Target Zero
Melbourne West, VIC
TARGET ZER0 is a ten-year justice reinvestment initiative to end the criminalisation and overrepresentation of young people aged 10 to 25 across Melbourne's west, in the Brimbank, Wyndham and Melton local government areas. Led by WEstjustice and the Centre for Multicultural Youth, with Paul Ramsay Foundation seed funding and a coalition of youth and community services.
Impact on the record
What the public record shows
Every figure carries the source it came from and a label for what kind of figure it is, so an evaluated outcome is never confused with a projection, a background number, or a figure from a related program. Most sites here were funded in the 2024 and 2025 Commonwealth rounds, and the first evaluations under the national framework begin from late 2026. An empty panel is an honest early-stage record, not a failure.
No evaluated outcomes are on the public record for this site yet. This is expected for an establishment-stage initiative. What we can show today is its programs, the people leading it, and the funding attached to the lead organisation. When the site publishes its own figures, each will appear here with its source.
The people
Who leads the work
We do not name individuals here until the community chooses to. At remote and survivor-led sites, naming people without community sign-off, or where Sorry Business may apply, is unsafe. When the site claims this page, it decides who is named and how.
About this page
This is a public record built from sources in the open, not yet a profile the community holds. WEstjustice is the editor of record once it claims this page. When a site claims it, the community decides what the world sees, names its own people, publishes its own figures, and shares photos of its work with consent. We can stage a page. The community publishes it.
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