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Youth justice landscape · TAS

What the data shows about young people, detention, community, and money in Tasmania. Every claim is sourced. Triangulation badges mark which claims are backed by three or more independent sources.

Cost asymmetry

Detention scale

Frontline organisations

0 confirmed Tier 1 · 0 Indigenous-led

No confirmed Tier 1 organisations in our register yet. Add one.

Foundation flows into Tasmania

YJ-relevance coverage incomplete

Only 5,912 of 6,001 foundation grants (99%) have been classified for youth-justice relevance. The YJ-relevant numbers below are a floor, not a ceiling. The remaining grants are being processed.

All foundation grants

$6.4M

across 133 grants

YJ-relevant share (classified so far)

$0.06M

3 grants · 0.9% of total · floor only

Top funder

THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION

$4.90M total

Top 5 funders by dollars into Tasmania

  1. 1.THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION$4.90M
  2. 2.Foundation For Rural And Regional Renewal$1.53M

TAS oversight findings

  • TAS·Commissioner for Children & Young People (TAS)·2025-01-01

    the Interim Commissioner encouraged the Tasmanian Government, through a submission in response to the draft Commission for Children and Young People Bill 2024, to engage in genuine partnership with Tasmanian Aboriginal people and organisations in considering options for a governance model that positively and deliberately respects and upholds the principle of self-determination.

    Source report
  • TAS·Commissioner for Children & Young People (TAS)·2025-01-01

    governments to move from a justice response for children under 14 years to a developmentally appropriate, trauma-informed, and culturally safe early intervention model that supports children in their families and communities.

    Source report

National oversight findings (federal scope)

  • National·Productivity Commission·2026-01-31

    Address widening gap in Year 9 NAPLAN results between metropolitan and remote students

  • National·Universities Accord·2024-02-25

    Implement needs-based university funding to replace demand-driven system

  • National·Universities Accord·2024-02-25

    Set a target of 80% of the working-age population to hold a post-school qualification by 2050

  • National·Australian Human Rights Commission·2023-11-20

    That all Australian governments end the use of solitary confinement, isolation, and segregation of children in youth detention, consistent with the Mandela Rules and Havana Rules

    Source report