Lajamanu, NT
Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation in Lajamanu, NT, runs the Warlpiri Kurdiji Law and Justice program and in September 2024 was selected as one of the Australian Government's national community-led justice reinvestment initiatives.
Impact on the record
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First-time direct participation, June 2017
Elder participation in court / sentencing
“In June 2017, for the first time, select members of the group sat with a judge during court proceedings, including sentencing.”
View the source →Youths apologised and committed to better conduct after a Kurdiji community meeting
Restorative response to youth offending
“When local youths broke into a community store, the Kurdiji group held a community meeting with the offenders to show them the harm they had caused and behaviour expected of them in the future.”
View the source →What runs here
Lajamanu Justice Reinvestment
Service provided by Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation
The people
The arc
1999
Kurdiji Law and Justice, the first program later run under Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation, was established to address community issues using traditional and contemporary law and justice (per search summary of the org's own About Us page).
Source →2011
An Australian Government-funded governance officer began strengthening the Lajamanu Kurdiji Group's capacity to lead on community safety.
Source →2017
In June 2017, for the first time, selected Kurdiji members sat with a judge during court proceedings, including sentencing hearings, in Lajamanu.
Source →2018
Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation (KAC) was incorporated in November 2018, with Central Land Council assistance, with the aim of becoming independently managed by 2020.
Source →2024
On 30 September 2024 the Australian Government announced Kurdiji Aboriginal Corporation (Lajamanu, NT) as one of six new community-led justice reinvestment initiatives, bringing the national total to 26.
Source →In the record
Attorney-General's / Ministers' media centre · 2024-09-30
National Indigenous Times · 2024-09-30
Mirage News · 2024-09-30
NIAA / Closing the Gap 2018 · 2018
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