National, National
A First Nations-led national network and community of practice advocating for justice reinvestment — shifting power and resources to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to self-determine justice solutions.
Impact on the record
Every figure carries the source it came from and a label for what kind of figure it is, so an evaluated outcome is never confused with a projection, a background number, or a figure from a related program. Most sites here were funded in the 2024 and 2025 Commonwealth rounds, and the first evaluations under the national framework begin from late 2026. An empty panel is an honest early-stage record, not a failure.
$3.1 million
Net economic benefit of the Maranguka justice reinvestment project (Bourke), per KPMG 2018 assessment, as cited by JRNA
“Maranguka saved the NSW economy $3.1 million, five times their operating costs”
View the source →23% reduction
Reduction in police-recorded domestic violence in Bourke (Maranguka), as cited by JRNA
“Family strength: 23% reduction in police recorded domestic violence”
View the source →31% increase
Increase in Year 12 retention in Bourke (Maranguka), as cited by JRNA
“Youth development: 31% increase in Year 12 retention”
View the source →42% reduction
Reduction in days spent in custody (adults) in Bourke (Maranguka), as cited by JRNA
“Adult empowerment: 42% reduction in days spent in custody”
View the source →$81.5 million over four years
Australian Labor Party 2022 federal commitment to expand justice reinvestment, as cited by JRNA
“$81.5 million over four years to expand justice reinvestment”
View the source →The ledger in plain view
Funding on record (lead organisation)
$3,540,000
Cost of detaining one child for a year
$1,300,000
ROGS 2026 national average
Equivalent child-years of detention
3
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
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
National coordination and advocacy network
The people
Devon Cuimara
Co-Chair and Director (WA); described as Whadjuk Yued Noongar, Yamatji and Anangu man, Founder and CEO of Aboriginal Males Healing Centre, Newman
Source →Aysha Kerr
Co-Chair, Company Secretary and Director (Qld); described as Ngugi woman living on Gubbi Gubbi land
Source →Damian Rigney
Director (SA); described as Ngarrindjeri man, living in Port Augusta
Source →Dianne Baldock
Director (Tas); described as Trawoolway woman
Source →Mekayla Cochrane
Director (NSW); described as Gomeroi woman, living in Moree
Source →Deb Moyle
Director (Non-Jurisdictional); described as Ngarrindjeri woman, living in Port Adelaide
Source →Michael Ogilvie
Director (Non-Jurisdictional); described as Whadjuk Baladong & Yamatji man
Source →The arc
2015
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia (JRNA) established as a community of practice to share knowledge, strengthen the JR evidence base, support communities and promote justice reinvestment nationally; Jumbunna's Indigenous Law and Justice Hub staff centrally involved in its establishment.
Source →2022
Fiona Allison and Chris Cunneen publish 'Justice Reinvestment in Australia: A Review of Progress and Key Issues', jointly published by Jumbunna and JRNA.
Source →In the record
Justice Reinvestment Network Australia
The network
About this page
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