This chapter provides details of an important crime prevention initiative, the Local Justice Initiatives Program, which is already operating in over 30 Torres Strait Islander and Aboriginal communities in Queensland. […]
A clear message that came out of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody was that for policy to be developed successfully, input from the Indigenous community was indispensable. […]
The presentation discusses the introduction of a dispute resolution service to the Yarrabah community in Queensland. In reducing the barriers to the use of mainstream legal services, the program aimed […]
This report on the development of a community safety survey arose from a need for a greater level of awareness about the behaviours and circumstances that affect community safety and […]
This article briefly describes a number of alternative courts for sentencing Indigenous offenders which have been established throughout Australia. The initiatives described are circle sentencing in New South Wales; Koori […]
This presentation contains a series of talking points on the Queensland Indigenous Alcohol Diversion Program, a pilot program designed to break the alcohol-crime cycle, one of the primary causes of […]
The exemption from compliance with the provisions that regulate incorporated legal practices in the Legal Profession Act 2007 (Qld) by incorporated community legal services and incorporated Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]
Resources January ,2023
This research on domestic and family violence (DFV) perpetrator screening and risk assessment by researchers from Griffith University and Monash University examines the views of professionals working in child protection, […]
Discusses the human rights implications of the ‘media gag’ imposed on Lex Wotton for his part in the Palm Island riots after the death of Mulrunji.
The Queensland Community Justice Group (CJG) Program is funded by the Department of Justice and Attorney General to develop justice strategies, support and reduce Indigenous contact with the criminal justice […]