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Moree · NSW · Just Reinvest NSW
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Overview · from public sources
A community-led justice reinvestment site in Moree working with Just Reinvest NSW to keep young Aboriginal people out of the justice system.
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Impact figures · each on its own source
up to 90 young people per night
Source linkedAfter-hours youth activities (SHAE Academy, Miyay Birray, PCYC) nightly attendance
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2025View original
18 projects / more than $175,000
Source linkedCommunity-led small grants funded in Moree
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2025View original
nearly 800
Source linkedYoung people attending Youth Forum / Block Party
justreinvest.org.au · 2022View original
very high level of success
Source linkedYouth Bail Project outcome (qualitative)
justreinvest.org.auView original
more than $2 million over four years
Source linkedAdditional NSW Government youth-justice funding for Moree (Feb 2025)
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2025View original
at least 30 per cent
Source linkedAfter-hours attendees with prior justice-system contact (Youth Justice NSW estimate)
dcj.nsw.gov.au · 2025View original
The story so far · from public sources
Just Reinvest NSW and Maranguka transitioned from operating under the Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) to become independent not-for-profit organisations; media release notes Just Reinvest NSW had partnered with communities in Bourke, Moree and Mount Druitt on local justice reinvestment projects (5 April 2022).
alsnswact.org.au ↗Moree Youth Forum and Block Party held in April 2022, with nearly 800 young people attending; Moree Youth Forum Report published March 2022.
justreinvest.org.au ↗'Redefining Reinvestment' report published (the Reinvestment Forum report), based on research with Aboriginal communities in Bourke, Moree and Mt Druitt.
justreinvest.org.au ↗NSW Government (Premier Chris Minns and Minister for Youth Justice Jihad Dib) announced more than $2 million in additional youth-justice funding for Moree, building on an initial $13.4 million targeted response; Safe Aboriginal Youth (SAY) and Casework Support contracts commenced April 2025.
dcj.nsw.gov.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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