Derby, WA
Derby Justice Reinvestment is a community-led initiative run by Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation, one of nine organisations selected under the Australian Government's 2024 First Nations justice reinvestment program to reduce youth offending and Aboriginal contact with the justice system in Derby, WA.
Impact on the record
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$79 million for up to 30 community-led initiatives (within a $109M First Nations justice package)
Federal justice reinvestment investment (national package)
“$79 million to supporting up to 30 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives”
View the source →Nine organisations, including Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation (Derby, WA)
Initiatives selected in first round (Emama Nguda among them)
“Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation (Derby, WA)”
View the source →10-15% reduction in youth crime
Youth crime reduction (Derby Youth Night Patrol)
“Achieved 10-15% reduction in youth crime”
View the source →500-700 young people weekly
Young people engaged weekly (Derby Youth Night Patrol)
“Engages 500-700 young people weekly”
View the source →Nearly half had no further police contact since commencing
Target 120 participant outcome (statewide program Emama Nguda delivers in Derby)
“Nearly half of the participants in Target 120 have had no further contact with police since their commencement in the program.”
View the source →$11.7M extension; total program investment more than $43M
Target 120 program funding (statewide, WA Government)
“$11.7 million to extend the program across all sites until June 2025, taking total investment in the program to more than $43 million.”
View the source →The ledger in plain view
Funding on record (lead organisation)
$2,486,136
Cost of detaining one child for a year
$1,300,000
ROGS 2026 national average
Equivalent child-years of detention
2
This is funding recorded against the lead organisation, not the site-specific federal allocation, which governments publish only as national envelopes. The comparison sets what a community receives against the price of a single cell, so the question moves from whether to fund the community to why we still fund the cell.
What runs here
Derby Justice Reinvestment
Justice reinvestment initiative led by Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation in Derby, Western Australia, funded under the Commonwealth National Justice Reinvestment Program (NJRP). Confirmed on the Attorney-General's Department list of funded justice reinvestment initiatives.
The people
Ben Burton
CEO, Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation (Wongatha man)
Source →The arc
1994
Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation formed to improve living conditions and quality of life of its Aboriginal members.
Source →2023
Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation announced to lead the rollout of the WA Government's Target 120 early-intervention youth justice program in Derby (announced 27 April 2023).
Source →2024
Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation (Derby, WA) selected as one of nine organisations under the Australian Government's First Nations justice reinvestment program, part of a $79M / 30-initiative commitment within a $109M package (announced 1 February 2024).
Source →2024
National Indigenous Times feature documents the Derby Youth Night Patrol engaging 500-700 young people weekly and a reported 10-15% reduction in youth crime (13 December 2024).
Source →In the record
National Indigenous Times · 2023-04-27
Ministers' media centre (PM&C) · 2024-02-01
National Indigenous Times · 2024-12-13
Broome Advertiser
About this page
This is a public record built from sources in the open, not yet a profile the community holds. Emama Nguda Aboriginal Corporation is the editor of record once it claims this page. When a site claims it, the community decides what the world sees, names its own people, and publishes its own figures. We can stage a page. The community publishes it.