developed through community conversations using data on Aboriginal young people's lives in Bourke.
maranguka.org.au ↗KPMG published the Maranguka Justice Reinvestment Project Impact Assessment (November 2018), reporting 2017 outcomes.
indigenousjustice.gov.au ↗Just Reinvest NSW and Maranguka transitioned from being initiatives of the Aboriginal Legal Service to operating as independent not-for-profit organisations (media release 5 April 2022).
alsnswact.org.au ↗Maranguka made submissions to the NSW Parliament Inquiry into Community Safety in Regional and Rural Communities (31 May 2024) and the Senate Inquiry into Australia's youth justice and incarceration system (10 October 2024); published its 2024 Annual Report.
maranguka.org.au ↗Who leads it · from public sources
The programs · from public sources
The organisation behind it · from public registers
Maranguka Limited
Connected communities
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