Doomadgee, QLD
The Doomadgee Justice Reinvestment program, run by the community-owned organisation Gunawuna Jungai Limited, is a federally-funded community-led initiative to reduce Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contact with the justice system in Doomadgee, north-west Queensland.
Impact on the record
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1 of 10 organisations
Federal funding package context (number of funded organisations)
“one of 10 organisations to be awarded funding under the federal government's $109 million First Nations justice package”
View the source →$79 million across 30 community-led initiatives
Justice Reinvestment Program national investment
“$79 million has been committed to supporting 30 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities across Australia”
View the source →29 ABNs registered
Local economic-development output (first full year)
“29 local residents supported to register ABNs”
View the source →~1,400 people
Doomadgee community population
“Community population: 1,400 people”
View the source →70+ FIFO service organisations
Service-delivery context (problem framing)
“70+ organizations currently deliver fly-in-fly-out services”
View the source →The ledger in plain view
Funding on record (lead organisation)
$7,799,264
Cost of detaining one child for a year
$1,300,000
ROGS 2026 national average
Equivalent child-years of detention
6
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
Doomadgee Justice Reinvestment
First Nations-led justice reinvestment funded under NJRP
The lead organisation also supports
Community Safety Plans
Local community safety plans developed with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Funding for community-identified safety initiatives.
The people
Barry Walden
Chairperson and Doomadgee Traditional Owner / Elder
Source →Kieran Smith
Chief Executive Officer, Gunawuna Jungai
Source →Preston Johnny
Co-Lead, Justice Reinvestment Steering Committee
Source →Allan George
Co-Lead, Justice Reinvestment Steering Committee
Source →Carlene Logan
Justice Group Coordinator
Source →Berkeley Cox
Consultant to the Justice Reinvestment program (BC Cox Advisory)
Source →The arc
2022
Doomadgee became the first Queensland site nominated for a Place-Based Partnership under Closing the Gap, with Gunawuna Jungai selected as one of six locations nationwide.
Source →2024
Gunawuna Jungai awarded federal Justice Reinvestment funding as one of 10 organisations under the Commonwealth's $109 million First Nations justice package; announcement reported 26 April 2024.
Source →2024
Gunawuna Jungai secured Justice Reinvestment pilot/site status and developed a work plan to reduce youth interaction with the justice system through community-based prevention and early intervention.
Source →2024
Initial Justice Reinvestment Steering Committee gathering held in December 2024; Terms of Reference developed.
Source →2025
Terms of Reference approved (January 2025) and Activity Work Plan finalised with the Attorney-General's Department; first Activity Work Plan Report delivered February 2025; Steering Committee expanded; board refresh and 'Justice Our Way' Summit attendance March/April 2025.
Source →In the record
National Indigenous Times · 2024-05-01
The North West Star · 2024-04-26
Tim Fairfax Family Foundation
Gunawuna Jungai
The network
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