Context baselineSource cited2024
$79 million
Total program commitment
“$79 million to support up to 30 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives”
View the source →National, National
A Commonwealth Attorney-General's Department program funding up to 30 community-led, place-based justice reinvestment initiatives in First Nations communities across Australia to reduce incarceration and criminal justice contact.
Impact on the record
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$79 million
Total program commitment
“$79 million to support up to 30 community-led justice reinvestment initiatives”
View the source →$69 million over 4 years
Initial program commitment
“$69 million over 4 years (from 2022–23) for up to 30 initiatives”
View the source →$20 million per year from 2026-27
Ongoing annual funding
“$20 million per year from 2026–27 ongoing”
View the source →$10 million over 4 years
Central Australia partnership funding (2023-24 Budget)
“$10 million over 4 years (2023–24 Budget) for Central Australia partnerships”
View the source →26 initiatives (6 new announced)
Initiatives funded as of Sept 2024
“Total Initiatives Now Funded: 26 / Number of Initiatives Announced Today: 6 new initiatives”
View the source →What runs here
National Justice Reinvestment Program
A place-based community-led initiative funded by the Federal Government ($81.5 million total) to support justice reinvestment in up to 30 communities. Focuses on early intervention and prevention, addressing reasons why Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people come into contact with police and…
The people
Senator the Hon Malarndirri McCarthy
Minister for Indigenous Australians (quoted on the program in 2024 and 2025 announcements)
Source →The Hon Mark Dreyfus KC MP
Attorney-General (2024, quoted announcing 6 new initiatives)
Source →The Hon Michelle Rowland MP
Attorney-General (2025, quoted on Central Australia initiative)
Source →The arc
2023
Design of the National Justice Reinvestment Program published (June 2023); program opened for applications in September 2023.
Source →2024
Six new initiatives announced on 30 September 2024, bringing total funded initiatives to 26; grant rounds closed in November 2024 as the program neared full subscription.
Source →2025
Central Australia initiative announced (17 July 2025): CAYLUS to deliver the Mampu-Maninjaku program around Mpartntwe/Alice Springs (Nyirripi, Willowra, Yuendumu and outstations). Interim Unit ran four roundtables (Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Cairns) in July-August 2025 to design the National Justice Reinvestment Unit.
Source →In the record
Ministers' media centre (Commonwealth) · 2024-09-30
Ministers' media centre (Commonwealth) · 2025-07-17
National Indigenous Times · 2025-07-21
Ministers' media centre (Commonwealth)
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