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Youth justice landscape · VIC

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

Cost asymmetry

Detention scale

Frontline organisations

11 confirmed Tier 1 · 8 Indigenous-led

Indigenous-controlled share

Live from the Tier 1 register

73%

8 of 11 confirmed Tier 1 organisations in Victoria are Indigenous-controlled.

Foundation flows into Victoria

All foundation grants

$113.0M

across 1,314 grants

YJ-relevant share (classified so far)

$3.50M

32 grants · 3.1% of total

Top funder

THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION

$98.75M total

Top 5 funders by dollars into Victoria

  1. 1.THE TRUSTEE FOR THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION$98.75M
  2. 2.Foundation For Rural And Regional Renewal$10.01M
  3. 3.The Myer Foundation$3.44M
  4. 4.The Snow Foundation$0.81M
  5. 5.City of Logan Charitable Trust$0.01M

VIC oversight findings

  • VIC·Commission for Children and Young People·2023-11-15

    Reduce average caseloads for child protection practitioners to no more than 15 cases

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

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