All country reports
Anchor country report
Australia
The anchor comparison: youth remand pressure, community alternatives, and the physical JusticeHub model.
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Youth remand question
What would Australia fund if it treated children on remand as a support failure rather than a detention problem?
Australia is the baseline for the public artifact: court and campaign pressure, high remand use, First Nations overrepresentation, and a growing map of community-led alternatives.
Relevant models to compare
- Oonchiumpa
- Palm Island Community Company
- BG Fit
- Minjerribah Moorgumpin Elders-in-Council
- BackTrack Youth Works
- Deadly Connections
What Australia can learn
- Make local alternatives visible before a young person reaches custody.
- Link legal strategy, funding, family support, and cultural authority into one pathway.
- Use CONTAINED as the public doorway and ALMA as the practical alternatives map.
Next field workflow
- Adelaide CONTAINED activation on Kaurna Yarta from 22-26 June 2026
- Room 3 South Australian model capture
- Basecamp exchange and Centre of Excellence pathway
How this links back to Adelaide
Every country report should answer the same public visitor question: what could we do instead?
The Adelaide experience starts with feeling. The remand vertical shows the Australian evidence. Country reports widen the imagination without exposing private field notes or unsupported claims.