Moree, NSW
Moree Justice Reinvestment is a community-led, data-informed initiative supported by Just Reinvest NSW that works with the Aboriginal community in Moree, NSW, to develop local solutions reducing young people's contact with the criminal justice system.
Impact on the record
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up to 90 young people per night
After-hours youth activities (SHAE Academy, Miyay Birray, PCYC) nightly attendance
“$1 million to boost after-hours activities run by SHAE Academy, Miyay Birray and the PCYC, with up to 90 young people attending each night.”
View the source →18 projects / more than $175,000
Community-led small grants funded in Moree
“18 projects have been received more than $175,000 as part of a small grants program for community-led initiatives.”
View the source →nearly 800
Young people attending Youth Forum / Block Party
“Youth Forum & Block Party held in April 2022, nearly 800 young people attended.”
View the source →very high level of success
Youth Bail Project outcome (qualitative)
“the initiative reports "a very high level of success and positive outcome for young people involved" with positive influence on Police bail determinations”
View the source →more than $2 million over four years
Additional NSW Government youth-justice funding for Moree (Feb 2025)
“More than $2 million in additional funding will help tackle offending and support young people.”
View the source →at least 30 per cent
After-hours attendees with prior justice-system contact (Youth Justice NSW estimate)
“Early estimates showing at least 30 per cent of attendees have been in contact with the criminal justice system.”
View the source →$13.4 million
NSW Government targeted response funding for Moree (whole-of-government, not JR-specific)
“This builds on the NSW Government's initial $13.4 million targeted response for Moree.”
View the source →The ledger in plain view
Funding on record (lead organisation)
$3,540,000
Cost of detaining one child for a year
$1,300,000
ROGS 2026 national average
Equivalent child-years of detention
3
This is funding recorded against the lead organisation, not the site-specific federal allocation, which governments publish only as national envelopes. The comparison sets what a community receives against the price of a single cell, so the question moves from whether to fund the community to why we still fund the cell.
What runs here
Moree Justice Reinvestment
Service provided by Just Reinvest NSW
The lead organisation also supports
Community Leading JR - Moree
Aboriginal community-led justice reinvestment program in Moree, NSW. Part of Just Reinvest NSW statewide initiative focused on reducing over-imprisonment through community-developed solutions.
Cowra Justice Reinvestment
Service provided by Just Reinvest NSW
Designing a Justice Reinvestment Mechanism for New South Wales
This initiative calls for governments and Aboriginal communities to collaborate in designing a policy mechanism for justice reinvestment in New South Wales, focusing on community-led approaches to reduce contact with the criminal justice system.
Just Reinvest New South Wales (JRNSW)
An organization working to 'reinvest' public money spent on expanding prisons into programs run by and for Indigenous Communities that can reduce incarceration, specifically within New South Wales.
Just Reinvest NSW - Moree
Community backbone support
Just Reinvest NSW - Mount Druitt
Community backbone support
The people
The arc
2022
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).
Source →2022
Moree Youth Forum and Block Party held in April 2022, with nearly 800 young people attending; Moree Youth Forum Report published March 2022.
Source →2022
'Redefining Reinvestment' report published (the Reinvestment Forum report), based on research with Aboriginal communities in Bourke, Moree and Mt Druitt.
Source →2025
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.
Source →In the record
NSW Department of Communities and Justice · 2025
New England Times · 2025-02-07
Aboriginal Legal Service (NSW/ACT) · 2022-04-05
Just Reinvest NSW · 2025
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