Month: March 2026
Statement: Just Reinvest NSW stands in solidarity with the NSW Aboriginal Land Council and supports its call to action in response to the NSW Government’s proposed changes to land rights legislation.
“The right of Aboriginal people in NSW to make land claims under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983 is fundamental. It reflects decades of advocacy and is grounded in the principle of self-determination; just as communities have the right to lead place-based, community-driven responses to overincarceration through justice reinvestment. “Efforts to weaken land rights, particularly […]
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Justice Reinvestment leaders meet in Bathurst as Aboriginal Incarceration Levels Remain Unacceptably High
The NSW Justice Reinvestment Community of Practice met in Bathurst to share local solutions, data tools and collaborative strategies to reduce Aboriginal incarceration. In late February, more than 50 people gathered in Bathurst for the Justice Reinvestment (JR) Community of Practice Forum for New South Wales, co-hosted by Wahluu Health. The forum brought together Aboriginal […]
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Power BI Introduction: Data Cleaning and Basic Charts using BOCSAR Data
This article will walk through how to build a column chart using Power BI Desktop and data from the NSW Bureau of Crime, Statistics and Research (BOCSAR). It will use custody statistics to build this column chart: The chart visualises two data series – young people on remand, and youth sentenced to detention – over […]
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How to download Power BI
Power BI is a tool for analyzing and visualizing data that lets you build your own reports and dashboards. The JRNSW Justice Reinvestment Dashboard [link] was built in Power BI, and the JRNSW Data Hub offers training in using Power BI to develop your own tools.This blog post will help you get started. Power BI […]
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