Artcile originally published in The Guardian – 9 October, 2018 The rates of major crime, domestic violence and drug offences have all dropped in the far western New South Wales town of Bourke, five years on from a groundbreaking, community-led campaign to address the underlying causes of crime. Bourke is one of the most disadvantaged communities in […]

Just Reinvest NSW has developed a Pre-Budget Submission 2018-2019. We are calling on the NSW Government to: A) Adopt a new model of investment in the 2018-2019 Budget to reduce the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander prison population: 1. Allocate an additional $60 million over 2 years into early intervention, prevention and diversionary programs delivered by Aboriginal community-controlled […]

This opinion was originally published in The Australian – 16 September, 2016 ‘Our corrections systems are at a crisis point and a smarter ­approach urgently is needed ­nationally,’ writes Dr Tom Calma in The Australian today. ‘The overall prison population and over-representation of Aboriginal people in our prisons are increasing, while recently released statistics show that property and violent […]

Sarah Hopkins Chair of Just Reinvest NSW and Just Reinvest Champion and Weave Youth & Community Services Advocate Keenan Mundine feature in this months Law Society Journal. The feature also talks about the pilots underway in NSW in Bourke and Cowra. “Justice reinvestment offers a rational, long-term solution to curb soaring costs in the NSW criminal justice […]